...By using a broom instead of a hose to clean your sidewalk, you can save up to 80 gallons of water.
...Installing a reflective roof can directly save up to 40 percent in heating and cooling costs.
...For every incandescent light bulb replaced by a compact fluorescent, a restaurant can save up $30 in electricity costs over the light bulb’s lifetime.
...Letting a faucet run for five minutes uses about as much energy as letting a 60-watt light bulb run for 14 hours.
...By fixing a leaky faucet an operator can save up to 20 gallons of water a day -- or as much as 140 gallons a week and 7,300 gallons a year.
...According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Center for Sustainable Development, buildings consume 40% of the world's total energy, 25% of its wood harvest and 16% of its water.
...McDonald’s redesigned the North American fry boxes in 2005, reducing packaging weight by more than 1,100 tons per year.
...Restaurants use five times more energy per square foot than other commercial buildings and five times more energy in the kitchen than in the rest of the building.
...Energy costs have been increasing at a rate of 6 percent to 8 percent per year.
...Buildings carrying the ENERGY STAR label consume about 40 percent less energy than typical buildings.
...If all the earth's water fit into a gallon bottle, the fresh water available for human use would equal just over one tablespoon.
...A standard toilet uses as much as 4.5 gallons per flush. Low-flush toilets use around 1.6 gallons per flush.
...A leaky faucet dripping one drip per second can waste more than 3,000 gallons of water a year. A leaky toilet can waste about 200 gallons of water a day.
Source: http://www.conserve.restaurant.org
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