Monthly Archives: October 2018

Make More Climate-Smart And Resilient Houses

Make More Climate-Smart And Resilient Houses

Engineers, who are often ‘the lead’ on major housing development projects, are being urged to construct climate-smart and resilient homes and buildings in Jamaica, by implementing water-adaptation measures, such as water-harvesting systems and water-efficient fixtures. Cicyln Joseph-Johnson, senior project manager at The Jamaica National Group, made that recommendation in her address to participants at Engineers’ Week 2018, which was held…

Celebrating water bill reduction

Celebrating water bill reduction

Staci Ann Williams, a resident of Portsmouth in Portmore, St Catherine was constantly faced with high water bills; however, today she is happy that the bill is moving in a positive direction, after she installed a high-efficiency shower head received from JN Bank under JN’s Water Project. Williams, who lives with her extended family of 11, said that her family’s water…