Calculate your water footprint
The average American consumes 1,198 gallons of water per day. Think there's no way you use that much?

Visit www.h2oconserve.org, a web site that helps you calculate how much water your household actually consumes – from the amount you use while showering to how much it takes to produce your food – and answer a series of questions about your home and lifestyle.

Once you know your number, peruse the site's tips for saving water at home to help you kick your 1,000-plus gallon-a-day habit.

Kalahari Resort installs Wisconsin's largest solar hot water system
The Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells is the home of a new 104-panel solar hot water system – the largest in the state.

Supplying more than 10 percent of the resort’s hot water needs, the system will offset 69 tons of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from entering the earth’s atmosphere each year. The new system was completed with the help of a $50,000 Implementation Grant from Focus on Energy’s Renewable Energy Program.  Read More