Title: INCREASING%20WATER%20EFFICIENCY
1INCREASING WATER EFFICIENCY
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- The real estate managers role
- Setting a baseline
- Identifying issues
- Bathrooms and kitchens
- HVAC
- Landscaping
- Measuring results
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3 Smart, Sustainable TIs and Renovations
The Real Estate Managers Role
- Similar to energy
- Orchestrate effort
- Sync efficiency measures with other
sustainability goals - Water-scarce regions
- Availability and cost of water in your area
- Water costs generally rising
- Tenants and residents slow to accept some methods
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4Benchmarking Steps
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5 Smart, Sustainable TIs and Renovations
Identifying Issues
- Reduce loss
- Check for proper functioning
- Eliminate leaks
- Reduce demand and use
- Low-flow fixtures, smart controls, efficient
equipment - Educate tenants and residents on conservation
- Reuse
- Greywater systems
- Rainwater catchment
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6Simple Greywater System
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7 Smart, Sustainable TIs and Renovations
Bathrooms and Kitchens OM
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8Bathrooms and Kitchens Equipment and Technology
- Aerators
- Automatic shut off
- Metered valve faucets
- Infrared/ultrasonic sensors
- Low-flush and high-efficiency toilets (HETs)
- Low-flush urinals
- Waterless urinals
- Low-flow showerheads
- Water-saving appliances
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9 Smart, Sustainable TIs and Renovations
Savings from Aerators
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10EcoTrap Waterless Urinal Trap
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Bathrooms and Kitchens Tenant and Resident
Education
- Tips and reminders on conservation
- Signs near faucets
- Pamphlets
- Workshops
- Appeal to various motivators
- Reduced utility bills
- Environmental benefits
- Reduced infrastructure costspublic tax dollars
saved
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12HVAC OM
- Preventive maintenance
- Control thermostats
- Acid treatment in recirculated water
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13 Smart, Sustainable TIs and Renovations
HVAC Equipment and Technology
- Closed-loop systems
- Automatic controls
- Zoned buildings
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14HVAC Tenant and Resident Education
- Adjust thermostat
- Take advantage of operable windows
- Balance efforts with IEQ concerns
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Landscaping OM
- Reduce watering
- Adjust watering schedules
- Position sprinklers correctly
- Check for leaks
- Create irrigation zones
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16Landscaping Equipment and Technology
- Rain shut-off mechanisms and timers
- Water-efficiency nozzles
- Smart irrigation controls
- Drip irrigation
- Drought-resistant landscaping
- Greywater and rainwater reuse systems
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Landscaping Tenant and Resident Education
- Tenants and resident usually have little control
over landscaping - Communicate efforts
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18Measuring Results
- Bold, innovative measures challenging
- Build momentum by sharing results
- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tracks water use
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