High-rise plumbing design and plumbing codes

摘要

High-rise buildings have very complex and challenging plumbing systems. I find that there is not much plumbing code language that specifically addresses how a high-rise building should be designed to save energy, save water, and provide the owner and occupants with a sustainable and safe installation. All of the basic plumbing code language for backflow prevention, minimum and maximum pressures, and waste and vent stacks for buildings over three stories tall applies to high-rise buildings. But, the code is silent in many other areas in which money is wasted and equipment wears out in high-rise buildings, leaving building occupants without water and basic hygiene.