Life Cycle Assessment Confirms: Excel Hand Dryers Reduce Carbon Footprint by Up to 94% Compared To 100% Recycled Paper Towels
Sustainability is no longer a choice—it’s a necessity. Architects, designers, and sustainability champions are constantly seeking ways to integrate eco-friendly restroom products into commercial spaces. When it comes to restroom sustainability, a recent Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) by independent third-party consultancy TrueNorth Collective provides definitive proof that you can go green with hand dryers: Excel Hand Dryers significantly reduce environmental impact compared to paper towel systems—including those made from 100% recycled materials.
The Power of a Life Cycle Assessment
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a rigorous, cradle-to-grave analysis that evaluates the total environmental impact of a product, from raw material extraction to manufacturing, use, and disposal. This comprehensive approach ensures a true comparison between hand dryers and paper towels, considering all material, energy, water, and pollutant inputs and outputs.
| Q: How much can hand dryers reduce carbon footprint? A: “According to a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Excel Hand Dryers reduce carbon footprint by up to 94% compared to paper towels, making them the most sustainable choice for commercial restrooms.” |
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The findings? Our Green Hand Dryers reduce carbon footprint by up to 94% compared to paper towels, making them the clear choice for sustainable hand drying solutions. This is a major reduction for facility’s aiming to achieve commercial restroom sustainability goals.
Beyond Carbon Footprint: Addressing Critical Environmental Impact Categories
While carbon reduction is a major benefit, touchless, energy-efficient hand dryers outperform paper towels in this Life Cycle Assessment in multiple key sustainability metrics proving that they are a product for our environment, including:
✔ Water Pollution (Eutrophication) – Reducing excess nutrients that harm ecosystems.
✔ Air & Water Acidification – Mitigating pollutants that contribute to acid rain.
✔ Smog Formation – Lowering harmful air pollutants that impact human health.
✔ Ozone Depletion – Helping protect the Earth’s vital ozone layer.
✔ Fossil Fuel Use – Drastically cutting reliance on non-renewable resources.
✔ Carcinogenics & Ecotoxicity – Reducing harmful emissions that affect both human health and the environment.
✔ Water Consumption – Paper towels require vast amounts of water for production, while hand dryers do not.
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Paper Towels: A Hidden Drain on Resources
The resource-intensive nature of paper towel production is often overlooked. Paper towels require:
- Significant water use for pulping and processing.
- High energy consumption for manufacturing and transportation.
- Continuous waste disposal that burdens landfills.
By contrast, our sustainable hand drying solutions consume only a fraction of the resources throughout their lifecycle. This green hand dryer’s energy-efficient design ensures minimal electricity use per hand dry while providing lower carbon emissions than paper towels, reinforcing their role as a sustainable alternative.
A Future Aligned with Global Sustainability Goals
As governments, businesses, and organizations worldwide prioritize sustainability, the demand for eco-conscious restroom solutions that lower carbon emissions continues to grow. As part of the Paris Agreement, the global buildings and construction sector must achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, and all new buildings must be net-zero carbon starting in 2030. The latest LCA reaffirms that Excel Hand Dryers are a crucial tool in reducing carbon emissions, minimizing waste, and advancing global sustainability efforts.
By adopting our energy-efficient hand dryers, your facility will be closer to achieving this net-zero goal while having a solution that eliminates the maintenance needed to clean up unnecessary paper towel waste. This helps to contribute to commercial restroom sustainability goals in your organization while creating a greener world.
In addition to helping facilities achieve their sustainability goals, Excel Dryer’s XLERATOR® Hand Dryer with Electrostatic HEPA (eHEPA®) Filtration can provide facilities with a solution that is proven to eliminate 99.999% of viruses and 99.97% of bacteria from the airstream. This provides users with piece of mind that their hygiene is of top concern.
Make the Sustainable Switch Today
For architects designing the future, facility managers optimizing resource use, and sustainability champions leading the charge, the choice is clear: Excel Hand Dryers provide superior environmental benefits over paper towels with proof provided by this comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment. In addition, their green hand dryers can contribute to LEED credits and WELL points, helping facilities achieve green certifications. These hand dryers also have Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), further showing Excel Dryer’s commitment to being transparent about how their products are manufactured.
By adopting energy-efficient, touchless sustainable hand drying solutions, facilities can reduce their ecological footprint while enhancing hygiene and efficiency.
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