DYNAMIC INFRASTRUCTURE: 300-level
SESSION 12
DATE // START TIME // ROOM NUMBER:
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 – 2:00pm – Metro 4A
ABSTRACT:
Reducing water consumption by implementing water savings strategies on a project-by-project basis.
MODERATOR:
Bret Mantyk, Environmental Designer, Atelier Ten
SPEAKERS:
Edward A. Clerico, Founder & President, Applied Water Management, Inc.
Michael Gubbins, Vice President & Director of Residential Management, Albanese Organization
Uta Krogmann, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University
Warren Liebold, Director of Metering/Conservation, NYC Department of Environmental Protection
DESCRIPTION:
As the global population struggles to properly manage its water resources, the building industry has increasingly taken steps to reduce water consumption by implementing water savings strategies on a project-by-project basis. Strategies such as low-flow plumbing fixtures, low-maintenance landscape design, stormwater harvesting, and greywater and blackwater reuse have become common practice thanks to programs such as LEED that have helped to change the industries’ attitudes towards water conservation.
Incorporating water savings measures into individual projects benefit communities as a whole. However, what remains unclear is how these strategies, when implemented on a greater scale, affects the regional water infrastructure. This is especially unclear in the urban landscape, where small changes on individual projects across an entire town or city could have considerable impact on the infrastructure in that region.
This presentation will address this issue by bringing together a panel of industry professionals ranging from the building design industry, water technology experts, and local and government agencies, to discuss regional-scale impacts of good and best-practice water strategies on buildings.
