Case Study: Queen Elizabeth’s School, Blackburn, UK

Who?

Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, in Blackburn, Lancashire, UK, is one of the leading co-educational independent day schools in the North West.

The school offers a first-class academic and extra-curricular education and excellent pastoral care to boys and girls aged 3 months to 18 years old.

Why?

Mr Sheard took the position of Estates Manager at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar Independent School and contacted Vectair as the school had no water control measures fitted.

All 9 of the toilets were flushing a 10 litre cistern every 10 to 15 minutes.

The water was still flowing through the urinals even when the washrooms were not being used – after school, at the weekends and also non-term times which was an unnecessary waste of school funds as well as a huge cost to the environment and water wastage.

What?

The school installed Vectair's Sensaflush® water management system – a unique urinal flush system created by Vectair and designed to dramatically reduce water consumption.

The savings achieved in the first year of fitting Sensaflush® were around £15,000, and their monthly direct debits were reduced accordingly. After 6 months into the second year of using Sensaflush®, they also received another £2.5k refund from their water supplier as they were still paying too much;

“The school installed Vectair Systems’ Sensaflush® units and we have found these to be brilliant. The unit sits above the cistern and is really easy to install. The product enables the reduction of water by reducing needless flushing whilst the washrooms are not being used. I would recommend using the Sensaflush® Urinal Flush Management System in any building to maximize on both saving money and helping the environment.”