Hotel Management April 9, 2012 : Page 40
40 DESIGN Ap r i l 9 , 2012 | HotelMana g ement . net Creating water efficiency can also be an attractive proposition for hoteliers C. Elliott Mest ASSOCIATE EDITOR ow-flow equipment can cer-tainly save hotels money in the long run, but can they provide the same visual and sty-listic quality as the reliable mod-The American Standard 1.1 gallon low-flow toilet is primarily designed for public restrooms. DTV Prompt TM and WaterTile ® Round ECO version available The American Standard’s PowerWash is easy to maintain and offers up to 20 percent water saving, much less than a standard 1.6 gallon per flush toilet. COUNT ON US 1,350 locations. All 50 states. 300 showrooms. 17,000 associates. 59 years in business. In the Hospitality business, time means money. You can’t have rooms out of service because the plumbing supplies you need are six states away. At Ferguson, we understand the needs of the Hospitality industry. Ferguson is the leading supplier of plumbing products in North America. It’s true that our inventory is huge with thousands of your top items in stock every day. And we fi ll your orders accurately and right away. But there is one thing we supply that Hospitality professionals have come to rely on again and again for over 59 years -our people. FAUCETS FIXTURES APPLIANCES WATER HEATERS FERGUSON.COM Nobody expects more from us than we do ® © 2012 Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. ciency toilets to all areas.” “We’ve traditionally been lower on the style bar, since we market our toilets to public areas,” said Jeremy Cressman, VP of commercial and metro business development at American Stan-dard. “But we’ve had success in places going for modern styles. Our audience sees our product and immediately gets the benefit: a modern, durable product with easy to operate DNA.” Cress-man added that toilets with low output in public spaces are helpful for hotels looking to attain LEED certification. “In the hospitality business, even more so when compared to the consumer spectrum, you can just not have an ugly showerhead,” said Rob Larson, director of busi-ness development at Danze. “Hotels want to look good, they want a great bed and a nice shower.” Larson said that Danze’s showerheads all contain the same internal low-flow engines and can easily be replaced. “It is easy to change out, and for us it is critical HM for it to look nice.” ■ emest@questex.com AMERICAN STANDARD AMERICAN STANDARD L els that hotels have grown accus-tomed to? According to Diana Schrage, senior interior designer at Kohler, the answer is yes. “People weren’t always comfortable with concealed trap-ways in toilets,” said Schrage. “This is slowly changing. Now that manufacturers have the func-tion down they can work on the style of these toilets, and they are becoming more and more attrac-tive. We are at a point where we are marketing our low-flow water effi-
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