AWWA ACE63072

This slide presentation outlines new commercial water saving technologies. New initiatives include: LEED - US Green Building; Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE); National Energy Policy Act of 2005; National Water Initiative; Energy Star - US Environmental Protection Agency Initiatives; UNAR - Uniform North American Requirements; and, MaP Testing. New technologies in fields that include: Food Service; Medical - Laboratory; Commercial Laundy Operations; and, Toilets. Figures are provided for: energy costs for heating water; energy, water, and sewer cost for commercial users; and, commercial ice machine water use. Regulatory notes include: many cities now ban once-through cooling; Phoenix bans it through their wastewater regulations; Austin and San Antonio ban all such use; and, Seattle allows some smaller units. Medical Facility Uses, Water-Mizer Plus 153 Water Saving System for Steam Sterilizers, examples of vacuum applications, portable equipment cooling, kidney dialysis, X-Ray film developers, commercial laundries, ozone system at a hotel laundry, water recycle system at Texas Linen, Summary of Savings for Three Laundry Water Saving Technologies, restroom equipment are all mentioned.