Xylem releases white paper on energy and water efficiency

Nov. 27, 2012

MORTON GROVE, Ill. — The white paper focuses on the challenges designers and managers of commercial buildings face today to improve energy and water efficiency.

MORTON GROVE, Ill. — Xylem Inc. announces the release of its new white paper, “A Systems Approach to Energy and Water Efficiency in Commercial Buildings,” according to a press release.

As the name suggests, the white paper focuses on the challenges designers and managers of commercial buildings face today with the ever-increasing demands to improve the energy and water efficiency of their buildings.

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As the complexity of building systems continues to increase, the challenge of designing, installing and operating these systems also increases.

New building codes continue to raise efficiency standards for new and existing buildings; economic conditions pressure organizations to cut energy costs wherever possible; and new corporate sustainability initiatives require steady efficiency improvements, stated the release.

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This white paper addresses key cost vs. benefit for a systems approach to designing, installing and operating electrical, mechanical, plumbing and other building components.

Additional areas covered include:

• Maximizing Energy and Water Efficiency

• Controlled Success

• Risk vs. Comfort

• Building Codes Drive Changes: ASHRAE code 90.1-2010 and ASHRAE 189.1-2011 sets the bar even higher for greening commercial buildings

• Clear Future

To download the new white paper visit www.bitly.com/XylemSystemsWhitePaper.

Read the entire press release here.