Earn CEUs at Free Online Training on Plumbing Pipe Sizing

The International Code Council will be hosting a free Learn Live online training event on December 6, 2023, from 12:00 – 1:30 PM CST.

Plumbing Pipe Sizing: Why Is It Important, is sponsored by the Code Council’s Plumbing Mechanical and Fuel Gas (PMG) resources group and will offer attendees 0.15 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Plumbing Pipe Sizing: Why Is It Important?

Modern building supply and drainage piping systems are sized based on research conducted by Dr. Roy B. Hunter in the 1930s on behalf of the National Bureau of Standards (which became the National Institute of Standards and Technology or NIST in 1988). This research was conducted well before the introduction of efficient plumbing fixtures, resulting in plumbing systems being grossly oversized. Oversized plumbing systems are associated with increased energy consumption, inflated construction costs, degradation of systems, and elevated levels of pathogen development in piping networks.

This training addresses new methodologies currently in development by the University of Miami and the International Code Council that aim to properly size modern plumbing systems.

The session will also cover how these methodologies are critical in creating a consensus standard to protect public health and address water scarcity issues worldwide.

The training will:

• Identify the history of plumbing pipe sizing
• Identify the different plumbing pipe sizing methods
• Identify the issues associated with oversized plumbing piping
• Discuss the steps that the Code Council and the University of Miami are undertaking to standardize properly sized plumbing systems on the global stage

The panelists will include:

• Gary Klein – Gary is president of Gary Klein & Associates, Inc. and has been involved in energy efficiency and renewable energy since 1974. Since the early 1990s he has led the effort to incorporate “hot water as a system” into the core principles of building science. After serving 19 years with the California Energy Commission, he has provided consulting on sustainability since 2008, with an emphasis on the water-energy-carbon-health connection.
• John Lansing – John is a lead plumbing designer at PAE, a consulting engineering firm in Portland, Oregon. John specializes in applying sustainable solutions to plumbing systems and research on international engineering design guidance and serves on various code and standard technical committees. John has authored numerous publications through the American Society of Plumbing Engineers, the World Plumbing Council and ASHRAE.
• Dr. Esber Andiroglu – Dr. Andiroglu is an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Miami, FL in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering with a secondary appointment at School of Architecture. In addition, he is the Director of MS in Construction Management Program offered by the College of Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer and a LEED AP accredited educator with an academic focus on building environmental systems, water resources and sustainability areas.

Sign up for the free Learn Live online training, here. Read more about the urgent need to water scarcity through scientifically supported solutions, here.