Introducing Water Efficiency of U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Program to the Freshmen of the Technology College

Water is the limited source that is essential for all human life.The population of US between 1950 and 2000 doubled.However at the same time public demand for water more than tripled.The average US household uses about 50 gallons per person per day.World Health Organization declares good health and cleanliness require a total daily supply of about 8 gallon per person.A recent government survey showed at least 36 states are anticipating local, regional, or statewide water shortages by 2013.This is the reason that water becomes a national priority.LEED v3 is subdivided into six groups for which there are prerequisites, subcategories, and credits in place of possible points.The six categories are: Sustainable Sites (SS), Water Efficiency (WE), Energy and Atmosphere (EA), Material and Resources (MR), Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) and Innovation in Design Processes (ID).Water efficiency is one of the categories.Buildings are major users of our potable water supply.The goal of the Water Efficiency credit category is to encourage smarter use of water, inside and out.Water reduction is typically achieved through more efficient appliances, fixtures and fittings inside and water-wise landscaping outside.In this paper educate the freshmen student the connection between the water source to how their water use habit can affect the environment and human health.Every drop counts.