Posted on March 15, 2016 at 8:53 am by Clay Curtin
The City of Menlo Park is a successful model for water conservation strategies that produce measurable results. Menlo Park achieved a 50 percent reduction in water use, exceeding its State-required 16 percent water reduction goal. The city employs a number of water conservation programs such as
Lawn Be Gone,
Conserve-A-Scape, Waterfluence, a
water waste hotline and municipal water conservation efforts. Menlo Park is a recognized water conservation leader with several news articles documenting these successful programs. Acterra recently declared the city’s water conservation programs a finalist in its annual Business Environmental Awards. Other finalists include:
Environmental project
- City of Menlo Park - Water Conservation Projects
- City of Hayward Water Pollution Control Facility - Green Power
- Stanford University - Stanford Energy System Innovations
Sustainable built environment
- Arkin Tilt Architects - Project Green Home
- Forty Niners Stadium Management Company - Levi's Stadium
- Huettig & Schromm, Sharp Development Company - 415 Mathilda
Environmental innovation
- Aclima
- Building Robotics - Comfy
- Motiv Power Systems
Acterra Award for Sustainability
- Bon Appétit Management Company
- Genentech- South San Francisco
- New Resource Bank
- SCS Global Services
- Surplus Service