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Sponsored by ASTM International & GCC Standards Organization
Aspects of Sustainability
in Codes of IAPMO Dave Viola, IAPMO Senior Director, Technical Services
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials • Association of the plumbing & mechanical
industry
• One Goal:
– Public Health, Safety and welfare
• Develop Uniform Codes and support services
• Test and certify plumbing and mechanical products
• Serve 50% of world’s population
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Code Development • American National Standards
• USA - in all or parts of 32 states
• Kuwait
• Abu Dhabi
• Jordan
• Brazil
• India
• Indonesia
• Philippines
• Vietnam
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Office in the Gulf States
• Operated by Dr. Mahmood Yousif Abdulraheem
• Located in Kingdom of Bahrain
• Oversees all initiatives in Middle East
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IAPMO Green
• Uniform Codes - focus on sustainability
• (2007) IAPMO calls for:
– Reduce energy and water consumption in Uniform Plumbing and Mechanical Codes
– Bridge gap between codes and green building schemes
– Sustainable water management
• Created Green Technical Committee (GTC) to accomplish goal
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Green Technical Committee
• 30 experts in Green plumbing and mechanical fields
– Inspectors, contractors, plumbers and mechanics, engineers, manufacturers, trade associations, water utilities, energy and water and energy conservation authorities.
• 150 + experts serving on 15 task groups
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Sustainable Water Management
• Less consumption/More reuse
• Change approach to water supply expansion
• Global thinking
– Rainwater and wastewater are resources
• Combined strategy
– Conservation
– Reuse
– Hybrid approach: Centralized and decentralized
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Sustainable Water Management
IAPMO’s role:
• Standardize use of on-site alternate water sources
• Comprehensive building water conservation measures
• Offset need to expand water generation and transportation
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GTC Objectives
• Develop Green Plumbing and Mechanical Code Supplement
• Identify opportunities to make Uniform Codes more sustainable
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GPMCS Overview
• FIRST green code
– Published in February, 2010
• Turnkey document
– Residential and commercial sustainable plumbing and mechanical systems
– Covers all aspects of sustainability
• Water and energy efficiency
• Hot water system design
• Alternate water source use
• Indoor environmental quality
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What does it Cover?
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Water Efficiency and Conservation
• 20% + more efficient
• Coverage areas: – High efficiency plumbing fittings, fixtures and
appliances
– Efficient hot water system designs
– Vehicle washes
– Landscape irrigation
– HVAC systems
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Rainwater Catchment System Provisions
• Applications include: – Flushing toilets and urinals
– Trap priming
– Irrigation
– Water features
– Cooling tower makeup water
– Industrial processes
– Drinking water
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On-Site Wastewater Reuse
• Sources include: – Gray water
– Black water
– Rainwater
– Stormwater
– Condensate
– Dry weather run off
• Applications- fixture flushing, trap priming, water features and irrigation
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Uniform Plumbing Code
• American National Standard
• 2012 edition allows use of RWH systems
– 1st & only plumbing code establishing comprehensive RWH provisions
• RWH provisions from the GPMCS
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Thank You!
Visit web page at:
www.iapmogreen.org
Contact:
Dave Viola, Senior Director of Technical Services
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (708) 995-3004
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