Connect the right power source for your restroom

Is your maintenance team manually monitoring each fixture in every restroom? Are your guests still manually (and miserably) flushing levers, pushing buttons or lifting handles? You’re ready to automate both experiences by upgrading to connected, touchless flush valves and faucets.

This IoT-enabled technology delivers real-time alerts and insights for preventative maintenance, while the sensor operation ensures a hands-free, stress-free visit for users. Building owners optimize water usage, costs, and resources and keep their guests happy. The case is made in your mind, but you still have question marks around your options.

Does it matter if you connect using hardwire or battery powered?

Are there pros and cons specific to your industry?

Here are considerations to help guide your decision and get you closer to less manual and more data.

BATTERY BENEFITS

Battery-connected fixtures make a smart, flexible choice for lower-traffic restrooms or operations where power outages could impact safety. They reduce costs, simplify the installation process, and cut down on maintenance through real-time alerts and insights.

Lower Costs
Battery powered solutions save up to 30 percent in energy costs by eliminating the power running to fixtures.

Simplified Installation
With no need to run wire to fixtures, you’re guaranteed a more non-intrusive install with fewer steps and grumbles from your team.

Low Maintenance
Battery powered also helps you sidestep any downtime in the event of a power outage. And while batteries must be swapped, low-to-medium traffic environments only require replacements every three to four years.

Recommended industries at a glance include hospitals, small businesses, restaurants, retail, public buildings and educational institutions.

• Connected Battery Sensor Faucets Overview
• Connected Battery Sensor Flush Valves Overview

HARDWIRE HIGH POINTS

Now, if you experience high traffic at steady rates or if you have too many restrooms to even count off the top of your head, you may want to consider hardwire. Hardwire-connected fixtures help your team lower long-term operational complexity and consumable items costs—again through the valuable tracked and analyzed data.

Reduce Operational Complexity

When you go hardwired, you eliminate ongoing battery-replacement cycles in larger buildings, as sensors receive their power in a mechanical chase or drop ceiling. That means, you’ll also reduce your consumable items cost.

Recommended industries at a glance include airports, stadiums, entertainment venues, high-rise buildings and large-scale hotel proprieties.

• Connected Hardwired Sensor Flush Valves Overview
• Connected Hardwired Sensor Faucet Retrofit Kit Overview

BOTH EQUALLY SMART

Whether you choose battery or hardwire, you can connect your maintenance professionals to valuable product data to ultimately achieve a seamless guest experience (and save some costs in the process). From alerts to analytics, connected flush valves and faucets give you, your team and users an advantage.

Remote, Real-time Alerts
Receive high-use and high-water-consumption warnings and real-time alerts remotely via email, text and/or mobile push notifications. These timely alerts can help prevent flooding, leaks or any other major repairs in your restrooms.

Advanced Analytics
A virtual inspection monitors your devices and sends alerts on restroom anomalies created by factors other than the electronics. You can also keep track of handwashing scores when combined with connected flush valves to promote hand hygiene best practices.

Data, Data, Data
Your team can do a ton with the ongoing insights you receive:

☑️Plan ahead with an automated maintenance calendar

☑️Manage and maintain daily product performance better through smart analytics

☑️Dive deeper into product trends

☑️Assess your user patterns

☑️Pinpoint peak hours for scheduling and identify high-demand usage for your future projects

CLOSER TO CONNECTED

Ready to upgrade to both a touchless and connected experience? You have options now with battery and hardwire. Already have touchless, but still want a smart restroom? There’s no need to swap out entire fixtures. Retrofit kits can get you connected in fewer steps and at a much lower cost.

Sensor Data Delivery 101

Data that’s collected gets communicated from the faucet/flush valve sensor to a gateway. Once transported to a portal, it’s analyzed to deliver real-time notifications and deeper-dive insights to facility managers and maintenance personnel via email or text.