Is this Guide for You? This guide highlights common opportunities to improve water efficiency and lower operating costs in commercial and institutional facilities. It has been designed for use by commercial and institutional facility managers, property owners, and building maintenance professionals anywhere. Facility management professionals will be thoroughly introduced to the concept of water efficiency improvement and guided, step-by-step, on how to identify operational areas where immediate and long-term water efficiency improvements at their facilities. Although it is applicable to users in all areas, the guidebook does contain references to external resources and information specific to Florida. Florida-specific references and information are set apart from the main text in orange boxes to avoid confusion. For example, while the principals of water efficient landscaping are the same everywhere (plants should be selected according to the local climate and site-specific conditions), the guidebook identifies organizations and web links to organizations which focus on plants adapted to Florida’s climate. Users from areas outside of Florida should be able to equivalent resources for their areas fairly easily.
Notice to Florida Green Lodging Program Applicants As part of your application, Florida Green Lodging Program Applicants are only required to conduct the BASIC water audit procedures for applicable areas of water use at your property, with the following exceptions (NOT required): Irrigation System Distribution Uniformity, Application Rate and Calibration – Basic Audit and the Facility Leak Detection Audit. The worksheets associated the following applicable procedures are what you will submit to the Florida Green Lodging Program: • • • • • • • • •
The Basic Facility Header Sheet Meters and Submeters – Basic Audit Examining Utility Bills and Estimating Daily Facility Water Use – Basic Audit General Domestic Water Use – Basic Audit Commercial-Grade Kitchen Water Use – Basic Audit Cooling Tower Water Use – Basic Audit Irrigation Schedule and Controller– Basic Audit Irrigation System and Landscape Survey – Basic Audit Rain and Soil Moisture Sensor Survey – Basic Audit For all questions related to the Florida Green Lodging Program, please contact: JoAnn Shearer Green Lodging Program Coordinator GreenLodging@dep.state.fl.us (850) 245-2100
For questions on how to complete an audit exercise and to request free flow-gauge bags (see page 46), available while supplies last, please contact: Robert Wanvestraut Senior Water Conservation Analyst South Florida Water Management District rwanvest@sfwmd.gov 561-682-2054
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