TOPIC 'Water Usage' on Mar 08, 2010 (CET)
Bathrooms can be more ecological
All around the household there are opportunities to save energy and to save money. Ever since the energy prices have started crawling upwards the market has found different ways of saving energy and it is these markets that are now booming more than ever.
But who would have thought that bathrooms also hold a wide variety of possibilities to save energy. The main thing we spend money on inside the bathroom is water. Think about how often you take a shower, a bath and how often you use the water from the tap. Think about what you could do to save the energy you use up. You can recycle the water, reduce the water use, purchase ecological products for renovations and much more.
Toilets are definitely the number one water user in the home. The water that goes down the toilette makes up almost 30 percent of the indoor water consumption. This is where a lot of water is also wasted due to leaks and inefficiency. Toilets that waste the most water are those built before 1992 because this is when the Energy Policy Act was released and toilets had to be more efficient. An efficient toilet can save enough money to pay for a new toilet during itīs lifetime. A dual flush toilet is one of the most common water efficient toilets because by using this system there is not always the same amount of water used. Instead the consumer can either use a small gush f water for fluids or a larger amount of water for the solids.
The water tap is where 15 percent of the indoor used water goes down the drain. Taps with the WaterSense label are efficient and help to reduce the water usage by keeping the water flow at a more moderate speed. Another way to reduce the water usage is to buy a new aerator to reduce the water flow. The aerator is simply screwed onto the tap and this should help you save a little more money.
All the showers an average person takes together make up for 17 percent of the indoor water usage. You can buy an efficient shower head at a reasonable price. The consumer can then achieve savings of 30 to 65 percent. Important is that the shower head has a flow rate of less than 2.5 gallons per minute. If you have an older model then you should definitely exchange this model for a more modern shower head. Older models that were made before 1992 have a water flow of up to 5.5 gallons per minute.
In any case it is always useful to repair leaks quickly and to modernize if there is something more efficient on the market. In most cases the more efficient systems pay for themselves with the saved money.
Jason Grace
on behalf of the
BascoTec Internet Limited
Technologie Park 13
33100 Paderborn
Germany
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