Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) serves as a critical hub for Delta Airlines, facilitating over 150 peak-day departures to 55 global destinations. As part of Delta's recent $2.3 billion Sky Way project, significant upgrades were needed for the back-of-house restrooms in Terminal 2, which had remained untouched for nearly two decades. To address these challenges, Delta turned to Sloan for its ability to meet the airline’s standards for sustainability, ease of maintenance, and improved aesthetics.

Maintenance Ready for Takeoff

Delta’s specification of Sloan’s SS-3103 Sinks and EHD-501-ECO Hand Dryers is making the lives of maintenance teams much easier. The SS-3103 Sinks are made of white vitreous china with SloanTec® Hydrophobic Glaze, which inhibits germ growth and minimizes cleaning efforts. Additionally, their wall-mounted design with a self-draining deck area prevents water buildup and reduces maintenance time.

A Sustainable Success

The combination of Sloan’s EAF-275 Faucets, SU-1009 Urinals, and SOLIS® 8186 Flushometers proved pivotal in addressing water consumption concerns in the employee restrooms. The EAF-275 Faucets, equipped with double infrared sensors and automatic self-adapting technology, are actively helping Delta reduce restroom water usage. Additionally, the faucets’ solar power supply with battery backup ensures continuous operation, reducing energy dependency.

The SU-1009 Urinals, featuring the SOLIS 8186 Flushometers, are certified by the EPA WaterSense program, providing efficient water use. In addition, each of these fixtures promote environmental responsibility, aligning with Delta’s sustainability goals.

Upgrades to Aesthetics

The integration of polished chrome finishes across the various fixtures throughout the employee restrooms adds a sleek, uniform look, enhancing the overall visual appeal of the restrooms while improving employee satisfaction. The ST-2459 Water Closets and SOLIS 8111 Flushometers, with their elongated rim and syphon jet flushing system, respectively, provide a modern and hygienic solution as well.

Consistently ranked among the top healthcare providers in the U.S., Inova Health System wanted to combine its Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital in one central building expansion on the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus.

Energy efficiency and a more “spa-like” aesthetic for patients were paramount to the building design, which aims to achieve LEED Silver certification for its January 2016 opening. With their superior water-saving technology and proven reliability, Sloan flushometers were an easy choice to make for the hospital’s patient and public restrooms, as well as for its clinical sinks.

Private haven

The hospital’s new $430 million expansion project offers private rooms in a world-class environment for patient care that integrates a streamlined look from Sloan Regal® BPW-1150 Bedpan Washer flushometers.

Making sustainability easy.

G2 Optima Plus® 8111 and ECOS® 8186 urinals in the public restrooms help the hospital achieve LEED Silver certification.

Peak performance

Royal® 117 Service Sink flushometers ensure clinical areas throughout the hospital flow smoothly.

Elmhurst Hospital had a simple goal—they didn’t want it to feel like a hospital. Architectural design firms Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. and Pratt Design Studio, together with Korda/Nemeth Engineering were tasked with reimagining a new $450 million health care campus that incorporated high-tech, comprehensive care with a home-like appeal.

The result was an 866,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art acute health care facility redesigned for patient-centered comfort inside and out. The contemporary Prairie-style design included thoughtful details like libraries and kitchens, all with abundant natural light. Sloan products were the perfect fit for both the facility manager’s maintenance goals as well as the architects’ vision. In fact, Sloan products are prominent throughout the new hospital in the public and private patient restrooms, giving added value to the hospital system’s tagline, “Healthy Driven.”

Fresh and Clean

The new 295 private, same-hand patient rooms were designed for comfort and safety—of the patients as well as hospital staff. Sloan Royal® Slimline® Bedpan Washing system answered the call by giving nurses a more sanitary, efficient way to clean bedpans without the unwanted backsplash. The Royal Slimline system eliminates the need for unsanitary hose sprays, which require extra housekeeping and pose a slippage danger to patients.

