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Plumbing & Mechanical Engineer

  • Plumbing & Mechanical Engineer
    • Decarbonization | Electrification
    • Fire Protection
    • Geothermal | Solar Thermal
    • Piping | Plumbing | PVF
    • Christoph Lohr: Strategic Plumbing Insights
    • David Dexter: Plumbing Talking Points
    • James Dipping: Engineer Viewpoints
    • John Seigenthaler: Renewable Heating Design
    • Lowell Manalo: Plumbing Essentials
    • Misty Guard: Guard on Compliance

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Continuing education: Designing right-sized plumbing systems for housing affordability, water efficiency and public health

Continuing education: Designing right-sized plumbing systems for housing affordability, water efficiency and public health

This article provides plumbing engineers and system designers with strategies for right-sizing residential plumbing systems based on modern water use data and highlights how traditional sizing methods, like the Hunter’s Curve, often lead to oversized systems that increase costs and wastewater.


By: Andrew A Hunt
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  • Decarbonization | Electrification
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  • Geothermal | Solar Thermal
  • Piping | Plumbing | PVF
  • Christoph Lohr: Strategic Plumbing Insights
  • David Dexter: Plumbing Talking Points
  • James Dipping: Engineer Viewpoints
  • John Seigenthaler: Renewable Heating Design
  • Lowell Manalo: Plumbing Essentials
  • Misty Guard: Guard on Compliance

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