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Six Reasons Why Once You Try Our Velocity Cartridge, You’ll Never Go Back

We, at Falcon Waterfree Technologies, are dedicated to developing technology-driven restroom products that offer the highest performance while conserving water. Over the last fifteen years, we have revolutionized the water conservation industry by investing in continual innovation. The Velocity Cartridge is our latest liquid cartridge to evolve from our ongoing efforts to provide the highest quality products for our customers.

The Velocity cartridge uses multiple unique design patents to provide safe, long lasting, odor suppression and save you an average of up to or more than 40,000 gallons of water every year. They simplify plumbing needs and help save the environment.

6 ALL NEW-PATENT PENDING FEATURES

1. Greener Footprint

At Falcon we believe that sustainability is a journey not a destination. We are continually looking for ways to minimize our product footprint and this is no exception with our Velocity Cartridge which now boasts a 20% material reduction compared to our previous models.

2. Keeps Pipes and Housing Cleaner

We designed the Velocity cartridge with the purpose to make maintenance easier and more hygienic for our customers. Our patent-pending anti splash pour spout utilizes speed and directional flow to streamline urine through our housing and your buildings’ pipes; helping to effectively eliminate the mess and build up associated with our older technology and any of our competitor’s cartridges. Still curious? Take a peek at our how it Works video below.

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3. Reduces Restroom Odor

End user experience is important, odor is the last thing anybody wants to experience when using a restroom. We invented our patented Velocity cartridge to help keep your restroom virtually odor-free by eliminating the area where bacteria can grow. Take a peek at our how it works video below.

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4. Retains Sealant Better

Worried about washing our your sealant barrier? Worry no more! Our interior baffle allows the cartridge to retain its sealant barrier even under the most challenging maintenance practices, such as bucket dumping. In fact, we recommend that you bucket dump at least once a week to help wash out your pipes.

5. Reduces Splash Back

The last thing you want when using the restroom is splash back. In order to minimize splash back we have integrated a diverter shield into the Velocity cartridge, reducing splashing while simultaneously helping to prevent debris from entering the cartridge.

6. Cues you when to replace

Not sure when to change our cartridge? Now you have a way to check! Our blue indicator ring at the entrance of the cartridge provides you with a visual cue that helps you know when it is ready to be changed. As the cartridge reaches the end of its lifespan, liquid levels will rise making it more difficult to see the blue indicator marker, ultimately making maintenance easier.

We invite you to try our new cartridge and experience our revolutionary technology! We can assure you, once you switch to the Velocity you’ll never look back.

For additional information visit our Velocity Cartridge product page.

Our Sustainability Journey

Here at Falcon, we believe that in the journey to create a better future, businesses should become a force for good. We are founded on the principle of ecological conservation, and sustainability is embedded across our business’s operations and daily practices. We are working to help the planet and help everyone on it thrive.

A successful sustainable strategy clearly connects the organization’s mission, vision, ethics and long-term financial goals, then key ingredients for long-term growth and profitability such as growth of the company’s reputation, employee engagement, the retainment of top talent and market differentiation will continue to grow across the organization. Sustainable thinking is more about creating opportunity and less about mitigating risk.

Our employees have dedicated more than 170 hours volunteering with the local communities to contribute to diverse social and environmental initiatives. Such practices resulted in new and stronger partnerships with charitable organizations. As a way to give back to our hard-working staff, Falcon Waterfree Technologies provides skills based training to advance core job responsibilities, training for personal development, and offers 12 weeks of fully paid maternity leave to salaried workers.

On top of all this, we encourage our staff to behave differently. The kitchen is stocked with consciously-chosen, local and sustainably-sourced items. We implemented a “Rideshare Incentive” to help minimize our carbon dioxide emissions. Everyone onsite uses a mug, cutting back on paper cups, and our staff refill their water with their metal Falcon Waterfree Technologies canteens, the office is also a plastic bottle free zone.

Sustainability is a corporate journey with no final destination, as there is always room for improvement. Falcon is continually identifying further innovations to reduce our environmental footprint with the vision of creating technology-driven products that conserve our Earth’s precious fresh water supply.

