Leaks

As with Drafts, water leaks are a major source of wasted energy.  Water is much more dense than air, and has a higher ‘specific heat’ (heat absorbing capacity) so it takes much more energy to pump the water to where it is needed, and much, much more energy to heat or cool it.  Thus water leaks are like pouring money (and energy) on the ground and excess CO2 into the air.  And since water is notoriously good at finding ways to leak out of containment, and human technology has never been all that good in its containment aspects to start with (unless extraordinary measures are taken), water leaks are common.

Thus a major amount of energy can be saved, at home, office, church, school or other places, by finding and fixing water leaks.  Even leaks of unheated or unchilled water can often represent wastes of energy, since usually that water has been pumped to the location from which it is leaking, wasting the energy of that pumping and requiring more to be pumped up in its place.  In addition, if the leaked water is going down a drain to a municipal waste system, there is more expense with the processing of that wasted water!  So even fixing a leaky faucet or toilet will save energy, to say nothing of conserving our aquifers, which will also be challenged by the scourge of global warming we have unleashed.

Here are some links to websites that will help you find and fix the water leaks which are a natural part of life.