[Greenbuilding] Technology for long hot showers

[Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn]

I guess talking the client into a bathtub is out of the question? :)

Gennaro Brooks-Church

Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231




On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Gary BIs <gary at builditsolar.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Ken did a homemade recirc shower that appears to work pretty well and is not
> too complex or expensive.
> http://www.builditsolar.com/Experimental/RecircShower/KenShower.htm
> The recirculation approach seems like about as energy efficient as you can
> get for very long showers.
>
> For whatever its worth, these are the thoughts I wrote down about a year
> back on recirc showers:
> http://www.builditsolar.com/Experimental/RecircShower/RecircShower.htm
>
> Don't know if this one has been mentioned already:
> http://www.us.kohler.com/tech/products/why_spas.jsp?category=11&nsection=2&nsubsection=3&nitem=cat12
>
> Gary
>
>> Hi all,
>> Any one know of a green(er) way to take 20-30 minute showers?
>>
>> It's not for me btw, so I'm not looking for suggestions like navy showers
>> please.
>>
>> Here's what I'm thinking:
>>
>> - A tub plug that can be foot operated.
>>
>> - Plug is connected to a water recirculating device
>>
>> - When not stepped on, the water will recirculate
>>
>> - Press the plug to drain the water, person can step on the plug when they
>> don't want to the water to recirculate.
>>
>> - Recirculating water is reheated to desired temperature.
>>
>> ~sanjay
>> PS - this idea is hereby released to public domain, for commercial and
>> non-commercial purposes
>>
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