Through out the past few years, the devastation of nature and its environment has been an upcoming problem. One of the many goals Canadian Academy hopes to achieve is to save the environment. As an part of saving the environment, Canadian Academy aims to economize the consumption of usable water, as it is very vital and important to humans. Water is essential for our daily lives. We use it in our daily lives, from when we wash our hands to times when we eat and drink. Despite its demand from humans, there is only a limited amount of usable water that is available for us. The distribution of Earth’s water is based on 99 percent of unusable water (oceans, saline-ground water, glaciers and ice caps) and the remaining 1 percent of usable water which consists of ground water, lakes, and rivers. Even with our dependency and reliability towards water, we always tend to waste water, not knowing on its scarcity and importance.
In order to delay usable water from running out, we always have to keep in mind to stop wasting and to find new ways to save water. Recently, Canadian Academy opened the ELAC buildin, which utilizes of more developed facilities compared to the Main building. While one of the aims of Canadian Academy is to save the environment and consume less water, the ELAC building has few factors in which works towards that goal.
Using a sensored faucet for the toilet sinks is an exemplary model. Normal faucets persistently releases water as long as the tap is un-winded. On the other hand, sensored faucets only releases water when an hand is covered over the sensor. By avoiding the water to be persistently released, water is saved when the individual is taking soap or drying their hands. The amount of water released can be controlled for normal faucets, however not for censored faucets. Censored faucets releases an certain amount of water, for a short amount of time. Inorder to compare the difference, my personal research team gathered data regarding the amount of water released from the different types of faucets.
Main building: 132/per second (approximately 60 degree turn of the lever)
ELAC building: 60/per second
The normal faucets in the Main building releases about approximately twice as much water compared to the censored faucets in the Main building. Although this may seem like faucets in the Main building allows individuals to wash their hands twice as quicker compared to the censored faucets in the ELAC building, it is certainly so. Not only does censored faucets allow water from being persistently released, it also releases an mixture of water and foam. By doing so, it also
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