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Bathrooms
Why Choose A CoolStart Tap?
12
Jun
Jun
Written by Joe Bishop – KBBT Design Studios Sales & Support Manager
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Good for you, your wallet, and the environment.
Thank goodness the discovery of germs and disease eventually led people to understand that soap and general cleanliness are fundamental to our well-being and health.
Before they became places for splashing about on floats for family fun, communal pools were where people kept clean. Just 100 years ago, London had only one in five homes with working bathrooms, and as late as the 1960s, people still did their business in a toilet outdoors, and families shared a bath placed in front of the fireplace.
Thank goodness the discovery of germs and disease eventually led people to understand that soap and general cleanliness are fundamental to our well-being and health.
Before they became places for splashing about on floats for family fun, communal pools were where people kept clean. Just 100 years ago, London had only one in five homes with working bathrooms, and as late as the 1960s, people still did their business in a toilet outdoors, and families shared a bath placed in front of the fireplace.
Fast forward through the invention of electrical heaters, high-level cisterns, and the emergence of elegant tile patterns, we now see an industry that in 2021 closed at 92 billion dollars. A number that’s still on the rise, it’s reported the industry will reach more that 212 billion dollars per year by 2031.
All that growth has many manufacturers licking their lips as they try to steal a slice of the pie. Innovation is king in the bathroom and in tackling the functions of your private time, we’ve seen improvements in flushing technology; designed to get rid of skids, concealed valves for minimalist aesthetics, and simplistically yet ingeniously, we’ve now seen CoolStart technology from Hansgrohe.
Fast forward through the invention of electrical heaters, high-level cisterns, and the emergence of elegant tile patterns, we now see an industry that in 2021 closed at 92 billion dollars. A number that’s still on the rise, it’s reported the industry will reach more that 212 billion dollars per year by 2031.
All that growth has many manufacturers licking their lips as they try to steal a slice of the pie. Innovation is king in the bathroom and in tackling the functions of your private time, we’ve seen improvements in flushing technology; designed to get rid of skids, concealed valves for minimalist aesthetics, and simplistically yet ingeniously, we’ve now seen CoolStart technology from Hansgrohe.
Running your tap in any room with even a hint of hot means your plumbing starts to fill with warm water. With CoolStart, the mixer only runs cold water in the centre position. So? Well, fewer resources, fewer CO2 emissions, and ultimately, a lower cost to running your home.
To put it into context, exactly how much less it could cost you to run your home is pretty staggering. Hansgrohe have published the numbers when compared with a standard mixer: In one year, a household of four using a single CoolStart tap for 20 minutes a day will save enough energy to:
- Watch TV 24/7 for over a year
- Blow dry your hair for 500 hours straight
- Make 67,564 slices of toast*
*Disclaimer: How brown the toast is remains unreported.
The reason the numbers sound so crazy is because 90% of bathroom CO2 emissions are the result of the “utilization phase”. In other words, waking up the boiler.
While watching TV for hours and having an endless supply of toast sounds appealing, if you do decide to give it up, you could save yourself about £50.00 per year. And in today’s money, that isn’t half bad.
Running your tap in any room with even a hint of hot means your plumbing starts to fill with warm water. With CoolStart, the mixer only runs cold water in the centre position. So? Well, fewer resources, fewer CO2 emissions, and ultimately, a lower cost to running your home.
To put it into context, exactly how much less it could cost you to run your home is pretty staggering. Hansgrohe have published the numbers when compared with a standard mixer: In one year, a household of four using a single CoolStart tap for 20 minutes a day will save enough energy to:
- Watch TV 24/7 for over a year
- Blow dry your hair for 500 hours straight
- Make 67,564 slices of toast*
*Disclaimer: How brown the toast is remains unreported.
The reason the numbers sound so crazy is because 90% of bathroom CO2 emissions are the result of the “utilization phase”. In other words, waking up the boiler.
While watching TV for hours and having an endless supply of toast sounds appealing, if you do decide to give it up, you could save yourself about £50.00 per year. And in today’s money, that isn’t half bad.
