Link to gb&d Magazine (August 25, 2026) | “For decades our basic approach to residential water conservation has been pretty consistent: Use less. Install a lower-flow fixture. Take a shorter shower. Run full loads. Water the landscape less often.
Those strategies matter, but after several years working on water efficiency in California, I have come to believe we are still asking the wrong question. Instead of asking people to conserve more, what if we designed homes that simply worked better with less water?” Read more from USGBC-CA CEO Ben Stapleton (Read full article)