Water Conservation in Commercial Buildings

Here are a few relatively easy things you can do to decrease your water consumption:

1. Bathroom Faucets  – A low-flow self-closing faucet is ADA approved, uses 0.5 gallons per minute, and is LEED certified.
2. Bathroom Toilets – Dual flush toilets conserve up to 7000 gallons of fresh water per fixture per year.
3. Spray Valves – If you are a restaurant or a bar, a low-flow spray valve could save you more than $1,000 annually depending on the size and workload of your restaurant. The low-flow valve enables you to lower your water consumption and the sprayer slashes your water, wastewater-disposal and energy bills. 
   

LED vs CFL

Changing your lighting applications from CFLs to LEDs will help you consume less energy and decrease your costs.  Royal Contracting can help you choose the right LED lighting your application, figure out for you how much your energy consumption and costs will decrease, and install the new lighting.

This graph was published by the Carnegie Mellon Green Design Institute.  They published the results of their study (in easy to understand presentation format) on the life cycles and energy consumption of lighting applications.