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Asheville City Schools

Land-of-Sky Regional Council's Waste Reduction Partners (WRP) recently completed an extensive energy review for the entire Asheville City School System - nine school campuses and the Central office, totaling over one million square feet of building space.

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Water Utility Demand-side Management

As a result of increasing water supply demands, municipalities and water and sewer districts are implementing demand-side management programs to encourage year-round water efficiency. Waste Reduction Partners has a long history working with the City of Asheville, Water Resources Department and others, assisting with industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) water efficiency programs.  WRP also provided DSM drought response assistance to multiple municipalities during the droughts of 1998-99, 2001-02 and 2007-08.

WRP will guide and assist municipalities in launching ICI water efficiency assessments and outreach initiatives. WRP's team of multi-disciplinary volunteer engineers offer a broad range of industrial and commercial expertise to assist your water district's ICI customer-base.

  • Outline of an ICI Water Efficiency Program.
  • Define goals and objective of water utility and create technical services contractual agreement.
  • Review customer base to identify and screen customer for DSM assistance.
  • Confirm that customers have management commitment to assess and implement water-efficiency measures.
  • Assemble a multi-disciplinary team of WRP assessors to conduct the customer water-use audit.
  • Collect background site information and records.  Complete water efficiency checklist.
  • Conduct on-site water audit at customer site.  Determine water balance and full cost of water use including water heating, chemical treatment, pumping, on-site pretreatment, and related labor costs.
  • Identify target areas for water efficiency measures in applicable process equipment, heating and cooling, sanitary/domestic, kitchens, outdoor/landscaping, leak repair, and other facility support activities.
  • Prepare a confidential report that gives specific water efficiency recommendations, cost/benefit analysis, technical resources, vendor information, case studies, and educational program suggestions.
  • Follow-up with customer to assure progress and address any implementation obstacles.
  • Provide periodic status reports and performance measures to water utility.
 
Footer_logos_updatedWaste Reduction Partners is administered by the Land-of-Sky Regional Council and the Triangle J Council of Governments. WRP is a partnership program of the NC Division of Environmental Assistance and Outreach, with sponsorship, in part, by the North Carolina State Energy Office.
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