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GOT WATER? Simple Strategies to Harvest and Reclaim
Water in Your Laboratories
Rohit Saxena, Hellmuth, Obata
+ Kassabaum
This topic will focus on the top water reclaim strategies for laboratories
from simple to the elaborate.
The topic will cover:
- Condensate water recovery
- Subsurface water recovery
- Rain water harvesting
The presentation will show how to design your lab projects for
maximizing water recovery. The presentation will focus on a simple
explanation of how these strategies work, (diagrams, flow charts,
etc.) and case studies will be used from several HOK projects to
show simple and elaborate strategies one can use. Metrics will be
provided on cost and volume of water saved, including simple explanation
of how one establishes which strategy works well. Some of the examples
we will use are:
- Nidus Center - Rain Water Cisterns.
- Whitehead Biomedical Building - 2.5 million gallons of condensate
water recovered annually.
- Paul Coverdell Biomedical Building - 4.5 million gallons of
water recovered annually through a sophisticated system of rainwater,
ground water, and condensate recovery. The water is filtered,
cleaned, and directed by building systems either for irrigation,
cooling tower make up, or toilet flushing through automatic building
controls.
Labs21 Connection:
This topic fits perfectly all principles of Labs21:
- Minimizing overall environmental impacts through reduced demand
for clean water.
- Optimizing whole building efficiency on a life-cycle basis by
considering an integrated approach to water recovery with other
building systems.
- Establish goals, track performance, and share results for continuous
improvement by sharing critical metrics, both in terms of water
saved and life cycle costs.
Biography:
Rohit Saxena is a Vice President for HOK and brings over
21 years of experience in architecture. He leads the Science + Technology
Focus Group for HOK in Atlanta and his responsibilities include
planning and overseeing science and technology oriented projects
with special emphasis on academic teaching and research laboratories.
His most recent works include the 325,000 sq. ft. Whitehead Biomedical
Research Building at Emory University and the 145,000 sq. ft. Paul
D. Coverdell Building for Biomedical Research at the University
of Georgia at Athens. Both of these laboratory projects and others
he has completed include integrated sustainable and high performance
engineering strategies that will be covered in his presentation.
Rohit Saxena, is a regular speaker in industry conferences on laboratory
design and sustainability including Labs21, Tradelines, U.S. Green
Building Council Conference, and SCUP.
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