19 June 2024

Reading time: 3 minutes / Updated: June 19, 2024

A crucial aspect of designing commercial washrooms is integrating a SMART washroom system to monitor washroom operations, use data-driven insights to enhance sustainability, and demonstrate sustainability credentials to building assessment bodies like BREEAM, LEED, and WELL.

But how do SMART washrooms impact building certifications and demonstrate sustainability credentials?

As a commercial washroom company supplying SMART washroom products and having integrated SMART washroom technology into our workplace washrooms, we know its vital role in demonstrating commercial washrooms’ sustainability and how it adds value to architects, building owners and tenants.

In this article, we will discuss exactly how SMART washrooms impact building certifications like BREEAM, LEED, and WELL, and which washroom products contribute to saving water and energy with integrated SMART washroom technology.

How to obtain building certifications with SMART washrooms

SMART washrooms impact building certifications because they have integrated technology within SMART-enabled products to collect data on metrics like water volume dispensed in sensor taps, allowing for performance verification and analysis within a Building Management System (BMS).

Icon of SMART data collectionIcon of water and energy conservation
Data collected by a SMART washroom system can be submitted for verification and included in assessments to demonstrate washroom sustainability to green building assessment bodies.Plus, possessing readily available information and taking proactive steps to enhance water conservation and energy efficiency will ultimately facilitate attaining the desired building certification.
SMART washroom technology in a BREEAM and LEED certified building

Enhancing building certifications with SMART washroom technology

BREEAM and LEED rely on data and factual evidence to determine final scores before awarding certification. A SMART washroom system not only provides this critical evidence, but it allows tenants and landlords to monitor washroom operations and identify areas for improvement, such as water conservation.

You can’t make improvements if you don’t know where to focus your efforts.

In each assessment method, building rating systems calculate the final score on a building’s environmental impact, water consumption, energy efficiency, well-being and other aspects. The assessors compare the data against benchmarks and monitor these developments to ensure buildings stay within the standards after certification.

Therefore, it is advantageous to invest in SMART washroom products and connect them to a Building Management System (BMS) because there is compelling evidence that these SMART washrooms impact building certifications.

SMART is an abbreviation for Self Monitoring Analysis and Recording Technology

Which washroom products contribute to saving water and energy for green building certification

Within a SMART washroom system, the statistics and settings of these washroom products can be monitored or adjusted to enhance water and energy efficiency, thus bringing architects and landlords closer to achieving the green building rating standard they desire to attain.

Additionally, integrating a SMART washroom system aligns with the WELL Building Institute Standard. Sensor taps equipped with a programmable line-purge system (hygiene flush) are a prominent feature in SMART systems, further supporting this alignment.

SMART washroom gateway diagram

Make a SMART investment

Designing a beautiful and functional commercial washroom is only half the challenge of a washroom project. The key is to blend these goals with sustainability objectives, aligning with green building assessment guidelines and demonstrating a sustainable washroom.

This is how technology in SMART washrooms impact building certifications, as it empowers landlords and tenants to showcase their sustainability credentials with detailed data and inspire alterations in washroom operations, promoting improvements in water and energy conservation.

What you measure you can manage, and what you manage you can improve.

The journey to achieve a BREEAM, LEED, or WELL accreditation does not end after receiving a certificate. Constantly monitoring and collecting evidence of the washroom’s performance shows room for improvement, and by bringing the assessors back to audit the performance, you position yourself to achieve a better rating.

If you are looking to achieve all these benefits, then investing in a SMART washroom system is essential.

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