Eco-friendly Bathrooms
For those wishing for a ‘green’ alternative to the standard bathroom, saving domestic water takes very little effort.
Consider the following statistics:
The average person in the UK uses around 150 litres of water every day – a third of this used solely to flush the lavatory.
A five minute shower uses around a third less water than a bath. Be careful, though. A power shower gets through more water than a bath in less than 5 minutes.
Around 5 percent of the UK’s Co2 emissions are caused by domestic water heating appliances.
At least 25 percent of your energy bill is caused by heating water. And this does not include your central heating costs.
The energy used to treat, pump and heat the annual water usage of an average UK family produces the carbon equivalent of a return flight from London to New York.
Perhaps the easiest way to save water is to fit flow limiters to your taps and showers. These are easily fitted between the water outlet and the hose on a shower, and on either the tail or spout of a tap.
Or you could change your taps to water-saving designs that have an eco-click cartridge attached. By doing so, you could save up to 70 percent of domestic water usage.
And if you really want to make a big saving, exchange your existing toilet for a double-flush loo. Some manufacturers claim that the flush is as low as 2.5 litres per minute – in contrast to the standard 9 litres per minute.
