The choices made in selecting a water purification system can have an impact on the environmental footprint of an organisation or facility.
According to an analysis published in 2012 by an architectural and engineering firm that specialises in lab design, a laboratory will consume five times more energy and water per square foot than a similarly sized office building.1 Harvard University, for example, has found that while laboratories occupy 20 percent of its physical property, they are consuming 44 percent of the total energy used.2
