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STORY OF A RETROFIT: TOROKO METRO STATION

 

Welcome back to our series of post where we will be showing before and after pictures of some of our installations. Have you ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of a bathroom renovation? Well you have come to the right place. Today we are taking you all the way across the Pacific to Taiwan.

California is not alone when in facing a serious water shortage. Taiwan has been facing one of its worst droughts it has ever experienced as well, and water resource agencies are having ton quickly adapt to this reality. Leaving businesses no choice but to follow along. Retrofitting restrooms is just one of the water-saving choices that are being made in Taiwan.

FRONTINSIDE

The Toroko Metro Station is a two-story platform structure that houses both passenger and freight stations. They have chosen to retrofit their restooms to our F4000 waterfree urinals in order to help do their part and cut back on water usage at their facility.

BATHROOM 1

BATHROOM 2

We are always excited to feature what our customers are doing around the world, and this is just one of the examples.

Read the original post from the folks in Falcon Asia here. 

 

 

HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN GREEN BUILDINGS AND COMMUNITIES IN CHINA

china-wellOn the week of March 27th, the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) and the International WELL Building Institute, announced the new WELL Building Standard implemented in China. It is a “performance-based standard to improve the health and wellbeing of Chinese” citizens, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Chinese people are facing with an increased environmental awareness and are actively looking for solutions to improve the quality of life in the country.

“Our world today is confronting massive health challenges that are assaulting our complete physical, mental and social wellbeing,” said Rick Fedrizzi, CEO & founding chair, U.S. Green Building Council. “As these challenges continue to mount, all of us have an obligation to be more purposeful when addressing how human health relates to our built environment. The WELL certification program is a powerful way to accelerate better, healthier buildings throughout China.” The WELL Building Standard is a performance based system that measures, certifies and monitors features that impact human health, through air, water, nourishment, light, and comfort.

If you stop to think about it, we spend most of our time inside buildings. If these are not monitored closely, things like air quality, can have a huge impact on our health and productivity. With this new standard, China can make a positive impact in the quality of the built space it has and by extension, the environment and the people around.

Read more here and here.