How to Create Environmentally Friendly Bathrooms and Washrooms
If you want to promote sustainability within your building, then creating environmentally friendly bathrooms and washrooms is essential. Public bathrooms and washrooms can consume significant amounts of water and electricity, and create a substantial amount of waste. But you can make a positive difference by implementing eco-friendly practices, and we’re here to tell you how.
Choose Sustainable Materials and Eco-Friendly Products
Choosing sustainable materials goes a long way when creating eco-friendly bathroom and washroom facilities. These materials will not only minimise your environmental impact but contribute to healthier indoor air quality.
Ensure that you provide users with environmentally friendly products such as biodegradable hand soaps that are free from harmful chemicals, and toilet paper and paper towels that are made from recycled materials.
Use non-toxic cleaning products that have minimal impact on the environment such as biodegradable and phosphate-free products to help reduce water pollution and protect the health of cleaning staff.
Install Water and Energy Efficient Devices
Reducing your water and energy consumption is essential in order to create an eco-friendly environment and there is no shortage of options to help you accomplish this.
Look for water-efficient models for your toilets, urinals, taps and showerheads to significantly reduce your water consumption and increase the sustainability of your bathroom or washroom. Devices such as low flow-toilets and urinals, automatic flush sensors and sensor activated taps help tremendously in reducing water wastage, ultimately making your bathroom far more eco-friendly.
Installing energy-efficient LED powered lights assists in consuming less energy and have longer lifespans, helping to reduce the amount of replacements needed. To further reduce the energy consumption of these lights, install motion-activated sensors or timers to ensure that they are not unnecessarily left on when the facilities are not being used. You can also make the most of natural light by using translucent window coverings and keeping windows free of obstructions which reduces the reliance on these artificial lights during the day.
Opting for energy-efficient hand dryers with a high-speed airflow minimises drying time, these dryers are not only low on energy consumption but also replace the need for paper towels, helping to reduce your paper wastage.
Encourage Green Behavior
Everyone needs to be sustainable in order to create a better future, you can help with this by encouraging environmentally-friendly behaviour to the users of your facilities.
Set up clearly labelled recycling and waste bins to promote proper waste management. Encourage water-saving habits and responsible waste disposal through signage and posters and educate users on the importance and benefits of these practices through informational material, ensuring that they understand the collective impact of small individual actions.
By implementing these eco-friendly practices, you can make your bathrooms and washrooms become more sustainable and help contribute to a greener environment.
At Trident Toilet Partitions, sustainable building practices are extremely important to us. We work with suppliers who share our values to source sustainable materials in order to keep our environmental impact low and the air quality of your projects high. We are always looking for new ways to raise the bar and are determined to help build a better future for everyone.
If you have any questions about our eco-friendly practices or the sustainability of our products, don’t hesitate to contact us today.