Hard water? A soft target for energy efficiency – and carbon emission reductions…
May 28th 2010

Hard water is still amazingly a problem that many commercial organisations choose to ignore. It’s a problem that can quite easily be addressed – the technology and the equipment exists. And the motivation for addressing it is massive. Lower fuel costs, higher energy efficiencies, and far lower maintenance costs should be enough to convince anyone of the benefits of a water softener.

And for those looking at addressing the challenges of the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme either now or in the near future, it’s another key opportunity for reducing carbon emissions.

The costs of hard water are massive but can be addressed by softening the water at the point of entry from the mains supply.Tapworks offers a range of water softeners from its North Star Range of commercial water softeners that help you to save salt and water through the inclusion in their products of Genius Chip® technology.The exact amount of salt needed for each regeneration of the system is measured and calculated in proportion to the amount of softened water used since the last regeneration. In addition to this ‘standard proportional salting’ facility, the Genius Chip® also adjusts the salt levels automatically to reflect the consumption.

The North Star range from Tapworks features a space saving tank-intank design, low voltage electronics, making them safe and easy to install, the Genius Chip® technology, a back lit display that provides easy to use advanced flow and consumption information, high capacity resin that offers long life and improved efficiency and remote telephone diagnostics, allowing off-site analysis of data to determine whether an adjustment is needed,often saving the cost of a service call.

Recent figures continue to show an average of a 32 per cent saving on running costs resulting from the installation of a Tapworks commercial softener unit in place of existing softeners already installed that need replacing.

Tapworks was the first appliance manufacturer in the UK to be accredited an officially carbon neutral business. It sees this as a vital step in its future in a much more ‘carbon aware’ community. For details of the Tapworks products call 01494 480 621 or visit the new Tapworks web site at www.tapworks.co.uk.

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