Enviro-U

Enviromental Tips!

Working Toward Bettering the Environment

Today there are many of those that want to take steps toward bettering the enviornment, and this drive has increased over the 20th and 21st centuries. Although these issues are being brought up and talked about, we still have a long way to go in order to reduce our individual impacts on the environment. Shown in a table below, usage depedning on service per household shows that an average person still has a signifigant impact on the planet. This section will explore three main areas of environmental impact in the home, which include water, heat, and electric. Explore the different sections of this tip section in order to go more in-depth on each resoruce and what you can do to help!



Environmental Protest
Example of increased environmental activism, expecially amongst the younger generations. Photo credit: Richard Asinof, covergenceri.com
Resource Usage Averages per American Household (Note: these will be in different units of time based on data that is available, oil is also an estimate as it varies so much
Resource Usage
Water 80-100 gallons per day
Electricity 10,399 kilowatthours
Oil-Burning Furnace between 0.8-1.7 gallons an hour