A Healthier Flush

The hospital recognizes that family plays a big role in patients’ health, even providing overnight accommodations that make it easier for family to be with their loved ones. As a result, restrooms must hold up to a high volume of daily users. Sloan Royal ESS sensor exposed flushometers have automatic, hands-free flushing that helps control the spread of infectious diseases. They require little maintenance thanks to an effective electronic system that assures years of dependable, trouble-free operation. Plus, many of its internal components are identical to the manual Royal flushometer that has been trusted for more than a century.

Go with the Flow

Architects added to the convenience factor by choosing hygienic Optima® automatic faucets (ETF610), which feature splash-proof control modules and LED service indicator lights for easier maintenance. Patients need only place their hands under the faucet head to activate water flow, allowing their nurse or caregiver to support them more easily. The faucet's clean lines and chrome-plated finish added a sleek vibe to the hotel-like design.

Founded 125 years ago, Becton Dickinson (BD) is a leading global medical technology company and has dedicated more than a century to driving medical discovery through the development of services, solutions, and innovative technology to advance clinical therapy for patients and clinical processes for healthcare providers.

BD has around 70,000 associates in 50 countries around the world, including Mexico, who are in constant collaboration with their clients and partners to improve results among medical personnel, in addition to reducing the cost of health services, which translates into an improvement in the economy and increases the population's access to this vital care.

Resource Care

At BD, sustainability has become an essential issue, as one of the company’s main objectives is to generate and promote environmental health, which is why they have sought to implement relevant technology in their projects such as solar heaters, automated lighting systems for electric power savings, as well as water flow controls and water recycling.

Sloan supports BD in caring for the environment with products that facilitate its operation and take maximum consideration of natural resources with reduced water consumption through sensor-activated equipment, as well as stricter sanitary control with the hands-free technology.

Sloan touch-free products help ensure greater hygiene for Becton Dickinson employees. Sensor technology creates fewer touch points in the restroom, which helps reduce the transmission of germs and disease, a key factor in the development and operation of health services.

BD installed Sloan WES-4000 waterfree urinals that use the WES-150 water seal cartridge that helps to eliminate odors.

ETF-800 wall-mounted faucets featuring Bluetooth technology pair with the Sloan Connect™ App for remote monitoring and maintenance and use just 1.9 Lpm. The faucets are coupled with the Sloan XLERATOR® EHD-501 hand dryers in chrome finish with a drying time of 8 seconds. As a sustainable company that prioritizes the environment and the conservation of natural resources, BD has selected products that offer great energy efficiency, while saving thousands of paper towels per year in bathrooms.

The Combo WETS 2452.1303 Sloan ECOS® provides efficiency and water savings thanks to its dual-flush capabilities of 4.2 Lmp or 6.0 Lmp.

The Chow Tai Fook (CTF) Finance Centre, also known as Canton East Tower, was completed in 2016. The 530-meter tower ascends from office, to hotel, to restaurant, to entertainment, and shopping.

Touch-free and hygienic

It was important for the CTF Center to integrate the faucets and soap dispensers into the overall restroom design while providing visitors with a touch-free, comfortable experience. Ease of maintenance was also vital to CTF when selecting restroom products. As a super-high-rise complex, the commercial area of CTF Finance Center specified Sloan’s Optima® ETF-80 Faucets and ESD-250 Liquid Soap Dispensers, both with polished chrome finish to highlight the building’s modern design. The flow rate is a water-efficient 1.9 Lpm (0.5 gpm). The faucets and soap dispensers are also touch-free and provide greater hand hygiene for users.

High-efficiency, water-saving

The office area of the high-rise specified Sloan® SF-2150 Faucets with precise infrared sensors for touch-free, convenient operation. The flow rate of 1.9 Lpm (0.5 gpm) helps the CTF Finance Center achieve water savings and LEED-CS gold certification.

When one of the world’s leading retailers of natural and organic foods needed a complete refresh of their restroom experience, they turned to Sloan to help redefine shopper engagement beyond Aisle Five.

