小程序
传感搜
传感圈

Smart Restroom Technology FAQs

2023-10-12
关注

Illustration: © IoT For All

With their combination of sensors, wireless transmitters, and data analytics, IoT-enabled facility solutions help deliver high-performing buildings by systemizing day-to-day facility functions, such as heating, cooling, lighting, inventory control, and security. Facility and operations managers have leveraged these solutions for years and, over the last five years, many have added smart restroom solutions to their management toolkit.

Smart restroom solutions enable data-driven cleaning and maintenance by continually monitoring IoT restroom devices and alerting custodial staff immediately when maintenance is needed. This data empowers custodial staff to be more proactive in providing well-maintained and well-stocked restrooms and leads to elevated cleaning and hygiene results, improved operational efficiency, optimized energy consumption, and reduced waste.

As interest continues to grow in IoT-enabled restroom solutions, John Strom, vice president and general manager of Innovation at GP PRO, a division of Georgia-Pacific, provides answers to some commonly asked questions.

Smart Restroom FAQs

Q: What type of facility benefits most from smart restroom technology?
A: We have primarily seen interest from high-traffic venues and larger office buildings, both of which boast a large number of dispensers that are spread out over significant square footage. In general, these are facilities that need to take advantage of every opportunity to drive labor savings, improve the user experience, and impact waste savings and that need to demonstrate a return on investment proportionate to their space.

Now, though, we are seeing growing interest and traction in new segments, including food service and industrial, two segments that have been heavily impacted by labor shortages, supply chain issues, and an increased cost of goods and with facilities needing to drive cost and labor savings and employee or customer retention.

Q: What kind of ROI can a facility expect to achieve after implementing smart restroom technology?
A: This depends on the size of the facility, how invested the custodial staff is in engaging with the technology, and to what extent the data and analytics are leveraged. That said, GP PRO proprietary research provides some great insight into the positive impact of smart restrooms on the bottom line.

In one survey, we learned that 50 percent of consumers have chosen not to return to a business because the restrooms weren’t clean and well-stocked (CBT-21-5118). A business losing half of its customers because of the condition of the restrooms has a significant financial impact in terms of lost revenue and customer acquisition.

In another survey, we found that 90 percent of real estate professionals believe a smart technology that helps ensure consistently clean and well-stocked restrooms warrants a premium above base rent, with two-thirds of property managers and 57 percent of commercial real estate brokers putting that premium at or above 3 percent (NCT-22-778452).

Q: Who on the facility side should own smart restroom technology decisions and deployment?
A: Individuals on the facility management and operations side are the ones who have that first-hand perspective of the greatest operational challenges they’re facing regarding custodian productivity and efficiency and restroom maintenance and cleanliness.

That said, successful installation and deployment of smart restroom technology requires buy-in, input, and expertise from IT stakeholders, human resources, custodial teams, and, of course, the organization’s leadership. These individuals and teams help secure the necessary financial and personnel resources, ensure the least disruptive installation timing, and identify potential infrastructure challenges.

Tweet

Share

Share

Email

  • Remote Management
  • Facilities Management
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Sensors
  • Smart Building

  • Remote Management
  • Facilities Management
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Sensors
  • Smart Building

  • smart
您觉得本篇内容如何
评分

相关产品

Smart Fog Smart Fog® S1 温湿度变送器

Smart Fog® S1相对湿度传感器的设计能够承受各种因素的影响。可拆卸的烧结过滤器保护聚合物电容传感器不受可能与变送器接触的固体物体的影响。

Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science PMI-Master Smart 元素分析仪

"The PMI-MASTER Smart is the first truly portable optical emission spectrometer for metal analysis.Thanks to its light weight and small size, the PMI-MASTER Smart can be conveniently carried, making theThe PMI-MASTER Smart can also be operated using the external power supply\/charger, with or without batteryWhat makes the PMI-MASTER Smart different to other mobile analyzers?

深圳云里物里 MTC02 Smart Finder 2 Find My 产品

云里物里自主研发推出的全新二代Find My网络寻物定位产品MTC02 Smart Finder 2,支持Bluetooth®5.0,最远广播距离可达120m。

Airmar Technology B122 Long Stem, Smart Sensor 超声波换能器

说明,长杆,B122传感器是设计用于厚壳木船或有陡峭的死升船舶。包括高性能整流罩垂直定向声束强回波,导致最佳性能。外壳内的智能数字信号处理可将深度和温度数据发送至图表绘图仪、雷达屏幕或数字显示器,无需使用专用深度测深仪。并且可以伸缩,插入件可以拆下以便维修和存储。制造商零件号 Furuno NMEA 2000®—235 MSLF——Airmar—44-151-1-02 Furuno NMEA 0183—235DHT LMSE‑4—Airmar—44-082-1-01,特征

STEGO CSS 014 Smart Sensor 湿度计和湿度测量仪器

紧凑型智能传感器css014以电子方式记录温度和湿度,并将测量数据转换为标准的4至20毫安模拟信号。转换后的值信号可由控制或监控单元(例如,PLC控制)使用或进一步处理。智能传感器适用于多种应用,甚至可以在风力发电等恶劣环境条件下使用。

Anton Paar 安东帕 Carbo 510 Smart Sensor 溶解二氧化碳检测仪

Carbo在线二氧化碳分析仪用于在线二氧化碳测量。它是用变压法兰直接安装的。它将产品特定的数据(目标浓度、报警限值等)存储在MPDS2000v3评估单元中。它是啤酒厂在灌装前和过滤后在线测量二氧化碳的理想选择。

评论

您需要登录才可以回复|注册

提交评论

提取码
复制提取码
点击跳转至百度网盘