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CA Energy Commission Approves Water Appliance Standards
Per Governor Brown's recent executive order to conserve water, the California Energy Commission's newly approved energy efficiency and water standards (which are anticipated to save more than 100 billion gallons per year) are as follows:
- Toilets, except those designed for prisons or mental health facilities, shall not consume more than 1.28 gallons per flush and shall have a waste extraction score of no fewer than 350 grams.
- Urinals, except those designed for prisons or mental health facilities, shall not consume more than 0.125 gallons per flush. (NOTE: Prisons and mental health facilities have specially-designed toilets and urinals to address security and health issues.)
- Residential lavatory faucets shall not exceed a 1.2 gallon per minute flow rate.
- Kitchen faucets shall not exceed 1.8 gallons per minute flow rate and may have capability to increase to 2.2 gallons per minute momentarily for filling pots and pans.
- Public lavatory faucets shall not exceed 0.5 gallon per minute flow rate.
In addition, the executive order allowed the commission to prohibit the sale and installation of certain toilets, urinals and faucets that do not meet minimum water efficiency requirements as of January 1, 2016, regardless of the manufactured date.
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