EDITOR ’ S CHOICE
Save water & reduce energy costs - NEOPERL -
Now is the time to look at the amount of warm water running through our business with a view to reducing usage to save both energy and money .
Neoperl UK is a manufacturer of water stream devices and flow regulators . They are precisionmade devices that can be inserted at the end of a tap spout or upstream of a shower outlet , to reduce and regulate the water flow without reducing performance .
As water pressure fluctuates throughout the country , it ’ s impossible to produce a tap or valve shower to work with the same efficiency in every commercial kitchen or hotel bedroom . Manufacturers therefore produce new taps and shower heads with optimal performance to work their best across all pressure situations . Now the flow can be tailored to a situation by retrofitting aerators and flow regulators to save water . There ’ s no point in having a strong flow rate if the tap is only used for washing teeth and hands or to have a shower that literally splashes out of the enclosure . These retrofit products allow the performance to be checked on site and adjusted to suit , ensuring a comfortable and suitable flow is reached . This is particularly important where rows of washbasins or multiple showers are prevalent . A Pressure Compensating Aerator ( PCA ) or flow regulator will help distribute the water more evenly throughout the building to mitigate flow issues from the effects of pressure fluctuations .
SHOWER FLOW CONTROL A standard European shower head will produce around 18 litres of water per minute at 3 bar of pressure . A flow regulator like these could reduce this to a comfortable flow and dependant on the specified flow rate , save thousands of litres of water per year .
BATHROOM TAP PRESSURE COMPENSATING AERATORS ( PCA ’ s ) It ’ s a 5-minute job to replace an incumbent anticlogging or stream control device with a flow regulator . They are also available with ‘ smart limescale clean ’ nozzles to prevent limescale build up too . In a hotel bedroom where the tap is simply used for washing hands and cleaning teeth reducing the flow can save many litres of heated water .
KITCHEN TAPS TOO There are now retrofittable aerators that can be switched from a standard water saving flow to full capacity in an instant allowing the tap to be on eco-mode for general use but boosted to a fuller flow when required .
Check out the Neoperl full range at www . neoperl . com or talk to them on 01684-564869 .
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