The Water Saver Home is a web site that has been specifically developed for residential
customers across the nation by the California Urban Water Conservation Council (CUWCC)
through grants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States
Bureau of Reclamation. Newly updated as the result of usability testing, the Water Saver Home
will now provide the residential customer a more enhanced experience. This site has already
benefited water utility public outreach campaigns everywhere in the United States, and these
changes should increase customer interest.
The web site has primarily been designed for the residential customer's experience and provides
information in an easy-to-use format with fresh, "flashy" graphics. At the same time, the site
contains extensive, pertinent and accurate water efficiency data. This paper discusses the
planning process used to redesign the site. It outlines the research conducted on the site's
"usability" through testing of users, and will further describe the changes made as a result.
The paper provides a live demonstration of key features, especially to highlight the
usability testing results, new Garden Gallery software, and other newly updated information
within the revised Water Saver Home web site. These new updated and future planned features
will further help conservation planners. Utilities may send customers to the site to gain
knowledge on their indoor water use and landscape irrigation. Water conservation professionals
should quickly see that this dynamic web site meets the educational needs of homeowners and
renters. The Internet address for the web site is: http://www.h2ouse.org. Contact information for
linking free-of-charge to the web site with a copy of the virtual home logo is available under the
"About Us" area of the web site. Includes figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 1.1 MB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 10 |
| Published : | 01/11/2004 |
