Training
Descriptions:
BOC 212 – Water Efficiency for Building
Operators
| Credits: |
.7 |
| Lecture: |
6 hrs |
| Class Activities: |
1 hr |
| Total: |
7 hrs |
Prerequisites: None
Learning Outcomes/Competencies:
At the completion of Water Efficiency for Building Operators, a participant
will:
- effectively communicate to management the benefits of using water efficiently.
- list the steps involved in analyzing facility water consumption and costs.
- identify the common water uses in commercial and institutional facilities.
- describe a full range of strategies for improving the efficiency of facility
water use.
- identify water efficiency opportunities by conducting a building walk-through.
- list various water efficiency strategies for landscaping and irrigation.
- know where and how to access the available resources for water efficiency
management.
Texts: STUDENT
HANDBOOK: BOC 212 – Water Efficiency for Building Operators, list of
resources including web sites.
Teaching Props/Special Equipment: Flush valves, range of
aerators and water-saving showerheads, diaphragm for flushometer toilet, pressure
tanks, handheld conductivity meter, landscape irrigation water audit catch
cans, soil coring devices, pressure gauge, and dye tablets for toilet leaks.
Evaluation:
BOC 212 – Water Efficiency for Building Operators: Course Outline
1. Introduction
a. Who you
are and why you're here
b. Course
overview
2. Why Water
Conservation?
a. Type
of water conservation
i.
Efficiency improvements
ii.
Lifestyle changes
i. Company: Profit and Competitive Advantage
ii. Saving water often saves
energy
iii. Environment iv. Management support
v. Drought and water shortage
preparation
vi. Codes and Standards
- More efficient codes and standards
are coming, if not now, soon
- Examples of more water efficient codes
and standards (brief discussions of LEED standard, Energy Policy Act of
2005, Executive Order 13423, new green plumbing code from IAPMO by Feb.
2010, SPC 191 water efficiency standard being developed by ASHRAE, new
NSF International standards for on site uses of water being developed,
Green Globes has 158 points for water efficiency)
- Implementing practices using the standards
for water efficiency in sustainable buildings
3. Water
Accounting
a. Collecting
and analyzing water utility bills
b. Identifying
trends
c. Understanding
changes
4. Looking
for Leaks
a. Check
bills
b. Check
meter during off hours
c. Types
of leaks: toilet, faucet, landscape
5. Meters
a. Submeters
b. Deduct
meters
6. Operation & Maintenance Practices to Improve Efficiency
a. Audits
b.
Commissioning
c. Typical End Uses in Commercial Buildings.
i. Schools & universities
ii. Offices
iii. Health care facility water use
7. Indoor Equipment
i. equipment updates
ii. metering
iii. drain line slope
b. Faucets
c. Showerheads
d. Kitchen & Laundry Equipment
i. Re-use of water for laundry
ii. Kitchen steamers
e. Cooling and Heating
Systems
i. Non-chemical systems for cooling towers
ii. Single-pass cooling
f. Swimming Pools
g. Water Re-use, Treated Wastewater, Rainwater
8. Water Conservation and Retrofits for Landscapes
a. Soil
b. Plants
c. Irrigation
Equipment
d. Controllers (specifically weather-based controllers)
9. GROUP EXERCISE: Self-Audit Checklist and Facility Tour (about 60 minutes)
a. Collect data
b. Analyze data
c. Make recommendations
10. Summary
Classroom Exercises and/or Hands-on Activities:
- Group Exercise: Walk-through of building to identify water-using
equipment and collect water consumption data (likely occurring
at the end of the day, but may vary due to site limitations)
- Group Exercise: Analysis of the collected water consumption
data (occurring after the walk through audit)
- Discussion: Addressing specific issues in students’ buildings
(will also occur naturally throughout the training to bring
students into discussion of the full range of issues)
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