OAK BROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- "Green Buildings + Water Performance," a 48-page White Paper from Building Design+Construction magazine, recommends 21 ways architects, engineers, contractors, home builders, building owners, real estate developers, and consumers can save water in buildings and homes.

The report notes that:

The White Paper recommends 21 steps that building professionals, government officials, water utilities, and product makers can take to improve water performance, such as:

Homeowners can help by using climate-appropriate plants and less turfgrass, and watering their lawns sensibly.

The White Paper also presents the results of exclusive surveys of 748 U.S. construction professionals and 185 home builders. Referring to potential water scarcity, one respondent said, "People can't drink oil."

The White Paper was sponsored by: Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments (www.greenerfacilities.com), Construction Specifications Institute (www.csinet.org), International Association of Mechanical and Plumbing Organizations (www.iapmo.org), Kohler Co. (www.KOHLER.com), Lafarge (lafarge-na.com), Sloan Valve Company (www.sloanvalve.com), Underwriters Laboratories (customerservice_elements@us.ul.com), U.S. Department of Energy (www.eere.energy.gov), U.S. General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), and Watertronics (www.watertronics.com.

Building Design+Construction is a publication of Reed Business Information, a unit of Reed Elsevier Inc.

The report is available at: www.BDCnetwork.com/university/community/934/White+Papers/47492.html.