Plumbing Fixtures
Return to Tenant RestroomDesign Guidance
Overall Strategies
Best Practices
- Install new plumbing fixtures that are durable, effective, and water-efficient.
- Retrofit existing plumbing fixtures with equipment to maintain functionality but reduce water use.
- Provide water-efficient showers for staff that bicycle or run to work.
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Federal Requirements
Guiding Principles
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Products ( <span>Guiding Principles criteria 5.3</span>)
“Procure and utilize construction materials and building supplies that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment over their life cycle when compared with competing products that serve the same purpose.”
See the Green Procurement Compilation (GPC) for federal requirements by product type.
Whole Building Design Guide | Federal Green Construction Guide for Specifiers
EPA Greener Products and Services
2018 IgCC Section 901
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Water Metering ( Guiding Principles criteria 3.2)
“Install building level water meters in order to track and continuously optimize indoor potable water use, including detection of leaks.”
DOE | Federal Metering Guidance
2018 IgCC Section 601
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Indoor Water Use ( <span>Guiding Principles criteria 4.6</span>)
“Minimize the use and waste of indoor potable water, and in accordance with statue, implement water conservation technologies to the maximum extent that the technologies are life cycle cost-effective. Purchase water conserving products and ensure optimized indoor water operations to the maximum extent practicable.”
DOE’s Developing a Water Management Plan
FEMP | Best Management Practices for Water Efficiency
EPA | WaterSense
2018 IgCC Section 601