The goal: Streamline the look and maximize hygiene without compromising performance or sustainability. The solution: Sloan AER-DEC® Integrated Sinks and SOLIS® flushometers were installed and retrofitted in all of the grocer’s Midwest locations. The result: A more modern statement on sustainability, simplicity and quality.

High touch. Low maintenance.

The AER-DEC “soap, rinse, dry” system replaces the myriad soap dispensers, hand dryers and paper towel holders in the old supermarket bathrooms, providing a sleeker look with less upkeep.

Simplify, simplify.

SOLIS® dual-flush flushometers offer efficient water savings while satisfying the supermarket’s desire to declutter its restrooms with high-performance products that are easier to clean and maintain. 

Coppel, a well-known department store chain, has become one of the most important distributors of goods and services in Mexico. Founded by Enrique Coppel Tamayo in 1941 in the city of Culiacan Sinaloa, Coppel has experienced continual growth and today has a presence in more than 450 cities. The chain is also one of the top 10 most important employers in the country.

According to Global Powers of Retailing 2021 by Deloitte, Coppel is the second-most important retail company in México and fifth in Latin America. Coppel has jumped 40 positions in the ranking of the 250 biggest retailers in the world, from position 153 to 113 within a year.

Strength in sustainability

In 2021, Coppel received the recognition of Clean Transportation Program from SEMARNAT (Environment and Natural Resources Department) and SCT (Transportation and Communications Department), for their improvements in areas such as aerodynamics, weight reduction, use of new technologies, and operator training. Additionally, with improvements in its transportation fleet, Coppel achieved a CO2 reduction of 15 thousand tons, fully integrating itself into the Clean Transportation Program.

Coppel has achieved a total saving of 399,600 square meters of water in a period of 9 years over its 900 branches, making them a leading corporation in the optimization of natural resources. To accomplish this goal, Coppel allied with Sloan, whose products throughout 9 years of commercial partnership have helped in the care of water, a vital resource, and has made Coppel a successful company in terms of sustainability.

Sloan’s WETS 2020.1001-1.28 Floor-mount Water Closet and Flushometer Combos bring efficiency and water savings to the water closet rooms of Coppel, using only 4.8L per flush. The safety bars of Sloan’s model SL 8924 (exclusive to the Mexican market) contribute to increased security for people of all abilities.

Sloan’s WEUS 1000.1001-0.125 Urinal and Flushometer Combos were the perfect choice since they only use 0.5L per flush, a fact that was crucial in the decision of installing Sloan products at Coppel.

Nothing compares to the energy saving of Sloan’s Xlerator Hand Dryers installed at water closet rooms in Coppel stores, with a dry time of only 8 seconds and regulated temperature and noise.

With the state of California in the midst of a drought and potable water shortage, a city in the West Los Angeles Region (City) decided to be proactive in reducing its water usage.

That’s exactly what the City did when it commenced its Water Efficient Fixture Project as part of its Water Conservation Plan. The Project specified the installation of a total of 231 Sloan products, including Sloan’s UPPERCUT® dual-flush flushometers as well as its waterfree urinals at 24 City properties.
 

Known for their water-saving features, Sloan’s products lived up to their reputation. Sloan fixtures achieved an average 35 percent water use reduction over the course of a three-month study of six of the City’s largest locations, more than doubling the State’s 16 percent water use reduction mandate.

Getting a Handle on the Drought

A total of 206 flushometers were replaced with Sloan’s UPPERCUT dual-flush flushometers. Known for their green handles and proven water-reduction capabilities, Sloan’s UPPERCUT fixtures replaced the City’s 3.5 gpf water closets with new 1.6/1.1 gpf dual-flush diaphragms, which use 1.6 gpf for solid waste and only 1.1 gpf for liquid waste. The retrofit enabled the community to use the right amount of water for the right type of flush, significantly reducing water waste.

100% Efficient

In total, 25 1.0 gpf urinals were replaced with waterfree models in high traffic areas, including City parks, community meeting facilities and other recreational facilities, all of which attract a high volume of visitors, especially on the weekends. Not only do Sloan’s waterfree urinals achieve 100 percent water savings, their touch-free operation improves hygiene.

