Spray Valve Pilot on Lake Street
Resources on energy and water savings, installation, and how to run an upgrade program in your community!
High-Efficiency Pre-Rinse Spray Valves are designed to provide the same pressure and the same quality performance that you expect from your current spray valve, with 57% ** less water!
The Clean Energy Resource Teams are working to develop a turnkey kit so you can bring an upgrade program to your community, saving your food businesses and restaurants hundreds of dollars a year in water and energy costs. Ask your restaurants if they are using high-efficiency spray valves yet, and talk with Michelle at CERTs about how to get involved!
** Actual savings depend on days and hours of use, water pressure, and water heater. 57% savings estimate from switching from 3.0 gpm spray valve to Niagara N218.
Savings Chart: Let’s Do the Math! |
| Annual Water Consumption | Old Valve | New Valve |
| Gallons | 63,000 | 26,880 |
| Water & Sewer Cost | $547 | $233 |
| Annual Water Heating | Old Valve | New Valve |
| Therms | 378 | 161 |
| Water Heating Cost | $284 | $121 |
| Annual Water, Sewer & Heating Savings | $0 | $477 |
- Savings Chart Assumptions:
- Base Flow: 3.00 gallons per minute (industry average)
- High-Efficiency Upgrade: 1.28 gallons per minute
- Days used per Year: 350 Days
- Hours used per Day: 1 Hour
- Energy Prices: City of Minneapolis, CenterPoint Energy
- Note: If you use your spray valve more days, for longer hours, or your current spray valve has a higher flow rate than 3.00 gal/min, you are likely to experience greater savings.
| Contact | Take Action | Campaign Kit |
 Michelle Vigen CERTs Campaigns 612-626-0455 |
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Action Steps: What to do 
- Learn: Check out our Lake Street Program Brochure to learn more about high-efficiency pre-rinse spray valves and their benefits, and how we are promoting a pre-rinse spray valve program.
- Learn More: Dig into More Resources about the pre-rinse spray valves including cost calculators and case studies.
- Coordinate: If you are a community group or association, talk to potential partners and your utility company to work on getting a program started in your neck of the woods. Buying down the cost of the valves (or offering them for free) greatly reduces one of the barriers to installation. Contact Michelle Vigen, CERTs Campaign & Metrics Coordinator, for more information and guidance: Email or 612-626-0455.
- Share: Click here to let other people know about this campaign!
- Reflect: Help others by sharing your experience!
More Resources: Dig Deeper 
The resources below will help you to fully understand high-efficiency pre-rinse spray valves.
- Food Service Technology Center – Pre-Rinse Spray Valves
Basic information and a list of efficient brands and models.
- Food Service Technology Center – Savings Calculator
A quick tool for estimating your savings. See the Savings Chart above, or contact your utilities to obtain your local pricing information.
- Alliance for Water Efficiency – Commercial Food Service Introduction
Provides a list of Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification studies on completed programs.
- Case Study: City of Calgary – Pre-Rinse Spray Valve Program Final Report
A final report from a municipal-led replacement program.
- Case Study: Region of Waterloo – Pre-Rinse Spray Valve Pilot Study
A final report from a regional replacement program.
Campaign Kit: Download and Go 
Heading to a meeting? Not going to have an internet connection for a while? This kit has everything you need get going:
- Sample Program Brochure
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Stories: Learning & Inspiration 
Have a story to share? If you took this action, we want to hear from you. After telling a little bit about yourself, please tell us about the following, along with anything else you’d like to share:
- How did you hear about this campaign?
- Why did you choose to purchase and install a new pre-rinse spray valve?
- How many did you purchase and install?
- How was the installation process?
- What types of benefits have you already experienced?
- Would you recommend that others upgrade to high-efficiency pre-rinse spray valves?
- Do you have any tips or advice for others??
It is not required, but it would be great if you could also include your name and contact info. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the comment form.
Clean Energy Resource Teams