Cut Costs and Reduce Waste: Why Choosing IDRAL’s Automatic Taps Really Pays Off

Why Is the Choice of Taps Crucial for Water and Energy Savings?

If you manage a gym, hotel, school, sports centre, or any other public facility, you know how much water and energy consumption can impact your bills. But did you know that a simple tap replacement can cut these costs by up to 70%?

By adopting timed and electronic taps, you not only optimise water consumption but also reduce the energy required to heat it, ensuring significant cost savings and a lower environmental impact.

Case Study: How Much Can You Save with a Timed Mixer?

To understand the real savings, let’s compare a shower with an IDRAL 08142 timed mixer to a traditional mixer:

  • Shower duration with a traditional mixer: 4 minutes, divided into four phases (waiting for hot water, wetting, soaping, rinsing).
  • Reduced flow time: With IDRAL 08142 timed mixers, water flows for 135 seconds instead of 240 seconds → 56.25% savings.

Water Savings

Water flow rate:

  • Traditional tap: 15 litres per minute (flow can range from 12 to over 20 litres).
  • IDRAL tap with flow limiter: 8 litres per minute.

Total water used:

  • Traditional tap: 60 litres.
  • IDRAL 08142: 18 litres → 70% savings.

Translating Savings into Money

  • Average water cost: €1.62/m³ (Italian average).
  • Average gas cost to heat water: €0.828/m³.

📌 Cost of a traditional shower:

  • Water: €0.0972
  • Heating energy: €0.16 (estimating about 0.193 m³ of methane to heat the necessary water)
  • Total: €0.2572 per shower

📌 Cost of a shower with IDRAL 08142:

  • Water: €0.0291
  • Heating energy: €0.048
  • Total: €0.0771 per shower

💰 Savings per shower: €0.18

Business-Scale Savings

Let’s take a gym with 10 showers, used by 5 people per day, 6 days a week, for 45 weeks a year:

📉 10 showers × 5 users × 6 days × 45 weeks × €0.18 = €2,430 annual savings!

Electronic Taps: Efficiency at the Next Level

Electronic taps, equipped with infrared sensors, are the most advanced solution for reducing water waste. Even with an electronic tap, consumption can be reduced by up to 70% compared to a traditional tap. The economic and environmental advantages are undeniable, especially in high-traffic facilities where every litre of saved water translates into significantly lower operational costs.

📌 How Much Can You Save by Replacing a Traditional Tap with an Electronic One?

Let’s compare a traditional sink tap with an electronic tap and calculate the potential savings just for washing hands with cold water.

Traditional Tap

  • Flow rate: 12 litres/minute
  • Usage time: 40 seconds
  • Total water consumption: 8 litres

Electronic Tap with Sensor

  • Flow rate: 6 litres/minute
  • Usage time: 25 seconds
  • Total water consumption: 2.5 litres

Water savings per wash: 5.5 litres saved

With 150 users per day for 250 days a year, the total savings exceed 200 m³ of water annually.

Economic Savings

Considering the water cost of €3/m³, the annual savings in a facility with this usage pattern can exceed €600 per installed tap.

Investing in Efficiency: A Smart Decision

Replacing traditional taps with timed or electronic solutions is an investment that pays for itself within a few months thanks to the drastic reduction in water and energy consumption. Moreover, by choosing certified and efficient products, you can:

✔ Improve user comfort
✔ Increase the value of your facility
✔ Reduce environmental impact

Don’t Let Unnecessary Waste Increase Your Costs!

Switch to efficient taps and start saving immediately with IDRAL products! Discover our range of timed and electronic taps designed to ensure maximum efficiency, hygiene, and sustainability.

Visit our website and find the ideal solution for your project!