While California’s water shortage crisis imposes strict regulations on water usage, one of its penal facilities is now a model for institutional water conservation thanks to Sloan Programmed Water Technologies (PWT).

The PWT® system at Claybank Adult Detention Center allows the prison to control and monitor water usage and access in every individual cell and shower room from one master control center.

With the cost of water and sewage skyrocketing, water conservation is a huge issue in prisons, where inmates can act out by abusing their toilet and shower privileges (flood their cells, flush large items to clog the system, etc.). Not only does the system create a more controlled environment to curb unwanted behavior; it helps to drastically reduce the prison’s water and sewer bills, as well as its maintenance costs.

Electronically operated Sloan Flushometers, designed as part of a one-piece toilet and sink combination, limit toilet flushes per hour and block inmates if they try to flush again.

The PWT® Shower Systems control the entire shower operation in high abuse applications, limiting usage and saving the prison thousands of gallons of water per day.

The system’s control center calculates and monitors water usage in real time, in every square inch of the prison.

Plumbing chases that house the main PWT system are housed behind the walls, away from inmate access and abuse.

Founded by Buren Williford and family-owned since 1965, SPC Mechanical provides HVAC and plumbing services for several different markets, including commercial, government, healthcare, and industrial sectors. Backed by its exceptional work and reputation, SPC has steadily expanded over the years into locations throughout North Carolina, including a location in Charlotte.

In September 2019, the company began construction on its brand-new headquarters in Wendell, NC. The 40,000-square-foot building was completed in June 2021 and exclusively features Sloan restroom products. SPC chose Sloan because the SPC team was eager to practice what it preaches, as it specifies Sloan for its own customers. In addition, SPC wanted to stay at the forefront of restroom design, incorporating touch-free, aesthetically pleasing products that also make facility maintenance much easier.

Look Good, Feel Good

When designing new corporate headquarters, it’s important to specify top-notch products and accessories throughout the building, and that includes restrooms.

“When we were researching fixtures to put in the SPC headquarters office, we found Sloan products to be of superior quality,” said Addison Powell, project manager, SPC Mechanical. The new restrooms are headlined by Sloan’s DSWD-81000, 82000, and 83000 Designer Series™ Wall-mounted Weir Deck Sinks and EFX-250 BASYS® Battery-powered Deck-mounted Faucets—two products that bring a sleek, modern aesthetic that aligns perfectly with SPC’s vision.

Visually striking in a quartz desert silver color, these upscale sinks and faucets catch the eye of employees and visitors the moment they enter the restroom. The faucets also are engraved with the SPC Mechanical logo, a unique feature that was a big selling point to the team. “Our customers find that is an impressive touch to detail,” Powell said. “When they ask how we came across that feature, we explain that is something Sloan offers, and they can do the same with any company logo.”

Taking Care of Business

The new restrooms at SPC Mechanical are optimized for more than just the user – Sloan’s touch-free restroom products were designed with ease of service as a top priority. For example, the BASYS Faucets feature a variety of components engineered to streamline services, such as automatic shut-off capability, visible diagnostics that indicate the health and status of key components, power options, sleep mode, and much more.

Additionally, the SU-7419 Washdown Urinals and ST-2469 Wall-mounted Water Closets are equipped with SloanTec® Hydrophobic Glaze—a unique, proprietary glaze that inhibits the growth of germs and bacteria, making the fixtures easier to clean and keeping them cleaner longer.

Sign of the Times

Given today’s heightened awareness around hand hygiene, next-generation restrooms must include touch-free products. Sloan delivered on this front for SPC Mechanical Headquarters by installing contactless CX 8158 Water Closet Flushometers and CX 8198 Urinal Flushometers, as well as hands-free faucets. These flushometers and faucets feature sensor technology that allows the user to eliminate touchpoints where germs can breed. “When we moved in here in June 2021, COVID was still a concern,” Powell said, “so it’s been really beneficial to have the Sloan touch-free products.”