WHY WE LOVE TWITTER AND ACCOUNTS WE THINK YOU SHOULD FOLLOW

Do you ever wonder why people love Twitter so much? Well, Twitter is a way of catching up on the latest news, following your friends, fostering the hashtag phenomenon and networking with other professionals around you. Twitter does one thing and does it well, which is why people love the platform so much. It is all about quick reads, not about extended discussion. It’s easy to scroll through and read top headlines or updates from your friends. Less is more. Even though most of the time, the quick, short discussions lead to a more extensive interactions.

The top reason why we use it at Falcon, however, is that we get to interact with all the amazing people in our industry and in the B Corp community. It helps us engage in daily conversations with these individuals, which usually ends up turning into real life gatherings and partnerships. It’s a fantastic way to show your support and promote all the cool stuff people around you are invested in. Below is a list of our champions on twitter. We encourage you to check them out by clicking the handles below.

Governor Jerry Brown @JerryBrownGov
Dig Deep Water @DigDeepH2O
LA Better Building Challenge @LABBC2020
USGBC LA Chapter @USGBCLA
Rrick Fedrizzi @rickfedrizzi
Sloan Valve Company @Sloan_Valve
Mayor Eric Garcetti @ericgarcetti
B Corporation @BCorporation
TreePeople @TreePeople_org
Matt Stevens @ByMattStevens
Northern Rift @NorthernRift
The Drop @SavetheDropLA
Round Peg Communication @roundpegcomm
Nora Livingstone @noralivingstone
Badger Balm @BadgerBalmUSA
Do Good Bus @DoGoodBus
Ryan Honeyman @HoneymanConsult
Dean Muruven @deanmuruven09

FALCON’S TOP 10 ARTICLES IN 2015

2015 was a big year for Falcon, our partners, and for water conservation, as well. To close up the year we put together a list of our 10 most popular articles for 2015…

We attended ISH and shared our latest water conservation technology to the European market.
The Hybrid hit the market and received great feedback.
Falcon supported San Mateo High School’s Urinetown performance and helped raise awareness about water conservation within the student body.
B Lab recognized us as B Corp Best for The World Environment!!
California governor Jerry Brown declared a State of Emergency and released mandates for cities. We kept track of Los Angeles county’s water usage.
And also reported on how cities are changing the way they use water.
Our very own sustainability guru, Andrea Chase explained the benefits of being a B Corp.
We had the pleasure of chatting with PR and Social Media manager of Badger Balm, Jentri Jollimore, and got a some great insights how B Corps has the power of changing business relationships and how striving to work for better companies has become a common path to follow.
After much talk about the Hybrid technology, we decided to do a write up the WHY behind it all.
Seth Siegel interviewed our CEO, Simon A. Davis for his podcast Let There Be Water.

I hope you have enjoyed our year of content and will continue to come back for more on January 5th. We will be posting every Tuesday and Thursday in 2016, so don’t forget to check in. This blog is an ever growing platform, therefore don’t hesitate in sending me a message with any suggestions or just to chat.

Have a safe and happy holiday and we will see you next year.

Cheers!

WHAT WE’RE READING: LET THERE BE WATER

After Seth Siegel interviewed our CEO, Simon A. Davis for his podcast Let There Be Water, we included his book on our to-read list. Siegel stubbled upon our waterfree urinals while attending the Aspen Ideas Festival and made a mental note of finding more about the technology later on (more on that story here) Later on, he was introduced to Simon Davis and the conversation about water savings expanded to the podcast.

In The book Let There Be Water, however, Siegel approaches the hugely important topic of efficient water management through the lens of Israeli policy. You see news media in the United States publicizing the recent major droughts in Texas and California, but the problem regarding the lack of water is global. Around the world, the overwhelming majority of people do not have a dependable supply of clean and safe drinking water – and Siegel does a great job at globalizing the issue.

The author tells the tale of Israel’s approach to water conservation and supply from all angles: geopolitical, scientific – and environmental. It is a must read if you are interested in expanding your knowledge on water management. Or if you’re a water loving and always fascinated by the inner works of the world’s water supplies, like us.

HYBRID MADE IT TO TOP GREEN PRODUCT FOR 2016

For 14 years, BuildingGreen has given its Top 10 Green Building Products award to products that transform the design and construction industry by helping solve environmental issues. This year, we were one of the products awarded and we couldn’t be more delighted with the news!

Among the winners are those that save energy and reduce carbon in completely original ways; supper-efficient, innovative heat pumps used in new applications; and lighting systems that improve performance and might just transform the way we design buildings. The Hybrid was included as a unique product to our industry for, not only saving water, but for using the “Jetrinse Solution Technology”. This feature uses a vigorous, one-gallon, pre-programmed rinse every 72 hours that keeps solids from forming in the housing and drain line.

