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BEAM P
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NTERIORS
C
OMMERCIAL
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ETAIL
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ND
I
NSTITUTIONAL
W
ATER
U
SE
(WU)
WU 4 N
O
B
OTTLED
W
ATER
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WU 4 N
O
B
OTTLED
W
ATER
E
XCLUSION
None.
O
BJECTIVE
Reduce the environmental impact during the production and
transportation of plastic water bottles.
C
REDIT ATTAINABLE
2
C
REDIT REQUIREMENT
2 credits for demonstrating replacements for plastic bottled water
services have been provided (such as drinking water fountains, etc.)
A
SSESSMENT
Criteria
Provide alternatives for the plastic bottled water type water delivery
and dispenser(s) fo
r project space .Documentation
Credits shall be achieved when the Applicant provides the
documentation stated below, to demonstrate compliance:
i.
list alternatives provided;
ii.
drawings, floor plan layout;
iii.
catalogue information;
iv.
record photographs;
B
ACKGROUND
A study commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) [
1] found
that bottled water was the largest growing drinks industry driven by
peoples’ perception of deteriorating drinking water quality. The study
said that in some cases, bottled waters only differed from tap water in
their method of delivery. The environmental consequences of drinking
bottled water are immense. The study found that 1.5 million tons per
annum of plastic are used to bottle water. Toxic chemicals can be
released into the environment during the manufacture and in the
ultimate disposal of the bottles, a significant proportion of which end
up in landfills. A quarter of the 89 billion litres of water bottled
worldwide annually are consumed outside their country of origin
resulting in additional carbon dioxide emissions.
1
Ferrier, C, Bottled water: Understanding a social phenomenon, April, 2001,
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/bottled_water.pdf