Evergreen EverFlush DualFlush Facilities for a Greener Evergreen
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Evergreen, Ever-Flush Dual-Flush Facilities for a Greener Evergreen Kristen Henderson Amelia Withrow Garry Mc. Nealley
Guiding Questions How well will a dual flush work on a 3. 5 GPF toilet? Would it be worth changing all the SEM 2 building toilets?
Hypothesis Primary Hypothesis- test four dual flush system will work adequately to save Evergreen water and money with a 3. 5 GPF toilet Alt. Hypothesis- We change the four flushers to dual-flush and it doesn’t benefit the campus Null Hypothesis- The test dual flush systems don’t work and cause back-up in the pluming
Inquiry Exploration We want to install 4 dual flush handles in the SEM 2 B building to see how well they work with 3. 5 GPF toilets; this will help us determine if it’s worth installing dual flush handles in all of SEM 2.
CO 2 Savings 91, 250 flushes per year roughly in sem 2. 320, 000 gallons of water. Which costs $. 21 per gallon. $67, 000 on water. Carbon Tax. 119 pounds of carbon per flush. 4522. 67 pounds of carbon per year in sem 2 (2. 25 tons)
Let’s talk Monay Handles FREE Cost of labor
Not So Mysterious Water Waster Library's watering hole Capped off!
What we’ve learned… The toilets we want to convert are 3. 5 GPF instead of 1. 8 GPF. We have all the free dual flush systems we could ever need We need to up the pressure in the toilets to handle the low water flow
Last Things How to be able to pay our current maintenance staff for extra work for insulation? If its YELLOW let it MELLOW Raise awareness! DO IT YOURSELF!
Outside Help Zita has helped us a lot by teaching us how to use a spreadsheet to figure out savings, and she’s contacted several people around campus who have been helpful. Rich Davis and Mike Drennon Kirwin Beckdol, Evergreen plumber
Works Cited/Acknowledgements http: //www. faucet. com/sloan-wes-212 a-n-a- uppercut-handle-retrofitkit/f 1025046? source=gg-gbapla_1025046____53566642608&s_kwcid=PT C!pla!!!75496088688!g!!53566642608&gclid= CMi. Q 0 O 3 tt 8 ICFUVgfgod. Qww. Az. Q Zita for information http: //www. americanstandardpro. com/plumber -rewards-club/product-knowledge/flushologyhistory. aspx
