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contest. The school, built in 1966 serving grades 6 through 8, received green product and service upgrades valued at over $100,000. One of the highlights of the award-winning makeover
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was Sloan plumbing products. Sloan High-Efficiency Toilets (HET) with green-handle UPPERCUT®
dual-
flush flushometers and Sloan High-Efficiency Urinals (HEU) were installed in all the student and teacher restrooms. These fixtures and fittings are rugged enough for tough student environments, while providing exceptional water savings. More than 40 older water closet fixtures were replaced
with Sloan HET systems, which combine the UPPERCUT dual-flush flushometers with bowls
Upgrade to water-efficient flushing with Sloan retrofit kits.
really helped, especially the way the economy is and the lack of funding to schools,” he says. Washausen admits the award came just at the right
time with the need to start thinking about replacing or updating its 40-year-old plumbing. “The project went very well and was quick. It was completed in less than two weeks,” he says. “I think Sloan has great products. We haven’t had any problems.”
Retrofit products offer a fast, easy way to gain water savings
Sloan High-Efficiency Urinals are part of the Everett M. Dirksen Middle School’s green makeover.
specifically engineered for dual-flush operation. UPPERCUT can reduce water volume by 30%. Push the green handle down to initiate a full 1.6 gpf flush, or lift the handle for a reduced flush (1.1 gpf) for liquid and paper. Easy-to-understand instructions, etched on adhesive-backed metal plates, are included with every UPPERCUT. In addition, 20 urinal fixtures with manual 1.5 gpf
flushometers were replaced with Sloan .13 gpf HEUs. Sloan HEUs combine the performance of both the fixture and the flush valve to ensure a true, water- efficient system. The system reduces water usage by about 32,000 gallons annually, based on 100 daily uses per fixture. When Jim Washausen, supervisor of buildings and
grounds for Dolton School District 149, compared the school’s fourth quarter water bills for the years before and after the restroom upgrade, he saw a $300 savings. “The benefit is the water bill. The water savings have
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ensor-activated and manual retrofit flushometer kits provide a water- and cost-efficient alternative to complete fixture and flush valve “makeovers.” Sloan offers a number of retrofit products that allow
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contractors and facilities personnel to quickly and easily upgrade existing water closet and urinal flushometers to water-saving flushing. For touchfree, automatic flushing, Sloan choices include the battery-powered Sloan ECOS® retrofit kit, the solar-powered Sloan SOLIS®
, and the SMOOTH® line of battery-powered or hardwired
products. Several water-efficient flush volumes are available. The UPPERCUT handle is a simple way to bring manual dual-flush operation to restrooms. ; Ask for your free copy of the “Retrofits Make the Road to Conversions Easy” brochure at 800-9-VALVE-9 (982-5839) or download a PDF at
www.sloanvalve.com.
SUPPLIER PROFILES
Sloan High-Efficiency Toilets, Urinals Part of Middle School’s ‘Green Makeover’
verett M. Dirksen Middle School in Calumet City near Chicago was the grand prize winner of a “green makeover” in an EcoZone Green My School
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