Every April, Earth Month serves as a reminder that sustainability isn’t a one-time initiative, it’s an ongoing responsibility. For commercial buildings, healthcare facilities, and public spaces, water conservation remains one of the most immediate and impactful ways to reduce environmental footprint while improving operational efficiency.
One of the simplest, most effective ways to make that impact? Optimizing water use at the point of delivery.
The Role of EPA WaterSense in Water Conservation
The EPA WaterSense program has set the benchmark for water efficiency, helping facilities reduce water consumption without sacrificing performance. Faucets that meet WaterSense criteria use a maximum of 0.5 gallons per minute (GPM), delivering at least a 30% reduction compared to standard flow rates.
But today’s leading-edge solutions go even further.
Chicago Faucets offers multiple fitting platforms engineered to operate at 0.35 GPM, significantly exceeding WaterSense requirements while maintaining user satisfaction and reliability. This ultra-low flow rate translates directly into reduced water usage, lower utility costs, and measurable sustainability gains across an entire facility.
High-Performance Touchless Solutions at 0.35 GPM
Across several touchless product families including: (would be great to show them maybe group then another group of the 0.50)
- HyTronic®
- EQ Series
- EVR Series
- E-Tronic® 40
- E-Tronic® 80
—facilities can standardize on 0.35 GPM performance without compromising on design flexibility or application needs.
These touchless fittings support sustainability through:
- Hands-free activation to reduce water waste and improve hygiene
- Consistent flow control that prevents excessive consumption
- Durable construction designed for high-traffic environments
- Multiple styles and finishes, including chrome and matte black, to meet modern design expectations
This combination ensures that sustainability doesn’t come at the expense of user experience or long-term reliability.
Expanding Efficiency Across Metering and Manual Applications
Sustainable design doesn’t stop with touchless technology. Chicago Faucets extends water-saving performance across MVP Metering and manual fitting solutions, giving facilities the flexibility to meet a wide range of application needs.
The MVP Metering Faucet Series provides reliable, one-touch operation with adjustable or fixed cycle times, helping reduce unnecessary water use while maintaining user convenience and hygiene. Available in both 0.50 GPM and 0.35 GPM, these fittings offer an economical and effective path to water conservation while supporting consistent usage patterns.
At the same time, Chicago Faucets’ manual sink fittings—trusted for over a century for their durability, serviceability, and interchangeable components—are also available in 0.35 GPM configurations. This allows facilities to upgrade existing installations to low-flow performance without requiring a complete transition to touchless or metering systems.
Together, these solutions ensure that regardless of activation method (touchless, metering, or manual) facilities can achieve meaningful water savings through consistent, engineered low-flow performance.
What Does the Impact Look Like?
The value of low-flow fittings becomes clear when you quantify it.
Consider a facility with 100 faucets operating at 1.5 GPM. Converting those fittings to 0.35 GPM results in a 76% reduction in flow rate.
Over the course of a year, that can translate into hundreds of thousands of gallons of water saved, along with reduced energy consumption for hot water and lower overall utility costs.
And because these savings are achieved through engineered flow control—not user behavior—they are consistent, predictable, and easy to maintain.
See the Impact: Run the Water Savings Calculator
Sustainability becomes far more compelling when you can measure it.
Chicago Faucets offers a Water Savings Calculator that allows facility managers, engineers, and specifiers to estimate:
- Annual water savings
- Cost reductions
- Environmental impact across a building or portfolio
👉 Run the Water Savings Calculator
This tool helps turn sustainability goals into data-driven decisions making it easier to justify upgrades, support ESG initiatives, and demonstrate measurable progress.
Sustainability That Works Every Day
Earth Month is an opportunity to reflect, but real impact comes from everyday decisions.
By combining EPA WaterSense alignment with advanced 0.35 GPM performance across touchless, metering, and manual fittings, Chicago Faucets enables facilities to go beyond baseline compliance and take a more proactive approach to water conservation.
Because sustainability isn’t just about using less—it’s about designing smarter systems that perform reliably, efficiently, and consistently over time.
