Prescription Water Technologies with Trace Blackmore

<p><strong>Trace Blackmore</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is an expert in energy savings through better water treatment. His career is rooted in educating his clients so they better understand the full impact of water treatment and the real value of efficient water treatment.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Water treatment is one of the most misunderstood...in the building world.” - Trace Blackmore</span></em></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trace Blackmore - Defining Water Treatment</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Defining and explaining water treatment is not always easy. Most people in his industry do a very poor job of explaining it. Trace tries to make a career of educating his customers to know enough to hold me accountable so then they see the value of water treatment.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you get water savings, you’re going to get energy savings.” - Trace Blackmore</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He explains it as a four-legged stool with water treatment sitting on top. The four legs represent the four things you have to do completely to have a sound water treatment program. Those are control of corrosion, scaling, microbial fouling and general debris.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Energy Savings with Water Treatment</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most people don’t realize how much water is used with their heating and cooling equipment and how much energy is used with that. Most people tend to focus on how much they pay for water treatment service but not how much they are spending running all the equipment that takes that water service.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leed version 4 now rewards you 3 points if you are really doing a better job with your cooling towers and water treatment. Charlie challenges you to ask better questions of your HVAC installers those that are servicing your buildings.</span></p> <h2><span s