[Greenbuilding] Performance Testing of water-efficient toilets report (was re: Toiltets that work...)

[Mark Piepkorn]

At 01:41 PM 3/7/2008, Robert Tom wrote:
>And that, should put an end to all this toilet talk.


If only that were true.

There's also the ongoing UNAR / MaP / HET / WaterSense stuff:
http://www.epa.gov/watersense/fq/het.htm

And here's a limited-time link to an article from Environmental Building News:
>The link allows the recipient to view the 
>article "All About Toilets" for 7 days, even if 
>they are not a member of BuildingGreen Suite.
>http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm?fileName=130101a.xml&accessCode=kruvga
>This link will expire on March 14, 2008.

The opening paragraph:
"Just when you thought it was safe to pick up a 
copy of EBN, here comes an article on toilets! 
Brace yourself for details on the use of cultured 
soybean paste to more accurately simulate human 
waste in toilet performance testing 
 for details 
on pushing vs. pulling waste from toilets 
 and 
almost certainly for more than you ever wanted to know about toilets."


Mark


At 01:41 PM 3/7/2008, Robert Tom wrote:
>Back in y2k+3, CMHC tested the performance of 44 low-flow toilets and that
>report is still available from the CMHC site -- free to everyone in the
>universe if you download the PDF version, hard copy version free to
>Canadians, $12.95 to non-Canadians.
>
>https://www03.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/b2c/b2c/init.do?language=en&shop=Z01EN&areaID=0000000123&productID=00000001230000000009
>
>
>One CMHC wag (not associated with the report) mentioned that the material
>  from which the test specimens were made (miso) looked the same before and
>after passing through the human digestive tract.
>
>And that, should put an end to all this toilet talk.
>
>--
>=== * ===
>Rob Tom
>Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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