At this year’s Greenbuild Conference in Toronto, Caroma brought a sample of their unique dual toilet sink called the Profile Smart 305 Round Front Plus.
Caroma, an Australian company founded in 1941, is designer, manufacturer, importer and distributor of water efficient bathroom products for commercial and residential applications. Caroma’s toilets can save up to 72% of water usage and have more WaterSense labels than any other manufacturer’s toilets. As of October 25, 2011, it is estimated that Caroma toilets have saved close to 4.9 billion gallons of water in the U.S. alone.
Photo Credit: Caromausa.com
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Profile Smart 305 Round Front Plus
The Profile Smart 305 Round Front Plus is a high efficiency dual flush toilet, with 1.28/0.8 gallons per flush.
When using the integrated sink/hand-washing basin, the water used for hand-washing is saved in the toilet’s tank the for next flush, saving even more water. Even further, the product features award-winning Smartflush water saving technology, which is exclusive to Caroma and Fowler toilet suites.
The dual toilet sink is also an excellent space saver due to its stacked design.
The dual toilet sink’s unique water and space saving features have earned multiple awards, including the Popular Mechanics 2008 Product Breakthrough Award and the 2007 GreenPlumbers Water Efficient Product of the Year and Overall Product of the Year Awards.
Caroma Toilet Sink Combo and WaterSense
Caroma’s Profile Smart 305 Round Front Plus is WaterSense labeled, meaning that it is at least 20% more water efficient and performs as well or better as other toilets in its category.
WaterSense is a water efficiency program is partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency. The purpose of the program is to make it easy for consumers to find and select water efficient products, including bathroom sink faucets and accessories, showerheads, toilets and urinals.
To see a full explanation of Watersense’s criteria, visit the EPA’s website.
LEED Credit Overview
Since Caroma’s dual toilet sink conserves water, it can be used toward LEED-New Construction (NC) Water Efficiency (WE) credits. The LEED-NC guide even suggests using WaterSense-certified fixtures to reduce potable water demand. Specifically, the dual toilet sink may be used toward WE Prerequisite 1: Water Use Reduction, WE Credit 2: Innovative Wastewater Technologies (2 points) and WE Credit 3: Water Use Reduction (2-4 points).