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Efficient, Eco-Friendly Lawn Care | Eco Custom Home's Newsroom — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:26:19 +0000

[...] A Metaefficient Bathroom – Environmentally Friendly And Functional A bathroom may be one of the smallest rooms of… [...]

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:47:16 +0000

You have some excellent ideas for bathrooms. That has been one of the recurring themes in my own life–looking for a way to make our bathrooms and our kitchen look really glorious, even though those rooms are much too small. One of the glories of the Internet, though, is that there is absolutely no dearth of ideas. Right now I have no idea of what I will ultimately do, but I keep hoping I will come up with something really slick.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:06:25 +0000

LEDs output a direct light so a LED bulb can emit fewer lumens but have a greater apparent brightness.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:59:16 +0000

530 lumens is NOT the equivalent of 60 watt standard light bulb – the box of 60′s I have right now is 850 lumens, and I’ve never seen them lower than 700.

This is a HUGE difference. For those of us who need higher levels of light in order to see properly, this expensive bulb simply won’t do the job.

More people would adopt these solutions if they weren’t being oversold as “equivalent” when they are actually putting out far fewer lumens. This just gives LEDs a bad name. Wish I could find LED bulbs with 750-850 lumens. I haven’t yet, but I’ll buy them when they put them on the shelves.

By: H

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:45 +0000

Watch the waterless urinals. The concentrated salts left behind degrade the plumbing drain lines. More manufacturers are going towards a .28l flush mode which allows the salts to be flushed away, while reducing the volume. Also, the cartridges/fluids need replacement and can become smelly.

By: SELF DEVELOPMENT BLOG » A Metaefficient Bathroom – Environmentally Friendly And Functional

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:34:38 +0000

[...] A bathroom may be one of the smallest rooms of a home, but make no mistake – it’s a vital one. Whether you’re building a new home or renovating an existing one, integrating efficient components into a bathroom will add convenience and improve functionality, and also minimize the environmental impact of energy and water consumption. (more…) [...]

By: mario

mario — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:29:26 +0000

i’m not interested with the fuction of bath….but the photo is really good

By: benjamin

benjamin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:07:16 +0000

The Kohler waterless urinal uses a sealing liquid that floats in the drain trapway, so gravity simply pulls waste down the drain. To maintain the system, users just flush the trapway with water periodically and top off the sealing liquid – no used cartridges to remove or dispose of.

By: Charley Mack

Charley Mack — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:44:17 +0000

Glad to see you having chosen a non-water using urinal. These are great. I actually looked them up on the web and found quite a few companies offering this type of product. Must be a big market out there! However, can someone explain why the Kohler urinal does not have a cartridge insert? Seems without it, that the urine deposits will clog up the system?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:16:23 +0000

These choices aren’t the best, they are the premium options for those with no money concerns.

For the dual-flush toilet, you can get a Sterling Rockton or Karsten model for under $300 total, and they’re great (I have one, I know), or Lowe’s sells 1.28 gallon single-flush models for closer to $150 even, with a range of options (we also have one of those, and we chose the lowest heights btw—see Metaefficient’s discussion of squat toilets etc., lower height is better).

For the shower head, amconservationgroup has much cheaper ones that are good and down to 1.5gpm. But for $30, the best bet is probably a hand-held shower because you can get the water right where you need it and easily pause the flow, thus being ultra-efficient.

Instead of $349 for a sink pedal, you can spend under $10 for an aerator attachment with a little shut-off lever. Those are easily to flick on and off and are just about as good as a pedal. I got ours from amconservationgroup but they are available all over.

I have no particular comments on the rest of the items.