If 18,000 households in Guelph move to using low-flow toilets, the community can save 1 Gigalitre of water per year.
1 Gigawatt-hour (GWh) is the amount of electricity needed to power 100 average households for 1 year.
If 67 homes in Guelph each save 15,000 kWhe (~1 GWhe) in natural gas and electricity per year, each household would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 3.5 tonnes per year!
Green Impact Guelph (GIG) is a collaboration that enables residents to achieve massive savings in water and energy and contribute to a culture of conservation. Working with individuals, households and multi-residential building, GIG is helping to make neighbourhoods more sustainable by reducing barriers to conservation, accompanying residents at every step of the process.