"Program developed to provide a uniform, national standard, recognizing
and encouraging home-related green products."
Waterless Co., Inc. has just earned National Green Building Standard (NGBS) Certification from the National Association of Homebuilder’s Home Innovation Research Labs.
The NGBS is an American Standards Association (ANSI)- approved green building certification program. It focuses on single-family and multi-family residential buildings and remodeling projects.
The program was developed to provide a uniform, national standard, recognizing and encouraging home-related green products and technologies.
With this certification, installing a home waterless urinal from Waterless Co. a builder can earn six points toward meeting the Standard’s environmental quality requirements.
It also allows builders, designers, and homeowners to confidently select products that are proven to protect the environment and natural resources.
“The pandemic has put many commercial real estate projects on hold,” says Klaus Reichardt, CEO, and founder of Waterless Co., Inc., which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
“However, on the flip side, the pandemic has increased the number of home remodeling projects, likely due to remote working. In the process, the interest in home urinals has skyrocketed.”
Waterless Co is the oldest manufacturer of no-water urinals in North America. These systems require no water to work. When installed in homes, they can save thousands of gallons of water per year.
Gravity pulls urine below a cylinder placed at the bottom of the urinal containing a sealing liquid, which blocks odors from being released. As the urine collects, it drains into the sewer pipe below.
According to Reichardt, another reason waterless urinals have recently been in greater demand, both in homes and commercial buildings, is because they help prevent COVID pathogens from being released into the air. Once airborne, these can be inhaled by restroom users.
“What is happening is like toilet ‘plume,’ caused when flushing a toilet. Now that we know traces of COVID can be found in urine, there is concerned COVID pathogens can be released into the air when a traditional urinal is flushed.”
The award recognizes Waterless company’s contribution to water efficiency and water conservation. It also helps homeowners do their part, protecting our most important natural resource: water.
