water conservation opportunities through energy efficiency in georgia sara barczak1 and rita kilpatrick2 authors 1safe director southern alliance for clean sace 3025 bull street suite 101 savannah ga 31405 2georgia policy 427 moreland avenue ne 100 atlanta 30307 reference proceedings of the 2005 resources conference held april 25 27 at university kathryn j hatcher editor institute ecology athens abstract initiatives to advance measures are an essential part any sound management plan practices provide significant well documented net savings incorporating planning policies with emphasis on incentivizing into state guidelines would valuable quality benefits georgians same time save money commercial residential electricity consumers introduction this report highlights role building sustainable conserving communities ways which cost effective tangible advancements can aid achieving goals does not focus impacts associated