Abstract
Recovery of waste water heat in the discharge from showers to preheat the incoming cold water has been promoted as a cost effective, energy efficient and low carbon design option. Its ability to reduce carbon emissions is recognised in the domestic Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) - the energy assessment tool in the UK for demonstrating compliance with the Building Regulation Part L for dwellings. Incentivised by its carbon-cost effectiveness, waste water heat recovery units have been incorporated in the newly constructed Falmer Sports Pavilion at the University of Brighton in the UK. This £2m sports development serving several football fields was completed in August 2015 providing eight first-rate changing and shower rooms for students, staff and external organisations. There are six shower rooms on the ground floor and two shower rooms on the first floor, each fitted with 5 or 6 thermostatically controlled shower units. Inline type of waste water heat recovery units are installed, each consisted of a copper pipe section wound by an external coil of smaller copper pipe through which the cold water is warmed and subsequently supplied to the shower mixers.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Water Efficiency Conference 2016 |
| Place of Publication | Bath, United Kingdom |
| Publisher | Water Efficiency Network, University of Bath |
| Pages | 114-121 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Sept 2016 |
| Event | Proceedings of the Water Efficiency Conference 2016 - 7-9 September, Coventry UK Duration: 25 Sept 2016 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the Water Efficiency Conference 2016 |
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| Period | 25/09/16 → … |