Environmental Design + Construction - March 2009 - (Page 12) NEWSLINE Regency Centers Commits to Outdoor Water Conservation JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Regency Centers, a national owner, operator and developer of grocery-anchored and community shopping centers, has announced an outdoor water conservation initiative. According to Mark Peternell, Regency Centers’ vice president of sustainability, the company has selected 36 of its existing shopping centers in Arizona (1), California (27), Colorado (5), Oregon (2) and Washington (1) to install high-efficiency “smart” irrigation controllers aimed at reducing its outdoor water consumption. “The measures we are taking at the 36 shopping centers represent a significant commitment to outdoor water conservation. Combined, we anticipate that we’ll save more than 42 million gallons of water per year which will result in significant cost savings to our company and our tenants,” Peternell said. “Ordinary irrigation systems cannot adjust to changing weather conditions and often result in excessive over-watering. On the other hand, ‘smart’ irrigation controllers use local weather information to adjust water amount, timing and duration,” he said. “This technology is proven to save water and reduce runoff. Not only will this provide a direct savings in the form of lower water bills, it will also minimize sewer overcharges, landscape replacement and maintenance costs that can result from over-watering,” he said. The company was recently selected to partner with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Net-Zero Energy Commercial Building Initiative (CBI) as a National Account and was chosen among 21 companies in retail, finance and commercial real estate to team with DOE Laboratories to speed market adoption of current energy-saving technologies and produce buildings with significant and measurable energy savings. Visit www.regencycenters.com for more information. PIMA CROSSING IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. PHOTO COURTESY OF REGENCY CENTERS. POLISHED CONCRETE The SUSTAINABLE WaterSense Program Announces Draft Specification for HighEfficiency Flushing Urinals WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) WaterSense program announced its first product labeling effort for commercial building products with the release of a draft specification for high-efficiency flushing urinals. The EPA estimates that nationwide, older, inefficient urinals waste nearly 45 billion gallons of water annually. WaterSense has developed a draft specification for labeling those urinals that are 50 percent more efficient than the current federal standard of 1.0 gallons per flush (gpf ). To ensure adequate performance, urinals must comply with existing standards for flushing urinals and need to be tested for trap seal restoration and flush effectiveness before they can earn the WaterSense label. Urinals are the first commercial product slated for WaterSense labeling. WaterSense is a voluntary partnership program sponsored by EPA to promote water efficiency across the country, and the WaterSense label helps consumers and other purchasers easily identify high-performance, water-efficient products. For more information, visit the www.epa.gov/watersense. Flooring Choice ori r ring Choice Cho ce INT RI N SIC ALLY G IS HE D CO N CR LEED PLATINUM L CA Academy of Sciences y e View our portfolio of environmental & LEED projects online: PerfectPolishOnline.com 1-877-91-SHINE 12 Reader Service No. 187 www.EDCmag.com/webcard ed+c M AR C H 09 ET E RE EN PO L http://www.regencycenters.com http://www.PerfectPolishOnline.com http://www.PerfectPolishOnline.com http://www.epa.gov/watersense http://www.EDCmag.com/webcard
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