Our sustainability credentials have been promoted in Facilities Management Journal in an article written by Anil Madan, our Non-Residential Marketing Manager. An excerpt and link to the full story can be found below.

Sustainability as standard when you specify with Ideal Standard and Armitage Shanks

Catering to both hygiene and sustainability concerns in commercial washrooms can be a difficult task, particularly as these are areas which often seem to pull in different directions when it comes to questions around efficiency and water usage. With rising end-user expectations around aesthetics another increasingly important factor to consider, facilities managers can often feel as though they have an uphill battle to climb. Innovatively designed fittings featuring the latest technology, however, provide a solution to creating washrooms that are both cleaner and greener.

Hygiene helps

Hygiene is a non-negotiable in any washroom, but this needn’t lead to a space that uses excessive water or cleaning products. WCs and urinals optimised to be cleaned with less water allow facilities managers to maintain necessary hygiene standards without sacrificing on water efficiency.

Urinals in particular offer an opportunity for economies of scale when it comes to water efficiency. In large-scale commercial environments, such as stadiums and concert venues, where washrooms receive a high footfall of visitors, the impact of a urinal that saves even a little water is multiplied over thousands of visits. For example, the hybrid flush system on Armitage Shanks’s Sphero urinal measures salinity and water use, so the flush is activated only when it’s needed, saving up to 50,000l of water per year.

The full article can be read here.