American-owned and operated drinking fountain and bottle filling station manufacturer Elkay has introduced new models of its EZH2O product.
Elkay first introduced the bottle filling station in 2010 in response to consumer demand for drinking water as well as growing concern regarding the environmental impact of bottled water. “Elkay has long provided water through our drinking fountain business unit,” said Franco Savoni, product director at Elkay. “However, that product was not designed for filling plastic water bottles. Our EZH2O product was developed specifically to address that need and can now be found on campuses across the country.
“The current process involves multiple steps including taking the cover off, so this increased functionality should save facility managers about 15 minutes every time they need to change a filter.”
One feature of the existing EZH2O bottle filling station is a digital counter that shows how many bottles have been filled. “With one filter in our bottle filling station, you can dispense the equivalent of 20,000 disposable bottles,” said Savoni. “That alone has been pleasing to our customers’ sustainability coordinators and their constituents, but our next-generation models have been designed to provide even more environmental benefits.”
The latest version of the bottle filling station can be set to not use any power when the facility in which it is installed is closed. “This feature will allow institutions that have our next-generation bottle filling stations installed to cut the energy usage of EZH2O in half,” said Savoni.
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