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An investigation into installing waterless urinals at Koerner’s Pub Garsuta, Red (Kyle); Too, Jason; Seth, Sidharth; Ruan, Daniel
Abstract
In alignment with UBC’s Sustainability goals, Koerner’s Pub is determined to lower its water consumption through practices, policies, or implementation of technology. Restrooms account for a significant portion of a restaurant’s total water consumption, mainly due to the vast amount of water flushed in the urinals. This report investigates into the possibility of installing waterless urinals at the Pub in order to eliminate water usage due to flushing. Using the Triple Bottom Line assessment, three different options are considered: keeping the existing urinals, installing new waterless urinals and retro-‐fitting the existing urinals into waterless urinals. The investigation focuses on solutions that do not necessitate a large capital investment. After evaluating each of the three urinal options based on the triple bottom line indicators, it is found that keeping the existing flush urinals is the most economically feasible option due to high costs attached to the waterless urinals. Waterless urinals project a positive impact on the environment and are socially acceptable in places that do not have high user loads, such as Koerner’s Pub. Despite the mammoth potential water savings of approximately 47,000 liters per year, merits of waterless urinals are negated by the strong economic pushback. Since it would be impossible for the stakeholder to recover the costs for installation and maintenance of waterless urinals, it is recommended that the Pub management should just continue to use and maintain the existing flush urinals. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
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| Title |
An investigation into installing waterless urinals at Koerner’s Pub
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| Date Issued |
2014-11-27
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| Description |
In
alignment
with
UBC’s
Sustainability
goals,
Koerner’s
Pub
is
determined
to
lower
its
water
consumption
through
practices,
policies,
or
implementation
of
technology.
Restrooms
account
for
a
significant
portion
of
a
restaurant’s
total
water
consumption,
mainly
due
to
the
vast
amount
of
water
flushed
in
the
urinals.
This
report
investigates
into
the
possibility
of
installing
waterless
urinals
at
the
Pub
in
order
to
eliminate
water
usage
due
to
flushing.
Using
the
Triple
Bottom
Line
assessment,
three
different
options
are
considered:
keeping
the
existing
urinals,
installing
new
waterless
urinals
and
retro-‐fitting
the
existing
urinals
into
waterless
urinals.
The
investigation
focuses
on
solutions
that
do
not
necessitate
a
large
capital
investment.
After
evaluating
each
of
the
three
urinal
options
based
on
the
triple
bottom
line
indicators,
it
is
found
that
keeping
the
existing
flush
urinals
is
the
most
economically
feasible
option
due
to
high
costs
attached
to
the
waterless
urinals.
Waterless
urinals
project
a
positive
impact
on
the
environment
and
are
socially
acceptable
in
places
that
do
not
have
high
user
loads,
such
as
Koerner’s
Pub.
Despite
the
mammoth
potential
water
savings
of
approximately
47,000
liters
per
year,
merits
of
waterless
urinals
are
negated
by
the
strong
economic
pushback.
Since
it
would
be
impossible
for
the
stakeholder
to
recover
the
costs
for
installation
and
maintenance
of
waterless
urinals,
it
is
recommended
that
the
Pub
management
should
just
continue
to
use
and
maintain
the
existing
flush
urinals. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
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| Language |
eng
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| Series | |
| Date Available |
2015-02-25
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0108782
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| URI | |
| Affiliation | |
| Campus | |
| Peer Review Status |
Unreviewed
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| Scholarly Level |
Undergraduate
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| Rights URI | |
| Aggregated Source Repository |
DSpace
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