WATER CONSERVATION IN A COMMERCIAL WORLD

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WATER CONSERVATION IN A COMMERCIAL WORLD

• ISSUES
• OPPORTUNITIES
• Frank Moss - BQ

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TWO SCENARIOS

• FACILITIES IN STORES
• PRODUCTS FOR CUSTOMERS

• DIFFERENT MOTIVATORS
• Legislation
• Environment
• Profile
• Money

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SUTTON IN ASHFIELD

• Touch-screen BMS
• Distributed heating
• Energy efficient lighting
• Natural ventilation
• Photovoltaics
• Solar thermal
• Sunpipes
• natural refrigerant,less pvc, gabion walls, etc

• WATER
• Rainwater harvesting
• 4 litre flush
• lt9 l/min shower, etc.
• indigenous planting
• sustainable drainage

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FACILITIES

• Know about Water Regulations (or Byelaws).
• Directly impacted by Part H of Building Regs.
• Metered supply - aware of costs.
• Can see the potential problems.
• Embrace sustainability.
• Need a payback.
• Need a fallback.

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CHOICES

• Regulation and legislation - comply.
• Automatic watering systems - removed.
• Spray and percussion taps.
• Instantaneous hot water.
• Reduced flush volumes.
• Rainwater harvesting.
• Maintenance.

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PRICING SIGNALS

• Service costs inconsistent nationally
• Even perverse
• Transparency not always obvious
• Most companies support conservation
• No demand side incentives

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OUR CUSTOMERS

• Largely unaware of regulation and legislation
• Lots cannot remember a drought
• Never see the water in the dishwasher
• Not aware of the environmental links
• Want value for water rates
• Are sold cleanliness
• Buy bottled water, not meters

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RETAIL PRODUCTS

• Water butts - water quality not conservation
• Buy mulch and membranes for looks
• May go for energy efficiency in machines
• In showers look for power
• Recycle bottles not bath water
• Dont know what rainwater harvesting is

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WATER

• IS
• NOT
• SEXY
• (unless its in a jacussi)