Japanese bathroom supplier TOTO Ltd. received the internationally
renowned Good Green Design Award for its products for the second time in
a row. TOTO's toilets were recognized in the Clean & Green
Technologies category. The company's automatic faucets won in the
Water-saving & Generation Technologies category. Both products
honour the long tradition of the company, founded in 1917 and based in
Kitakyūshū, Japan. They unite design with sustainable technologies -
fundamental prerequisites for the annual Good Green Design Award.
TOTO Ltd. introduced its first water-saving toilet in 1976 in
response to Japan's increasing water consumption, which was driven by
rapid economic growth. Many countries outside Japan have since set
limits on the amount of water toilets can use. TOTO was one of the first
countries to implement this now global trend. New technologies
developed since then have continued to improve hygiene - like Tornado
Flush, which creates a whirlpool effect to clean the toilet bowl, or the
extremely smooth CeFiONtect glaze makes it difficult for dirt and
bacteria to accumulate. Today, just 3.8 l of water is enough to clean
these toilets efficiently. Thanks to these efforts, TOTO received the
Good Green Design Award for the second time since 2015.
This award was established in 2009 by Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of
Architecture and Design (USA) and the European Centre for Architecture
Art Design and Urban Studies (Ireland). It is considered the "green"
daughter of the Good Design Award, founded in the 1950s by Eero
Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann Jr. It is one of the
world's best-known and most influential design awards, similar in
prominence to the iF Award and Red Dot Design Award.
Self-sufficient and environmentally friendly: automatic faucets
TOTO has manufactured automatic faucets since 1984. In addition to
conserving water, what makes these faucets so special is that they are
self-powered. A small integrated hydroelectric power unit transforms the
energy created through the flow of water into electricity. A battery
stores this electricity, and also powers the microsensor in the faucet's
spout - a closed cycle that doesn't require any external energy source
when used regularly.
Ref:
http://gb.toto.com/
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