Roadrunner eco friendly showerhead
by rd @ 9:31 am 2 comments »
Evolve’s Roadrunner is a low-flow showerhead that saves nearly one gallon of water every minute you’re in the shower. This new innovation is integrated with Evolve’s ShowerStart™ technology so you’re conserving water while your shower’s warming, too. The company estimates that Roadrunner saves about 8 gallons of water for every 5 minute shower.
Losing only 1 minute of hot water per shower can mean an additional $75 in utility bills and 2,700 gallons of water wasted per year – for a family of three.
ShowerStart monitors the shower’s temperature and “triggers a trickle” as soon as the shower is warm enough to jump in. This prevents your hot water from running down the drain before you can hop in the shower. Not only have you eliminated the water and energy waste, but the sound of the trickle tells you that your shower’s ready. Flip the switch or pull the cord to resume flow. Resets after each shower.
Hardcore types can still jump into that cold shower early to save H2O.
$39.95 @ evolveshowerheads.com
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This is a great idea, and a good example of practical ways to be greener.
Maybe as a next step they could find a way of collecting the initial cold water from the shower too, some form of integrated bathroom where the initial cold water is diverted to fill the toilet, or redirected back into the system, or stored for subsequent use in the garden etc etc.
Put small pail or bucket in the shower doing this time, and just use the water to flush the toilet.