No Mix Toilets, Not Yet at the Naugas Inn

admin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:08:15 +0000

The other day we had a water-conservation sustainability expert at the Naugas. He came down to the check-in desk to thank us for having aerators on the lavatories and low-flow toilets in the rooms. He said that we should investigate high efficiency toilets, which are very low flow toilets that are guaranteed to flush effectively.

He also brought up the idea of no-mix toilets and waterless urinals. He said no mix toilets are porcelain commodes that separate the urine and solids, so they can be recycled differently. He said these were developed in Sweden.

He said that waterless urinals have a special trap that uses oil, so no water at all is needed for flushing.

I told him that we and our guests support protecting the environment, but I don’t think we and they are up for quite that much sustainability.

He said he will soon have an article about the profession of facility management, including physical plant management and maintenance, in a plant-maintenance magazine and that we should watch for it.

Mrs. Green – Energy Conservation and Water Conservation

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:28:18 +0000

One of our recent guests was an energy-conservation fanatic. “Mrs. Green”, we nicknamed her. She was incensed that not all the lights at the Naugas were compact fluorescent lights. True, we still have a few incandescent light bulbs, but most of our lights are either compact fluorescent, floresent or LED lights. We like them because they save electricity, are high efficiency, save energy and are green and good for the environment. Our electricity usage has declined since we started replacing our incandescent bulbs with compact flourescent bulbs, and we are proud of it. And pretty soon, the few remaining incandescent bulbs will be a thing of the past.

She also was not happy with our water usage. She wants us to rip out all the toilets and replace them with high efficiency toilets…yesterday! She says that a high efficienty toilet uses less water than even a water conservation 1.6 gallon toilet, which reduces water usage and would also help our septic tanks. The idea of helping the septic tank got our attention, since it can be an expensive problem to fix a septic system out here.

Mrs. Green left in a huff, but we actually appreciate her ideas for saving the environment and going green.

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No Mix Toilets, Not Yet at the Naugas Inn

Mrs. Green – Energy Conservation and Water Conservation