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The Eco Soirée high-efficiency toilet offers the look of a traditional two-piece product in a one-piece design. The universal-height 1.28-gpf unit is WaterSense certified and features a Double Cyclone flushing system, contemporary styling, and a SanaGloss glaze to repel waste and bacteria. 888.295.8134.
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Offering up to 34% greater efficiency than traditional units, on-demand water heaters are becoming a green building staple.
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Drawing energy from the sun and water from the rain, the "Tonalacalli" LEED-Platinum custom home in Austin lives in harmony with nature.
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New toilet standards ensure water savings does not come at the expense of a confident flush.
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The Gardener’s Drip Kit includes all the connections, tubing, emitters, and tools necessary to install the drip irrigation system to an outdoor faucet or an underground irrigation system, the manufacturer says. Once installed, the system will distribute water slowly and consistently direct to the plants’ roots, helping them thrive while using less water than a conventional irrigation system. The drip places water directly on the soil above the plants’ roots, letting the water soak down to the roots—reducing runoff and eliminating water waste, the company says. The kit is a reengineered version of the company’s professional-grade drip components, so it is easier to install, the firm says. 800.724.6247.
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The manufacturer’s permeable brick pavers enable storm water to filter into the soil instead of draining into streams and rivers, and satisfy state and local storm-water management requirements, the maker says. The company says its pavers are easier to install than some because there are only slight variations in size. The clay brick pavers are the same color throughout, so they never fade, the firm says, and once in place, they will last more than a century. 800.334.8689.
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The manufacturer’s irrigation rain barrels are made from 20 pounds of recycled plastic or 110 pounds of oak, brass, and steel. The barrels have two spigots and connect directly to a home’s rain gutter downspouts. A removable zinc irrigation spigot can attach to a regular garden hose and has a shut-off value so the homeowner can leave it open for drip irrigation. The 58-gallon plastic rain barrel is fully enclosed for safety. The company’s wooden whiskey barrels (pictured) are reclaimed from Kentucky distilleries. 978.790.1816.
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Bioline Dripperline disperses waste water through a drip-irrigation system. The flexible tubing delivers a slow, steady application of water directly to plants, eliminating overspray, staining, and slippery surfaces, the manufacturer says, and reduces water use 30% to 70% compared with sprinklers. The system’s modular components allow for a flexible design that can reach oddly shaped and hard-to-water areas, and can disperse from a few hundred gallons to millions of gallons of water per day, the company says. 888.638.2346.
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The company’s permeable pavers are made of concrete and separated by joints filled with small stones. Water enters the joints between the pavers and filters through crushed stone layers; the water, minus the filtered-out pollutants, is absorbed into the soil. The pavers can be used for patios, driveways, walkways, pools, and other areas. The manufacturer says its pavers, including Subterra stone (pictured), allow for modular and random installation to create random patterns that look like natural cobblestones. The product comes in multiple shapes, colors, and patterns. 800.899.8455.
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The Clivus Greywater System includes a Greywater Dosing Basin as the collection point for all of a home’s greywater. Made of rigid plastic, it contains level switches and an effluent pump or gravity siphon (where sufficient slope is available). When an amount of greywater sufficient to create a 11/2-inch flooding dose within the irrigation chamber has collected in the dosing basin, the pump (or gravity siphon) engages. Because the irrigation chamber is flooded throughout its length, water and nutrients are carried evenly to surrounding plants.