The EPA presented Caroma with its inaugural Excellence Award for Caroma’s high number
of WaterSense-labeled products in the marketplace, and Moen was named Manufacturer Partner of the Year.
The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense program presented
high-efficiency, dual-flush toilet manufacturer Caroma with its inaugural Excellence
Award for Caroma’s number of WaterSense-labeled products in the marketplace - all
47 of its floor-mount, dual-flush toilet models, more than any company in the
industry. The company’s award-winning Smartflush toilets surpass both the U.S.
federal requirement of no more than 1.6 gpf for new toilets, as well as the
North American high-efficiency toilet standard of 1.28 gpf.
The
EPA made the presentation at the WaterSmart Innovations Conference in Las Vegas
during its second annual WaterSense awards banquet Oct. 6, co-hosted with the
Alliance for Water Efficiency.
“We
are deeply honored and grateful to receive an Excellence Award, and we are
proud to be a leader in the effort to preserve the world’s most valuable
resource,” said
Derek Kirkpatrick, Caroma North
America’s general manager. “Caroma has been a tireless supporter of sustainable
technologies for more than 70 years, and we look forward to strengthening our
commitment to changing the way bathroom water is used and conserved.”
WaterSense Partners Of The Year Named
The
EPA also named four Partners of the Year for their exceptional efforts in
promoting water efficiency and WaterSense-labeled products. The WaterSense
program’s more than 2,000 partners help save water for future generations by
promoting water efficiency and WaterSense-labeled products.
“These
partners contributed significantly to our efforts to make WaterSense-labeled
products a household fixture in 2009,” said
Peter S. Silva,
assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Water. “They also helped consumers
who purchased these products save 36 billion gallons of water and more than
$267 million in water and sewer bills in 2009.”
The
partners of the year are:
Manufacturer Partner of the Year: Moen.
Bathroom fixture manufacturer Moen earned the WaterSense label for all of its
267 bathroom faucet fixtures, ensuring availability of water-saving faucets for
consumers at every price point, and garnered significant national media
attention for WaterSense.
Promotional Partner of the Year: Cascade
Water Alliance, King County, Wash. Cascade Water Alliance
collaborated with retailers and plumbers to promote water efficiency in the
Puget Sound region and rebated more than 3,000 WaterSense-labeled toilets for
households and local businesses.
Retailer Partner of the Year: Lowe’s Cos.
Big-box retailer Lowe’s launched a “Build Your Savings” program to help
customers select products that save energy, water and money, winning WaterSense
Retail/Distributor Partner of the Year for the second year in a row.
Irrigation Partner of the Year: Judy Benson
of Clear Water Products and Services (Clear Water PSI), Florida.
Benson educated businesses and consumers on outdoor water efficiency and
encouraged other irrigation professionals in the central Florida region to
partner with WaterSense.
To
learn more about the WaterSense awards winners, visit
www.epa.gov/watersense.Links
