SIP House - Green Thing 1of 10

I'm going to publish 10 green things (ala 10 green bottles) about my house for the sustain Frome trail.

This is the best green thing in my house! It's an oxygenics shower head and it took 2 minutes to fit.

This one delivers a great shower (even at low pressure) at < 5lt per minute by adding air to the jet. Why is this good? Well a typical power shower will use 15ltr+ minute. Doing some maths (making all sorts of assumptions about cleaning habits) this could mean wasting 250ltrs of water of hot water per day for a family of 5. The cost of water and heating (making all sorts of assumptions on water rates and heating sources) can easily add up to over £250+ pa higher bills than if a simple £20 shower head was fitted. Even if you are single, it should pay for itself in a year ... but first measure how much your shower uses, no point changing if you have weak shower

Note: There are plenty of papers advertising water saving shower heads. Most seem to start at 9ltr per minute, which I think is still too high.

So less running out of hot water, saving C02 and water, wetter (because of the added air) showers. Seems good to me. Pop round if you want a test drive - bring your own soap and towel.

This could be the best energy saving device I have fitted.