Case Studies

Ashley Hall Academy

Ashley Hall Academy

Case Study: Ashley Hall Academy

Project: In an effort to achieve LEED Silver certification, Ashley Hall, located in Charleston, SC, incorporated a rainwater harvesting system on the renovation of the school’s library and science centre.

Solution: Aquanomix provided essential rainwater harvesting system components as well as commissioning services.

Results:

- Ashley Hall has rainwater storage capacity of 25,000 gallons.


 

Blue Cross Blue Shield (LEED Silver certified)

Blue Cross Blue Shield (LEED Silver certified)

Case Study: Blue Cross Blue Shield (LEED Silver certified)

Project: In an effort to achieve LEED Silver certification, Blue Cross Blue Shield incorporated rainwater as a makeup water source for cooling towers and supply to water closets

Solution: Start-up equipment and services were provided during commissioning of the BCBS rainwater system, which included master controller, media filteration, metering pumps and water meter.

Results:

- BCBS collects approximately 12,524 gallons of water per one inch rain event.

- This equates to upwards of 500,000 gallons of municipal water saved annually.


 

Durham Technical Community College

Durham Technical Community College

Case Study: Durham Technical Community College

Project: In an effort to be more sustainable, Durham Technical Community College uses rainwater to flush toilets at its Hillsborough, NC campus.

Solution: Aquanomix provides continuing rainwater program management services.

Results:

- To date, DTCC has saved over 100,000 gallons of potable water by using rainwater.

- The system is currently functioning as designed.


 

Case Study: North Carolina Research Campus

North Carolina Research Campus

North Carolina Research Campus

Project: In an effort to support sustainability, the North Carolina Research Campus, a LEED Silver project developed by David Murdock, included a graywater system on the project design for the Core Lab Building.

Solution: Aquanomix provides water management consulting services for the system, including monitoring of system equipment and chemistry.

Results:

- The system captures HVAC condensate.

- 100% of building water closets needs are sourced with graywater.