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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1 August 1991, Page 51

A High Efficiency Shower Head Saves You Money High efficiency shower heads are the quickest and cheapest way to make ENVIRONNE LTD a dent in your hot water heating bills. HIGH EFFICIENCY SHOWERS High efficiency shower heads are designed to reduce the water flow rate You can cut back water heating costs by fitting a through the shower head. This reduces the use of both hot and cold water flow reducing shower head from Environne. during showering: It's a cost effective way to save endangered The shower nozzles are specifically designed to provide a satisfactory wallets and the environment. spray pattern for a pleasing shower, while saving water . Pays for itself in less than a year. A staff member of Energy Management recently tested several models in Models specifically designed for mains, his own home. His home has a typical low pressure hot water system that Iow, or unequal pressure systems. is common to many New Zealand homes: Good spray pattern for satisfaction. The best high efficiency shower head used only one third of the water that the original standard shower head did. Easy to fit. In this case, the quantitative saving of water was about 20 litres for a five Contact: Environne Ltd, minute shower. P.O.Box 136, 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge. In a four person household this would add up to annual saving of around Ph (071) 279-177 , Mobile (025) 925-614, Fax (071) 273-988. 8125 per annum in hotwater bills. Over 20 years this would add up to OR around $2,500 enough to pay for a holiday in the sun P.O.Box 19-101 Avondale, Auckland . Retail prices vary from $35 to $65. A high efficiency shower head will pay Ph (09) 884-188 (business) , for itself in six months: You Il have to try pretty hard to find a better (09) 529-1889 (home). OR investment: P.O.Box 6021 , New Plymouth . With these shower heads it is possible to attain flow rates of less than two Ph (067) 511-992 (business) , litres per minute. Most people will however find that a minimum flow rate (067) 27-660 (home): of between two and three litres per minute iS necessary for pleasant Post this card to one of the above addresses: showering: Please send me more information on Environne showers: In the staff member' S case; the actual flow rate when installed was found My home has: to be less than the quoted flow rate a) low pressure Because these shower heads reduce flow rates, back pressure problems b) unequal pressure may occur when they are fitted to unequal pressure plumbing systems. c) mains pressure This problem can be corrected by modifying the plumbing system to ensure equal hot and cold pressures at the showerhead. or using an Name appropriate shower head. Address Assumes: 16 degrees Celsius inlet. 60 degrees hot water . 1:1 mix ratio for 38 degree shower. one shower per person per day per year. 8.54 cents kWh. For further information please contact: Christopher Turbott Energy Management Ministry of Commerce PO Box 4218, Auckland Energy or Telephone (09) 775 328 Management