WaterSense CI Stakeholder Meetings
In 2009 and 2012, EPA held public stakeholder meetings to discuss how WaterSense could support the Commercial and Institutional (CI) sector.
August 2009 Meeting
In August 2009, EPA released a white paper outlining the possibility of expanding WaterSense to include opportunities for the CI sector and held two public meetings during that fall to discuss potential program options for a WaterSense CI program.
- Water Efficiency in the Commercial and Institutional Sector: Considerations for a WaterSense Program (pdf)
- Comments on the August 2009 “Water Efficiency in the Commercial and Institutional Sector: Considerations for a WaterSense® Program” White Paper (pdf)
- WaterSense 2009 CI Meeting Summary (pdf)
- WaterSense 2009 CI Meeting Presentation (pdf)
- Summary of 2009 WaterSense CI Meetings (pdf)
October 2012 Meeting
In October 2012, EPA met with a number of stakeholders to provide information on WaterSense and ENERGY STAR program efforts to advance water efficiency in the commercial and institutional sector. One focus of the meeting was describing the approach used by ENERGY STAR to benchmarking energy and the implications for water benchmarking.