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new exhibitors at this event that I will be checking out for you — and tons of new products from the other 430 exhibiting. This alone is a great rea- son to come to K/BIS 2011! Here are some quick gems on why you should come to K/BIS 2011: • One of my best is Jet-Pro
Shower Spas (
www.jetproshow-
erspas.com), Booth # C-4480, which has been one of the hottest categories in Western Europe! Why? These “Shower Columns (panels)” are pre- plumbed and IAPMO pending ap- proval and do not include the shower valve. You remove the shower arm, quick connect to the ½” I.P.S. and fasten it to the wall. In 15 minutes, you have “turned your shower into a spa retreat.” Trust me that it is only every consumer’s hit list! Consumer magazines and TV shows have talked about it. These units were tested under normal water pressure and were engineered to work. The com- pany is rock solid! • Aptations, a Kimball and Young
Affiliate (
www.aptations.com), Booth 5970, has their latest LED magnifica- tion mirrors and lights, Back Lit lighting mirrors, which came from extensive use in 5 star hotel baths; and they will have New Home Bath and Mirror, at their both whom has a shaving in the shower code approved fog free mirror and Young. • American Standard Brands
(
www.americanstandardbrands.com) American Standard, Jado, Porcher and Safety Tubs
(www.
safetytubs.com), will be at Booth C- 7038. Safety Tubs is the premier walk-in tubs has some new products, some for kids! • Great Grabz (www. great-
grabz.com), Booth C-6428, a huge industry hit for years, will have their new “Unique Touch” coordinated se- ries of accessories and cabinetry hardware is offered in over 14 translucent color selections, 13 Opaque colors and Glow in the Dark bar which will stay illuminated for up to 10 hours. • Stainless Steel Living
(
www.stainlesssteelliving.com), Booth #C-4036 last year’s big hit, will be back with kitchen stainless steel backsplash packaged units in multiple patterns; stainless counter- tops – hot, hot!; and stainless tiles! • Mr. Steam(
www.mrsteam.com)
has some innovative multiple steam and shower therapies – aromatherapy, chromatherapy, music therapy, and more along with gorgeous towel warmers. • Teakworks4U, www.teak-
works4u.com), Booth C-6498 has a wide selection of unique teak bath- room products which include safety benches. While you are in Las Vegas, check
out some of the best product-selling showrooms! Send me an e-mail (
pschor@dynamicresultsinc.com), if you want to know the top ones to see in while you’re in town. Remember to check out the April issue of The Wholesaler (
www.thewholesaler) for a complete scoop on what’s new and
hot in products. Have fun whether you are going to
K/BIS 2011 or not. Remember, “Life is a journey, not a destination”! n
Peter Schor, president of Dynamic
Results Inc., is a bath/plumbing in- dustry speaker, educator, author, columnist and consultant in the many segments of our industry. For the past 20 years, he conducted seminars and speaks at numerous conventions.
•THE WHOLESALER® — MARCH 2011
Schor has great expertise in the field of showrooms and hotel bathrooms and has won many industry awards. He also consults manufacturers in taking their products to market in the areas of sales, marketing and public relations. Schor can be reached at 1302 Longhorn Lane, Lincoln, CA 95648, phone 916/408-5346, fax 916/408-5899, e-mail pschor@dy-
namicresultsinc.com or visit www.dy-
namicresultsonline.com.
Optimum Energy recognized for work on LEED-certified facility
SEATTLE— The Aventine, a Class A of- fice property located in La Jolla, Calif., recognized Optimum Energy LLC, a provider of HVAC software solutions, for the instrumental role its optimiza- tion solutions played in helping the Aventine achieve LEED® Platinum certification. Implementation of Opti- mum Energy’s HVAC software solu- tions resulted in permanent energy reductions at the Aventine that con- tributed to more than 25% of the points needed to achieve LEED Platinum. “By earning a top EPA ENERGY score of 100, the Aventine
STAR®
has become one of only three 20-plus year old multi-tenant office buildings in the U.S. to earn LEED Platinum,” said Carlos Santamaria, LEED AP, vice president-engineering services with Glenborough LLC, owner and manager of the Aventine. “We could not have succeeded without signifi- cant energy efficiency improvements in our major building systems, in- cluding HVAC. With optimization solutions from Optimum Energy, we
Caroma promo commemorates Earth Month SURREY, B.C.— Caroma® announced
the return of its “One Flush Makes a Difference” promotion in honor of Earth Month. Last year’s promotion was such a success that Caroma is of- fering it again this year, this time over a span of five months. Through June
them on Twitter. Caroma is well-aware that water conservation is an increasingly criti- cal ecological issue; as a result, they have designed their toilets to not only meet, but exceed stringent water-con- serving regulations. Caroma dual-
1.6 gpf (depending on the model) for solids. With an average flush volume of 0.9 gpf, Caroma toilets offer one of the lowest water consumptions on the market today and come in a vari- ety of high-style designs that comple- ment the modern bath environment. Customers can learn the benefits of
30, 2011, North American customers (Canada exempt) can visit
www.car-
omausa.com/oneflush to receive a coupon for 50% off the list price of select Caroma toilets or sinks at par- ticipating retail locations. They can also learn more by becoming fans of Caroma on Facebook and following
flush toilets surpass both the U.S. federal requirement of no more than 1.6 gpf for new toilets and the North American HET) standard of 1.28 gpf. All Caroma dual-flush toilets include two buttons for flushing; the half flush, which uses 0.8 gpf for liquid, and the full flush, which uses 1.28–
• Be sure to visit
www.thewholesaler.com for web exclusive articles and videos! •
installing a HET through Caroma’s free, downloadable water saving and conservation calculating files at
www.caromausa.com. Using these files, the following examples were created to illustrate the effectiveness of HETs: • If one person uses a HET for
one year, they can save approxi- mately 330 gallons of water (based on the average three times a day flush). If the toilet is from the 1980s, when toilets were regulated to use 3.5 gpf, they would save 2,410 gallons per year.
were able to meet our tight deadlines, reduce capital expenditures by keep- ing two existing chillers and increase the efficiency of our HVAC system enough to raise our ENERGY STAR score by 15 points. Just as impressive is the fact that, with Optimum En- ergy’s continuous optimization and performance measurement services, our system operates just as efficiently today as it did two years ago.” Optimum Energy’s automated sys-
tem-level optimization software ap- plications and web-based reporting and management tools were imple- mented in the Aventine in 2008. Since that time, the Aventine has saved more than 1.5 million kWh of electricity, reducing operating ex- penses by $250,000 and decreasing carbon emissions by more than 1.8 million lbs. The Aventine also re- ceived a utility rebate of $105,000, bringing the total project payback to less than three years. Visit www.optimumenergyhvac .com/pdf/Aventine.pdf
• If five people replaced their old
3.5-gpf toilets, more than 12,000 gal- lons of water — or the equivalent of 300 20-minute showers — could be saved. • If 2,000 people with new toilets
switched to an HET toilet, in one year an Olympic-sized swimming pool could be filled with the water saved (660,430 gallons). • If 50% of the 238 million toilets
in the U.S. that are high-flow (3.5 gpf or more) were converted to dual flush toilets, 1.4 trillion gallons of water could be saved per year. “The 2011 promotion lends itself
to our ‘One Flush Makes a Differ- ence’ philosophy and is our way of commemorating Earth Month,” said Derek Kirkpatrick, Caroma North America general manager. “It really cultivates awareness, at the consumer level, to all that Caroma does to pro- mote water efficiency.” Visit
www.caromausa.com.
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