washrooms
Water management systems can make a real difference to a business’s bottom line as Peter Barratt, technical manager of Initial Washrooms Solutions, explains.
Down the drain
UTILITIES cost UK business millions of pounds each year and waste water in particular is increasingly becoming too costly an issue to ignore. Figures from a 2008 study1
showed that UK businesses
could be saving up to £10m a day if they maximised the potential for water efficiency in their premises. The issue has not gone unnoticed by
Europe. The EC is expected to table a Blueprint for Safeguarding Europe's Water in 2012, which will cover water savings in all areas and make businesses responsible for ensuring that efforts are taken to minimise waste water in buildings and facilities. Leisure operators will be affected like any other business and need to start improving water management within their premises now in readiness for the new regulations. Developers and architects can lead the way by showing their customers how they can implement solutions that ensure they do not end up flushing large amounts of money down the drain.
A leading hotel chain saved more than £700 per cistern by installing a new water management system By acting now, many simple, cost effective
improvements can be made. This could be installing water efficient technologies that will enable a leisure operator to make big cost savings, as well as conform to environmental regulations. Introducing water management systems
can make a real difference to a business’ bottom line as well as providing water savings of up to 90 per cent. For example, uncontrolled urinal flushing in male washrooms remains one of the principle causes of wasted water. Simple initiatives, such as introducing water-saving technologies, can save thousands of pounds a year. One leading hotel chain that we’ve been working with saved more than £700 per cistern by installing a new water management system. Modern technologies also help prevent scale and other build ups within pipework, providing ease of maintenance and preventing expensive plumber call outs. Traditional urinal cleaning systems waste
water by automatically flushing the urinal periodically, even when it isn’t used. By specifying a timed water management device, a designer or architect can help a leisure operator to reduce urinal flushing to between four and eight times per day, thereby generating considerable water savings. Nowadays, such is the focus on water-saving, that there are also retro-fit options available for leisure facility operators. Waste water is an issue that refuses, quite
rightly, to be flushed away. Designers and architects can create a point of difference by specifying washroom management systems that don’t drain a business’s potential profits and at the same time help them to comply with the forthcoming EC legislation.
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untapped-cost-saving-of-around-10million-per-day.html
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