You can find the Hybrid Urinal through our partners Sloan Valve and it is available in three models. For more info click here.

JOINING FORCES FOR WATER

The drought is everybody’s business. We are proud to pledge alliance with other local businesses to show support for and draw attention to the critical need to implement a comprehensive water management plan for the state of California and for local regions, like L.A.

We need to act with a sense of urgency and encourage more Angelenos and Californians to support sound initiatives that will put CA on a more sustainable path. The longer we wait, the greater the impacts this drought and future shortages will have on the environment, economy and jobs.

Link to the ad here.

WHY THE HYBRID TECHNOLOGY?

Every time we use the bathroom it is easy to take for granted the water being flushed that takes away all the unpleasant bathroom stuff in a blink of an eye. With each pull of the lever, gallons of clean water come to whisk away a few ounces of pee. It’s pretty wasteful if you think about it, and the current drought has helped convince facilities to consider waterless urinals and many other water conservation technologies. With rebates available and water saving mandates throughout the State of California, building managers are shifting towards waterless fixtures. However, waterfree technology has had a long road to market acceptance and this road has led us to rethink the technology itself.

Why does a urinal need to be flushed in the first place? If you think about it, urine is liquid and with gravity it will drain down the pipes by itself. For those who haven’t peeped behind the pipes and studied what goes on behind the scenes, the answer may not be so obvious, however we know that pipes need caring for and if you do not properly maintain any bathroom fixture, it will lead to problems such as odor and clogging of pipes.

These are exciting times for plumbing manufacturers and especially for us that want to save water. In April, California passed a new bathroom appliance standard requiring that new urinals starting in 2016 use no more than 0.125 gallons of water per flush forcing Californian’s to turn to pint flush urinals or waterless. However, one does not function like the other and each requires different types of maintenance. We have approached a crossroads where fixtures need to not only save water, but it’s imperative that they function properly without deteriorating the integrity of the existing plumbing system.

There is a fine line when decreasing the amount of water flushed down the drain. Pipes need more than just your regular daily trickle of water to work properly. This is the WHY behind our latest technology. The Hybrid combines the best of both worlds; you still get the three part system that functions daily without the use of water, however once a week the housing, cartridge and piping system flushes itself with a touch-free powerful one gallon surge that cleans your pipes and reduces your bathroom odor.

We are proud our technologies have saved more than 20 billion gallons of water over the past 10 years, but even more proud that we are building a future infrastructure that will not be at the cost of the performance of the plumbing systems.

SPOTLIGHT: GREEN BAY PACKAGING

Welcome back! It is time for our Spotlight series. This space is reserved for highlighting all the great things our partners and customers are accomplishing worldwide. These companies, institutions and venues are as much a part of Falcon’s journey to conserve, as our employees. Let’s get right to it, shall we?

Since 1933, Green Bay Packaging has been integrating sustainable practices to optimize resources without compromising the world around them. From the initial idea of building a better box, whatever it took, Green Bay Packaging has integrated innovation, hard work, and an unwavering commitment to customer service as a part of the foundation of the company.

On our journey as a sustainable company, we strive on more than just saving water with our products. We believe that doing goodmust be embedded in our daily operational practices as well as our involvement with the broader community.

Not only does Green Bay Co. produces most recycled form of packaging that meets market criteria for performance and cost, but they also maintain forest lands and assists private landowners in planting more than five million trees annually. In total they have planted more than 110 million trees planted since 1971 – basically a whole forest!

Make sure to read all of their sustainability initiatives on their website. You will see that it ranges from environmental to social, and everywhere in between.

WE’RE OFF TO ISSA

Our sales team is off to Vegas this week. Not for the casinos or to enjoy the sparkling swimming pools, but to attend ISSA’s cleaning trade show. The ISSA foundation is the leading trade association for the cleaning industry worldwide, and they host the industry’s largest cleaning shows throughout the world.

This year’s U.S. show is located in Las Vegas and we’re sending a few of our sales folks alongside our partners at Bobrick to connect to fellow peers in the industry. The event will include keynote speakers, such as Jay Leno and Kevin O’Leary, as well as seminars and workshops.

If you want to know more about the event, you can check out their webpage here.