The current sanitation technology in developed countries is based on diluting human
excreta with large volumes of centrally provided potable water. This approach is a poor use …

Harvested rainwater systems and composting toilets are expected to be an important part of
sustainable solutions in buildings. Yet, to this date, a model evaluating their economic and …

In today's flush based urban sanitation systems, toilets are connected to both the centralized
water and wastewater infrastructures. This approach is not a sustainable use of our water …

Systems using rain water or reducing water consumption have been recently developed as
an alternative to conventional toilet flushing. This article aims to quantify the environmental …

The objective of this article is to assess the potential for potable water savings in office
buildings located in Florianópolis, southern Brazil. The embodied energy of four alternatives …

The overall CO2 emissions from the UK water industry are relatively well known and
understood. However, a recent Environment Agency Study (2008a) has demonstrated that …

Building toilets are critical infrastructure to promote public health. The current sanitation
technology in developed countries is based on diluting human excreta with large volumes of …

The toilet-wastewater-pollution nexus–the provision of safe, hygienic and appropriate
sanitation solutions–is an emerging, priority issue world-wide. Developed nations have …

The main aim of this EU demonstration project was to test two new sanitation concepts to
determine if these concepts are more sustainable, compared with the conventional …

Technology for future houses may well include a high-tech water recycling unit that makes
tapwater while people drink bottled water of high quality. There may be toilets that produce …