Abstract
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) built a successful water conservation program and reduced potable water use through a series of initiatives at EPA laboratories. The projects highlighted in this case study demonstrate EPA's ability to reduce water use in laboratory and medical equipment by implementing vacuum pump and steam sterilizer replacements and retrofits. Due to the successof the initial vacuum pump and steam sterilizer projects described here, EPA is implementing similar projects at several laboratories throughout the nation.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 4 |
| State | Published - 2011 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/BR-7A20-48950
Other Report Number
- DOE/GO-102011-3121
Keywords
- DOE
- EPA
- EPA laboratory initiatives
- Federal Energy Management Program
- FEMP
- reduced potable water use
- steam sterilizer replacement and retrofit
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- vacuum pump replacement and retrofit
- vacuum pumps
- water conservation program