NWS has achieved significant savings for Commercial Office Building owners while not interfering with the lives or the performance of their tenants.

 

The Challenge
Office facilities are a great opportunity for water conservation and water use efficiency. Generally speaking, office facility water reducing strategies are only slightly more complicated than the residential sector. The greatest obstruction to achieving significant water savings in this sector is the frequent disconnect between the person that pays the water bills, the building owner, the tenants, the building manager or engineer, and the various third party contractors that maintain the facility and equipment.  In multi-use or multi-tenant properties, water saving potential is frequently enormous, but successful realization of changes always requires a joint effort from everyone involved.

 

The In-depth Analysis
Water efficiency measures in commercial buildings can easily reduce water usage by 30% or more. In a typical 100,000-square-foot office building, High Efficiency fixtures coupled with automatic controls can save a minimum of one million gallons of water per year, based on 650 building occupants each using an average of 20 gallons per day. Utility savings, though dependent on local water costs, can save thousands of dollars per year, resulting in rapid payback on water conservation project.

 

The Solution
Office buildings and other commercial establishments typically use water in a variety of ways: Restrooms, cooling and heating, and landscaping.  The first step is to perform an investment grade audit to determine exactly how water is being used in the building, how it can be reduced and what the potential costs and savings are. National Water Services, Inc. offers this service at no cost to most of our clients. Contact your NWS representative to see if you are eligible for this service.