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ROUND TABLE REVIEW BUILDING
INSIGHTS LIVE
Round table chair, James Parker
Tracking Innovation on Water Saving in Commercial Buildings
COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE
Our group of water industry representatives, building performance experts, specifi ers and supply side voices tackled the sensitive issues around driving water effi ciency for commercial clients, in a regulation vacuum
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espite the recent swathe of wet weather, the UK continues to face a massive future resilience issue around water supplies, but also scant regulation in the commercial sector to mandate clients and design teams to pick innovative water effi ciency solutions. There is a predicted shortfall of 5 billion litres per day by 2050, and commercial clients – from workplaces to hospitality to healthcare – have a National Water Target set by Government to achieve a 15% reduction in demand by that point. However, unless they are given the levers and incentives to
invest, it’s hard to see how the emerging best practice on water saving will migrate from the residential to commercial sectors, at the scale required.
Progress is being made in domestic dwellings, resulting from Part G tweaks and other initiatives such as smart metering, but as
our second industry round table on driving commercial sector water effi ciency discovered, there was a disappointing lack of Government strategic leadership emerging since our last event in early 2025.
Our sponsors Delabie UK and Cistermiser were on hand to explain practical, realistic water effi ciency approaches for our multi- disciplinary group, but a series of recommendations from delegates focused on the urgent need for real regulation in the commercial sector, as ‘sticks’ alongside the ‘carrots.’ This group, including key specifi ers on major commercial projects such as JLL, BAM construction, and Arup, as well as two water wholesalers (Thames Water and Anglian Water), was able to give some unique learnings on the current state of play in driving water effi ciency; including on schemes with signifi cant usage.
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