1. Troy Aichele
Aichele and Associates, LLC
Chicago, IL
June 24, 2010

2. Aichele
IKE + LEE

6. Case Study: Olympia, WA: $1.00
2009 Water and Sewer bill: $230,725
Spokane, WA $0.25
Everett, WA: $0.46
El Paso, TX: $0.60
Boston, MA: $1.05
San Diego, CA: $1.38
Geneva, Switzerland: $1.95
Glasgow, UK: $2.86
Source: “The World’s Water 2008-2009” by Peter H. Gleick

7. Annapurna

8. Utility Rate Trends Estimated
10%
$9.00 10 %
increase
for 2009
$8.00
$7.00
$6.00
$5.00
$4.00
$3.00
$2.00
Peak
$1.00 Water
Water
$/CCF
Sewer
Waste
$- $/CCF
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Year

9. 21 st Century Water Auditor

10. 340 Bed Acute Outpatient
Care Facility
750,000 SF Total Floor
Space
2300 Employees
95,000 Patient Days / Year
2,000 Babies Delivered /
Year
723 Fixture upgrades were
performed in the first 3
months of 2009

11. Water consumption in
2009 was 3,391,000
gallons less than in 2008
Meanwhile…..
Patient census increased
4.2% in 2009

12. Month 2009 2008 Change
January 2,278.51 2,712.52 -16.00%
February 2,244.36 2,470.48 -9.15%
March 2,431.76 2,691.75 -9.66%
April 2,248.70 2,672.24 -15.85%
May 2,688.21 3,094.76 -13.14%
June 2,874.65 3,272.56 -12.16%
Totals: 14,766.19 16,914.31 -12.70%

13. Month 2009 2008 Change
July 3,227 3,610 -10.6%
August 3,181 3,480 -8.59%
September 2,814 3,058 -7.97%
October 2,517 2,599 -3.16%
November 2,256 2,400 -6.02%
December 2,276 2,421 -5.96 %
Totals: 16,321 17,568 -7.1%

14. In the United States, when is the toilet flushed more often
than any other time of the year?

15. What did we do?

16. 1. High Efficiency Plumbing Fixtures
2. Measuring
3. Lessons Learned
4. Project Cost-Effectiveness

17. (165) 3.5 GPF water closets
and bed pan washers were
replaced with 1.6 GPF
water closets and 1.1 / 1.6
GPF dual-flush
flushometers (37% water-
use reduction)
Rebate: $85,653 (75% of
cost)

19. (260) 1.6 GPF only
flushometers on water closets
and bed pan washers were
replaced with 1.6 / 1.1 GPF
dual-flush valve and handle
retrofit kits (20% water-use
reduction)
Rebate: $17,746 (75% of cost)
2009 LEED Water Efficiency
• Commercial Toilet Prerequisite:
20% less than 1.6 GPF baseline

20. Waterless
Standard (1.0 GPF)
One Pint (.125 GPF)
2009 LEED Water
Efficiency (WE)
• Commercial Urinal
Prerequisite: 20% less than
1.0 GPF baseline

21. Water

22. (298) 2.5 GPM shower head
were replaced with 1.5 GPM
shower heads (40% water-use
reduction)
Rebate: $34,884 (75% of cost)
LEED 2009 Water Efficiency
(WE)
• Commercial Shower Prerequisite:
20% less than 2.5 GPM baseline

23. 0.5 GPM faucets
2.2 GPM models with a 1.5
GPM flow control kit
2009 LEED Water Efficiency
(WE)
• Commercial Patient Room
Lavatory Prerequisite: 20% less
than 2.2 GPM baseline

24. None!

25. None!

26. Which toilet cubicle in a public restroom is usually the
cleanest?

27. 120
Benchmarking
between 100
campuses
80
Gallons
Gallons Used / Square
Case Study 60
Foot / Year
(719,834 SF): 36 40
Gallons / SF / Year
20
Hospital campus 0
average: 54 0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000
Hospital Size (Square Feet)
2,000,000
Gallons / SF / Year

29. Shut-downs vs.
Freezing Lines
Old vs. New Fixture
Footprints
User Concerns
Flushometer
Adjustments

30. What percentage of Americans feel better about
themselves after flushing the toilet?

31. New Waste Water Treatment Facility
+ Acquisition of Land
+ Conveyance Fees (including maintenance)
Total Waste Water Treatment Capacity Cost
Vs.
Fixture Installation Cost

32. 1. High Efficiency Plumbing Fixtures
2. Measuring
3. Lessons Learned
4. Project-Cost Effectiveness

34. “We have to hit efficiency harder than
ever. We need another thirty to fifty
years to solve the supply problems…but
on the demand side we can get way down
the field right now”
 Mike Davis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
(PNNL) scientist from Hot, Flat, and Crowded; Why we
need a green revolution—and how it can renew America
by Thomas L. Friedman.

36. What day is World Toilet Day?