PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Based on the simple premise of “push 1 for 1 and push 2 for 2,” dual flush toilets have become a breakout green product success story in the US. Since most perform as well as or better than their conventional counterparts, while saving up to 25 percent on water, dual flush toilets are truly conservation without sacrifice.
Until now, dual flush toilets relied on the push of water to cleanse the bowl in what is known as a washdown flush.
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PHOENIX, AZ, GREENBUILD EXPO (November 11, 2009) — Based on the simple premise of “push 1 for 1 and push 2 for 2,” dual flush toilets have become a break-out green product success story in the U.S. Since most perform as well as, or better than, their conventional counterparts, while saving up to 30 percent on water, dual flush toilets are truly conservation without sacrifice.
Until now, dual flush toilets relied on the push of water to cleanse the bowl in what is known as a washdown flush.
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Green Lodging News reports on the first truly siphonic dual flush toilet. Less splashing, better bowl cleaning.
American Standard® Contributes to “Virtual” Builder Concept Home 2010 from Hanley Wood
It’s truly a new world when the conceptual thinking of leading architects and designers can successfully be shared among thousands using only the Internet.
Since 1998, publisher Hanley Wood has built concept homes to share progressive ideas and solutions about community planning, demographics, technology, building science, and lifestyle.
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A 1960s Las Vegas ranch home received an energy-efficiency overhaul in order to demonstrate how a typical energy hog can be transformed into an energy saver using many renewable and sustainable technologies. Amidst the housing crisis and foreclosures, a silver lining may be the upgrading of existing homes with green technologies such as those showcased in the ReVISION House Vegas, the fourth in Green Builder's Vision demonstration home series and the first retrofit project.
During the spring of 2010, American Standard and other corporate sponsors teamed with the U.S.
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On January 1, 2010, California Assembly Bill 1953 took effect, limiting the maximum lead content of any plumbing product made to deliver potable water at 0.25 percent — down from the 8 percent limit that still prevails throughout most of the United States under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the “lead-free” bill into law back on September 30, 2006, AquaBella Kitchen & Bath Showroom and its parent company WHCI Plumbing Supply Company in Union City, California had already begun preparations for this milestone.
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PHOENIX, AZ, GREENBUILD EXPO (November 11, 2009) — American Standard Brands is on a mission to help metropolitan Atlanta find solutions to its water woes. The company is retrofitting 19 homes in two neighborhoods with the latest in high-efficiency plumbing fixtures to measure both water savings and user satisfaction.
Working with Georgia’s first licensed GreenPlumber® and a green building consultant, American Standard identified volunteers in the Serenbe community in Palmetto, GA and in Chastain Lakes in Kennesaw, GA to upgrade to WaterSense®-certified toilets and bathroom faucets that save at least 20 percent more water than current building codes require.
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