Rinnai has produced a new CPD titled ‘Water Neutrality’ and it details a subject that will become increasingly important as UK water supplies become less accessible due to overpopulation and climate change. Rinnai aims to increase awareness of this issue as well as supply verified information and industry insight into the question: should water neutrality be added to national legislation?
This recent addition to the company’s extensive list of industry relevant CPDs including ‘SPF – Seasonal Performance Factors and Heat Pump Design’; ‘Retrofitting Heat Pumps into the Leisure Sector through CCA & SPF Analysis’. And, now, the ‘Introduction to Water Neutrality.’
All the CPDs provide updated insights into significant issues concerning contractors, consultants, specifiers, system designers, and installers operating in the UK HVAC market.
Water neutrality specifically relates to the construction of developments that do not increase the amount of water being extracted from local water supplies. Property and buildings construction, as well as the HVAC industry, are now open to a new field of criteria that could affect a new project’s viability.
Water neutrality aims to ensure building developments are planned and completed as to not increase water consumption in the surrounding area. Water neutrality aims to achieve this aim by reducing water use, reusing water and offsetting water demand.
Rinnai’s new CPD presents the three key stages of achieving water neutrality and highlights reducing water usage as opposed to offsetting water usage. The ‘Water Neutrality’ CPD then leads into a case study which focuseson reducing water usage during the refurbishment of a commercial building and demonstrates several direct and indirect benefits on water consumption, cost and carbon production.
Rinnai’s aim with this CPD is to inform the audience of how the water neutrality process can be applied to both new developments and refurbished buildings. It also provides information on each step of water neutrality, the methods of successfully completing each step, as well as the benefits and disadvantages.
Delegates will also learn about a case study application verifying the benefits of adopting a water neutral approach and the range of benefits this can have on performance, cost and carbon. www.rinnai-uk.co.uk