Planning and Executing Commercial Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Commercial Buildings Based on Scale Driven Designs
(Room CIPHEX Theatre)
07 Nov 18
11:45 AM
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12:45 PM
Speaker: G. Edward Van Giesen, National Sales Manager, RainCycle (A Watts Company); Rainwater harvesting systems are used more and more in commercial buildings to offset potable water demands and to reduce storm water outflows. Despite an ever-increasing number of rainwater systems going into service in North America, design consistency remains elusive. This is typically due to the designer’s unfamiliarity with best practices and frequent exclusion of key components. Two key factors that contribute to the success of a rainwater system are early planning and analysis of the system as a whole. While the concept of capturing rainwater is simple enough, there is not one consistent definition as to what constitutes a rainwater system. This ambiguity in system design and planning leads to huge disparities in material and