http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog Your Resource Into the Synthetic Grass World. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:40:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog/2012/01/31/get-your-water-saving-rebates-for-installing-turf-if-you-can/ http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog/2012/01/31/get-your-water-saving-rebates-for-installing-turf-if-you-can/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:44:26 +0000 DigitalTurfDealer http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog/?p=738 Another indicator of a down economy: Rebates from water districts, encouragements for homeowners to install synthetic grass, are starting to dry up. Some desert areas, such as Las Vegas and Scottsdale, Arizona, continue to offer residential customers incentives to replace (or not plant) natural grass in favor of artificial turf. In Las Vegas, residents who install water-wise landscaping such as synthetic grass receive $1.50 per square foot, with a limit of 5,000 square feet. In Scottsdale, the rebate is a maximum 50 cents per square foot. Some cities in the Coachella Valley Water District’s service area can receive $2.00 per square foot. And in other communities in the West, water-saving rebates can be had for installing waterless turf. However, many water providers have discontinued their rebates since the high-water mark of 2009, when most residents in Southern California were eligible for H2O-saving rebates of 75 cents or more per square foot for installing artificial turf. The city of Riverside is an exception, still promoting $1.00 per square foot incentives; most municipalities have retracted rebate programs. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, a consortium of 26 agencies that once was a big backer of water-saving rebates for synthetic grass, now leaves those to the discretion of individual suppliers.]]> http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog/2012/01/31/get-your-water-saving-rebates-for-installing-turf-if-you-can/feed/ 0 http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog/2011/09/07/the-greener-lawn-that-is-truly-green/ http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog/2011/09/07/the-greener-lawn-that-is-truly-green/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:41:25 +0000 DigitalTurfDealer http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog/?p=679 Synthetic grass is environmentally smart and earth-friendly. You know the words: Too bad the corroborating facts supporting that phrase that pays in so many ways aren’t always so easy to remember. Here’s a refresher course, with talking points, to review what makes today’s artificial turf green in every way: Know about H20 conservation A natural grass lawn needs lots of water to stay green and healthy – 40 inches of water per square foot per year in most temperate climates, according to government and university analysis. Now consider that most homeowners habitually overwater, often doubling what the grass needs. That makes 80 gallons. Don’t forget evaporation, which typically accounts for another 20 gallons annually. Add it all up, and one square foot of sod can consume 100 gallons of water per year! (Calculator handy? Using this math, annual water consumption for natural grass equates to 11.2 cups of water per square inch.) An artificial turf lawn, of course, requires NO WATER to stay perfectly green, year after year.]]> http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog/2011/09/07/the-greener-lawn-that-is-truly-green/feed/ 0 http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog/2011/05/09/synthetic-grass-the-answer-to-water-shortages/ http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog/2011/05/09/synthetic-grass-the-answer-to-water-shortages/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 00:14:05 +0000 DigitalTurfDealer http://www.syntheticgrasswarehouse.com/blog/?p=594 Nowadays, water shortages are a legitimate environmental concern in which many have taken awareness to, coming up with improvements and systems that can reverse such negative effects. The use of artificial turf as a water saving alternative to heavy water consuming surfaces is an effective improvement. Once installed, the copious amounts of water saved by synthetic grass add up each day, and evidently, each year. For this reason, residences, commercial businesses, parks, recreation, and other municipalities have taken to the use of synthetic turf for the purpose of water conservation. As a realistic natural grass alternative, it is a revolutionary modern product that completely eliminates the need for watering. The ongoing global water crisis is one that has caused drought conditions, in conjunction with random climate events. Even with rainfall, evaporation due to temperature increases can contribute to water shortages. With artificial grass, the precious resource of water can be conserved, gallon by gallon. An estimated 25,000 gallons of water are used to water a single residential lawn in a year. Other parks, fields, and other natural grass areas can require an exponential increase in water requirements. Imagine the amount of water that can be saved by a single residential lawn being converted into a synthetic grass lawn. If more and more residences and neighborhoods took to artificial grass, hundreds of thousands of gallons of water could be conserved. With larger areas such as recreational parks, fields, and commercial areas, millions of gallons of water could be saved. A versatile product with so many uses has worked to revolutionize the water conservation movement, as well as to increase awareness on improvements and steps society can take. 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