Marching in step with the construction industry's growing sustainability ethic, the U.S. Army announced this month that it will install waterless urinals in the construction of all new facilities beginning October 2007.
The move will be big step forward in achieving higher sustainability standards at Army facilities, says Annette L. Stumpf, an Army architect at the U.S. Army Engineer and Research Development Center, Champaign, Ill. Stumpf says the waterless urinals save water, require no freeze protection, eliminate electrical need for pumps and potable water infrastructure, and they also reduce septic and water treatment loads, and reduce installation costs.