Boiler return line leaks are secretly destroying your building and budget

There is a hidden problem lurking deep inside your building’s foundation, secretly destroying your building and your budget…

And this problem has been going on for years or decades because nobody knows it's happening.

It's called a return line leak.

What is a Boiler Return Line Leak?

To understand it, we need to go back to the basics.

Buildings are heated by a central heating system often called the boiler. You can think of a boiler like a giant pot of water on the stove.

You burn oil or gas to heat that pot of water. Steam rises and goes up a pipe that goes through every apartment in the building and ultimately ends up back at the boiler.

The beauty of this system is that it's actually really efficient.  That hot water only needs to be reheated just a little bit to become steam again, and then the process starts over.

Except sometimes that pipe springs a leak. That leak is called the return line leak.

You Can't See Most Return Line Leaks

Occasionally, you'll see it, right? You'll see a giant pool of water. You know, you need to fix it.

But more often than not, that leak happens underground, and nobody ever sees it or knows it's happening.

Why Return Link Leaks Are So Costly & Dangerous

Something like 30% of a building's energy usage might come from a single return mine leak.

Why is this so expensive? The reason is that when that water goes out, not only do you have to pay for a ton of new water to replace it, but that new water's ice cold.

You might have to heat it from 30 or 40 degrees up to 212 degrees. That's a ton of water and a ton of energy being wasted.

You're also going from super hot water to super cold water. Hot water, cold water. It's stretching the metal boiler. As it stretches, eventually, that boiler will break, and that can cost millions of dollars.

How to Find Return Line Leaks

The good news is that smart controls now use water meters to figure out how much water is being replaced every day.

If you know that a ton of water is being replaced, that's how you know you have a return line leak.

We could reduce building carbon output and energy costs by something like 10% by just fixing return line leaks.

The trick is just knowing those leaks are there in the first place.

Utility Companies Will Pay To Find Return Line Leaks

If you don't have smart controls installed that can detect return line leaks in real-time your local utility may pay to have them installed. You can use the form below to see if your building is eligible.