High-Efficiency Plumbing Fixtures: Smart for the Environment, Smart for Business.


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ore and more, designers, builders and even tenants are specifying resource-efficient plumbing


products for new construction and renovations.


Greater water efficiency is an important aspect of sustainability and is relatively easy to implement. Beyond conserving water, additional benefits include reduced water payments, minimized effect on ecosystems, reduced infrastructure costs from rainwater harvest, offsetting treatment and pumping costs, less runoff/overwatering.


For tank-type toilets:


 gallons


 greater


 requirements


 pressure per square inch (psi) at inlet when water is flowing


 water is flowing


There are many fixtures to choose from that help save billions of gallons of water without compromising performance. Based on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense®


Program specifications, products


must meet certain water efficiency criteria, highlights of which are as follows:


 be tested per code references


For high-efficiency lavatory faucet:


 to applicable code references

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