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With energy and water costs constantly increasing, facility management resources are becoming progressively limited. Smarter buildings effectively require smarter thinking to reduce costs, so managers have begun looking for methods to improve the performance of their facilities’ energy and water consuming systems.

A strong emphasis is always on heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, but could you be overlooking and underestimating the plumbing system within your building? It could offer substantial energy and water savings.

RECOGNISING THE SYMPTOMS

At first glance, your facility could tick all the boxes by looking appealing, providing plenty of natural daylight, incorporating the latest in control technologies, plus offering the bonus of no thermal comfort complaints.

But, below the surface, your building systems may be wasting energy and water – effectively flushing money down the drain – with few noticeable symptoms. If it’s not broken, it doesn’t need fixing. But