http://www.addisongreen.info Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:27:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.addisongreen.info/2010/08/05/stick-shift-toilets-help-save-water-and-cash/ http://www.addisongreen.info/2010/08/05/stick-shift-toilets-help-save-water-and-cash/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:52:07 +0000 Bill Sullivan http://www.addisongreen.info/?p=2135 Bill Sullivan If you’re doing business at the Addison Service Center, a trip to the restroom may offer a different kind of experience. About a year ago, the Facilities Division installed Sloan's Uppercut dual-flush feature, which can save up to ½ gallon of water per flush. “We call them stick shift toilets,” Mark Acevedo, Director of the General Services Department, says with a laugh. In this case, there are only two gears. For those occasions when you’ll only be flushing liquid or light paper, tilt the handle up. When disposing of solids, tilt the handle down for a full flush.]]> Bill Sullivan If you’re doing business at the Addison Service Center, a trip to the restroom may offer a different kind of experience. About a year ago, the Facilities Division installed Sloan's Uppercut dual-flush feature, which can save up to ½ gallon of water per flush. “We call them stick shift toilets,” Mark Acevedo, Director of the General Services Department, says with a laugh. In this case, there are only two gears. For those occasions when you’ll only be flushing liquid or light paper, tilt the handle up. When disposing of solids, tilt the handle down for a full flush.]]> http://www.addisongreen.info/2010/08/05/stick-shift-toilets-help-save-water-and-cash/feed/ 0 http://www.addisongreen.info/2009/10/20/retrofit-your-toilet-to-achieve-a-perfect-flush/ http://www.addisongreen.info/2009/10/20/retrofit-your-toilet-to-achieve-a-perfect-flush/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:12:21 +0000 AGadmin http://www.addisongreen.info/?p=885 By Barbara Kesslerr When it comes to saving water, we all know that the commode can be a sieve, without actually being a sieve. In a typical household – unless people are obsessively washing clothes or taking large baths -- more water is used to flush the toilets than for any other single use. According to the US EPA, toilet water consumes about 27 percent of all the water used in a typical household. So you might say, the throne is king.]]> By Barbara Kesslerr When it comes to saving water, we all know that the commode can be a sieve, without actually being a sieve. In a typical household – unless people are obsessively washing clothes or taking large baths -- more water is used to flush the toilets than for any other single use. According to the US EPA, toilet water consumes about 27 percent of all the water used in a typical household. So you might say, the throne is king.]]> http://www.addisongreen.info/2009/10/20/retrofit-your-toilet-to-achieve-a-perfect-flush/feed/ 0