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Stats Verte: July

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Stats Verte: July

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Curious about going green? Here are some green stats and facts for you.
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  • Average annual domestic water use per capita, Canada, in litres:122,000
  • Average annual domestic water use per capita, France , in litres: 54,800
  • Estimated percentage of Canadian domestic water used for toilet flushing: 30
  • Average annual rainfall harvestable from 6m x 10m roof in Vancouver, in litres: 66,000
  • Total area of FSC-certified forest worldwide, in hectares, June, 2007: 88,627,308
  • Total area of FSC-certified forest in Canada, in hectares, June, 2007:18,168,307
  • Location and size, in hectares, of largest FSC-certified forest in the world: Alberta ; 5,490,000
  • Rank of Canada, Russia, Sweden and the United States by total area of FSC-certified forest, June, 200 : 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Total worldwide installed photovoltaic power capacity, 1983, in megawatts: 21.3
  • Total worldwide installed photovoltaic power capacity, 1999, in megawatts: 1000
  • Estimated annual worldwide photovoltaic cell production, 2006, in megawatts: 1868
  • Number of Volatile Organic Compounds found in 100% of 100 randomly selected office buildings in the US, 1994-1998: 25
  • Number of additional Volatile Organic Compounds found in 75-99% of above buildings: 18
  • Number of registered passenger vehicles in the US , 2005: 241,194,000
  • Average fuel economy of US passenger vehicles, 1991, in miles per gallon: 16.9
  • Average fuel economy of US passenger vehicles, 2005, in miles per gallon: 16.7
  • Estimated percentage of home-to-work commuting trips taken by bicycle, US: 0.4
  • Estimated percentage of home-to-work commuting trips taken by bicycle, Canada: 1.2
  • Estimated percentage of home-to-work commuting trips taken by bicycle,Netherlands: 27
  • Relative efficiency of bicycles to cars, in distance travelled per calorie: 50:1

    • Stats Verte is compiled by Mallet Consulting, writing specialists for the green building industry.




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