Optimized Plumbing Design for the 21st Century: Smarter Systems for Health, Affordability, and Sustainability
Designing Efficient, Cost-Effective, and Health-Conscious Plumbing Systems for Modern Multifamily Residential Buildings
Sponsored by IAPMO
Live Webinar Airing on September 11, 2025 at 02:00 PM ET
Outdated pipe-sizing methods continue to drive the overdesign of plumbing systems in multifamily residential buildings. Wasting resources, increasing costs, and compromising water quality. This webinar explores how plumbing engineers and system designers can implement performance-based, efficiently scaled plumbing strategies tailored to today’s multifamily housing.
Using the IAPMO Water Demand Calculator® to estimate peak water demand in residential buildings, participants will learn how to align system sizing with actual usage patterns, thereby accurately estimating peak water demand in residential buildings.
The session highlights how modernized plumbing design can accelerate hot water delivery, reduce stagnation, and mitigate health risks, while supporting affordability, energy efficiency, and sustainability. Case studies will demonstrate how applying these principles can reduce infrastructure and operational costs, contributing to healthier and more resilient residential environments.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain how conventional pipe-sizing practices in multifamily residential buildings contribute to excess material use, operational inefficiencies, and water quality concerns.
- Describe the correct calculations to use based on current fixture flow rates and usage data.
- Analyze how modern plumbing right-sizing reduces water age and stagnation, helping to mitigate the risk of waterborne pathogens and improve occupant health.
- Apply scalable, performance-driven design strategies to enhance energy efficiency, accelerate hot water delivery, and reduce the overall cost and environmental impact of multifamily plumbing systems via right-sizing.
