Water footprint is the new carbon footprint

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Water footprint is the new carbon footprint

15 May 2017 5:27 PM

SVA Architectural's Bruce Wilson chats to John Maytham in the Green Property feature.

With increasing droughts around the world, how much has water become a part of thinking green when designing buildings?

A few years ago the comment came out that water is the new carbon. And it is slowly but surely seeping its way, literally, into the market.
— Bruce Wilson, SVA Architecture

More and more commercial buildings are becoming more water wise.

It's certainly never too late to start and there is certainly a big trend to focus on water.
— Bruce Wilson, SVA Architecture

Wilson explains how developers are beginning to understand the ecological value of water rather than just the financial value.

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This article first appeared on 702 : Water footprint is the new carbon footprint

Written by: Barbara Friedman

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