Researchers John
Koeller (Alliance for Water Efficiency) and Bill Gauley (Veritec Consulting,
Inc.) revealed their top five new and innovative water-saving products to a large crowd at yesterday’s opening afternoon session of
an Emerging Technology Symposium co-convened by IAPMO and the WPC.
Without a doubt, waterless urinals are “green” plumbing fixtures because of their water-conservation potential. But their optimum performance lies in how the trap seal is maintained.
Whenever I read something that includes statistical analysis, I recall that famous expression of sports enthusiasts: “Statistics never lie.” This is definitely the case concerning statistics presented on fire sprinklers
For some time now I’ve been quite curious about
BIM (building information modeling) as a result of its increasing appearance in
news stories related to engineering (plumbing and otherwise). Yet it wasn’t
until the recent viewing of a television show by the noted chef Emeril Lagasse
that I felt the need to pen an editorial on the topic.
Our latest reader research indicates that plumbing designers - rather than plumbers - are the ones who specify the joining methods to be used for water pipe.