If you work on the plumbing side in a facility maintenance capacity, you know that mechanical faucets and flush valves are, in many ways, easier to maintain and more reliable than sensor-operated alternatives. Crank handle car windows can be described the same way: more reliable and easier to maintain than electronic ones. It’s fair to assume that most of us prefer the electronic ones as end users, even if they are more of a challenge for maintenance professionals.
This article takes the perspective of your facility’s customer, the end user. Whether your facility is a high-end sports arena or a public-serving property like a school district, an airport, a hospital, or a commercial office building, your customer wants a minimal touch experience in public restrooms.
Most consumers are not overly savvy about plumbing. They know that if a restroom is dirty, touching things feels
As the facility maintenance team, you already know the horrors of public restroom hygiene. What often gets lost in the
Access to clean water unlocks the almost magical ability for humans to wash pathogens away from themselves. Even in this latest pandemic, soap, and water was acknowledged as the best way to protect against the virus. In 1900, most of the US was without indoor plumbing, and 18 million died of diarrhea, enteritis, and typhoid fever. By 1924 most homes had indoor plumbing and there were less than 2 million deaths from these diseases.
One element that may be overlooked with Sloan sensor products is how much potential water savings they can generate. The home of Seattle’s WNBA Seattle Storm and the NHL Seattle Kraken, Climate Pledge Arenatakes water conservation very seriously, even using rainwater runoff from their roof to make the “greenest” ice in the NHL
With the over 700 combined water closets, urinals, flushometers, and faucets, Sloan valves are helping Climate Pledge Arena reach its goal of being the worlds most progressive, responsible, and sustainable arena. This includes Sloan’s:
SU-7009 Washdown Urinals (45)
• paired with high-efficiency Sloan 8186 Exposed Sensor Urinal flushometers
WES-1000 Water-free Urinals (110)
ST-2459 Vitreous China Wall mounted water closet (329)
Optima EAF-350 Battery-powered Deck-mounted faucets
Saving water in a large facility like Climate Pledge Arena pencils out massive ongoing savings on the water bill. Take Portland International Airport (PDX), for example. With over 35,000 people using their facility daily, the terminal's 400 toilets get an average of 200 flushes per day each! At 3.5 gallons per flush, that was 280,000 gallons of water down the toilet daily.
The Port of Portland recently installed Sloan ECOS Flushometers in the executive offices. ECOS flushometers
By changing out these 400 flushvalves, PDX uses 37% of its previous water consumption. With that kind of savings for a large facility, it’s worth taking a second look at your monthly water bill and asking how many months it would take for 63% savings on water to pay for new flushometers in your facility? ••Referenced article linked below
Ultimately, your customers expect to spend their hard-earned dollars with responsible and responsive organizations. Whether those dollars are in the form of taxes or school levies, hospital bills, entertainment venue tickets, or their office building lease, everyone wants to feel safe, clean, healthy, and accountable with their resources. Sloan is committed to being a responsible and responsive organization. Their high-quality sensor products are an important part of that commitment.
At The Part Works, we’re here to help. The work you do is too important to have to do it all alone.
References
https://www.sloan.com/design/inspiration/case-studies/entertainment/climate-pledge-arena