Improving Hot Water Systems in Multi-Family Buildings
Date: 6/2/21 12:00 PM
Website: www.eventbrite.com
Location: ONLINE WEBINAR
Reducing the Time-to-Tap is Just the Tip of the Iceberg: Improving Hot Water Systems in Multi-Family Buildings Provides Unexpectedly Large Benefits
Join the Burlington 2030 District and event co-sponsors for a special webinar focused on improving the performance of hot water systems in multi-family buildings.
As improvements in building envelopes and mechanical systems have reduced their impact on energy use, domestic water heating has become one of the most dominant energy uses in residential buildings. Similar improvements in plumbing fixtures and codes have reduced water consumption in buildings. However, the design of typical residential water distribution systems has not kept pace and consequently many residential systems are oversized. Oversizing a domestic water system increases energy use, water waste and the embodied energy and carbon of the plumbing system. We will present an alternative design methodology that results in a domestic water system appropriately sized for the population it serves, and will demonstrate its application in the redesign of a plumbing system for a multi-family building.
During this virtual lunch webinar, Gary Klein and Associates, Inc. will provide an introduction to how it is possible to increase customer satisfaction and energy and water use efficiency while simultaneously reducing first costs and operating costs. Case studies of constructed projects will be used to explain the principles. Apartment buildings in NYS (Meadows, Solara) and Philadelphia (Front Flats) will be highlighted. A live Q+A will follow the presentation.
Approved for 1 AIA Learning Unit | PHIUS credits pending | 1 ASHRAE CE/PDH credit a available for Vermont PEs
Please RSVP by June 1! Zoom webinar call in details will be emailed to attendees before the event.
Featured image of Vermont multi-family building Elm Place (designed by Duncan Wisniewski Architecture) courtesy of Carolyn Bates Photography
Contact: Jenna Antonino DiMare
Email: jenna.antonino.dimare@ 2030districts.org