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Mira's water efficient Minilite Eco and Miniduo awarded Waterwise Marque status
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Two products from Mira Showers – the UK’s leading manufacturer of showering products and accessories – have been awarded the prestigious Waterwise Marque, acknowledging their contribution to improving water efficiency. The Minilite Eco and Miniduo with Eco handset are ‘environmentally friendly’ showers designed to significantly reduce water and energy consumption, by as much as 75%, while still delivering superb performance.
Waterwise is an independent Non-governmental organisation dedicated to reversing the upward trend in how much water is used in the home and workplace; and is the leading authority on water efficiency.
The Minilite Eco which – as the name suggests – combines the company’s compact Minilite with the efficiency benefits of a 6 litres-per-minute (lpm) flow regulator; while the Miniduo is united with the innovative Eco showerhead. Importantly, both shower combinations assist in meeting the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
Both the valves are half the size of ‘standard’ ones – without any compromise in shower performance; are thermostatic and are available in both chrome built-in and exposed variants. The Minilite Eco has a simple, single sequential control; and is complete with a Mira fittings kit.
The Miniduo and Eco showerhead is just as it states: the Miniduo concentric valve combined with all the water saving benefits of the Eco showerhead. Operation is by separate ‘Select & Forget’ controls for temperature and flow.
The Miniduo also has 110mm pipe centres; and is suitable for easy retro-fitting onto pipe centres between 133 -153mm with the use of an adjustable elbow kit.
The Eco showerhead’s unique design reduces the amount of water normally used by up to a massive 75% (compared to a standard Logic showerhead at 0.5 bar pressure). The ‘ecoefficient™’ technology uses the Venturi principle, by which air is introduced into the flow without a pump. Mixing air with the water spray creates larger droplets filled with air bubbles. The droplets explode on impact and produce similar coverage to conventional, finer sprays giving the impression of increased volume of water and a refreshing shower. Not only does this offer the user huge savings in water, but in energy too – as less hot water needs to be heated.
The adjustable showerhead also provides a choice of three aerating spray modes – Start, Soothe and Force – which allow the user to ‘customise’ their shower ‘experience’.
Mira’s ‘eco’ Minilite and Miniduo with Eco handset delivers a win-win situation for all concerned. The user gets a high quality, high performance shower that is both water and energy efficient and therefore saves money on water and fuel bills; while developers and social landlords are able to meet the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes as well as delivering their buyers and tenants a superbly effective and economical shower.
