Smart Use has conducted over 30,000 residential audits over the last 8 years in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Phoenix. Over the years we have refined the audit process to target either high residential users, landscape budgets for high seasonal users, or customers who likely have leaks. Residential services we provide:
- Residential Landscape Audits – A variety of landscape and irrigation services targeted to high seasonal users that may include suggested watering schedules, sample catch can tests and customer education and landscape recommendations such as smart controllers, turf reduction or system efficiencies.
- Residential Irrigation Budgets (usually targeted to neighborhoods with high outdoor use)Establishing an irrigation budget based on square footage of plant types can show the customer how much water is needed each month versus how much they are using and what the potential savings is in water and dollars. We also show customers how they are doing in relation to other residential customers in their neighborhood and/or city-wide. Once an irrigation budget is established, a customer can receive a periodic report showing progress toward their goals and reminding them of the suggested watering schedule.
- On-line Water Schedule Generator – Easy to use water schedule generator and watering tips plus more advanced analysis for customers who want to provide more data such as catch can test results (online at www.watersmart.us)
- Single and multi family audits and retrofit – standard audit with retrofit of aerators and showerheads, customer education and handouts re rebates, xeriscape, etc
- Leak detection – high consumption analysis: Assistance for customers with sudden jump in consumption; recent program evaluation reveals program is highly effective in shortening duration of leaks
- Residential Training Classes (see below)
Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Programs
- Large Landscape Audits – similar to residential including assistance or recommendations re Smart Controllers, moisture or weather sensors but includes more in-depth analysis of head types, coverage, and overall system performance and design.
- Commercial Irrigation Budgets for Irrigation-only Accounts – Can be established as an educational tool for large landscapes showing square footage by plant type, water needs by month based on ET curve, water use monthly and potential savings in water and dollars. Once the recommended budgets are established customers can receive periodic updates of progress. Often the irrigation budgets lead to large landscape audits from those customers who see a large gap between their need and their use.
- Restaurant audits that may include retrofit (pre-rinse nozzles, aerators,) and information to the customer re suggestions and priorities for retrofit or repair and available rebates. Smart Use has audited about 1,000 restaurants to date
- Large commercial audits – energy and water – that may be tailored to the site, for example, health care, hotels, manufacturing, etc. Smart Use has extensive experience with schools, community centers, and municipal facilities. Often government facilities want to make sure their own sites are in order before asking the public to conserve.
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