Our 10 Most Popular Posts in 2021

Each year, we review our posts on LinkedIn and on our company website to see which were the most popular. By popular, we mean getting more attention and visitors than others.

We never know what to expect and invariably, there are some surprises. Anyway, and for whatever reasons, here are our 10 Most Popular Posts in 2021.

1.?WHY THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IS TAKING A MUCH CLOSE LOOK AT WATERLESS URINALS.?One of the items getting much more scrutiny in the cruise ship industry is switching out the old, flush-valve, water-using urinals with no-water or waterless urinals.

2.?FOUR REASONS FOR MYSTERIOUS ODORS IN HOMES AND OFFICES. Many odors in bathrooms, restrooms, showers, and kitchens are coming from floor drains. This happens for a multitude of reasons, including the following.

3.?THE GAMECHANGER HAS ARRIVED – NOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT??This year is different. Not only are drought conditions building, but the western half of the country is also experiencing scorching weather, hotter than ever before.

4.?TAIWAN, MICROCHIPS, AND WATER. What many of us do not know is that one of the key reasons for this worldwide chip shortage is water, or shall we say, lack thereof. ?

5.??PUTTING WATERLESS URINALS TO THE WATER SAVINGS TEST.?Legislators wanted to know not only if waterless urinals could help schools reduce water consumption, but if it was worth the money.?Here is what they found out. ?

6.?SECRETS TO BUSINESS LONGEVITY. The life span of businesses in the U.S. keeps declining. In 1958, a publicly traded company had a life span of about 61 years. That’s down to 18 years today. Why is this happening?

7.?A LOOK AT THE WATERLESS URINAL NUMBERS.?A study conducted in a major high-rise building compared the water consumption and operating costs of 14 of the building's flush urinals to that of 14 waterless urinals over a four-month period.?Here is what they uncovered:

8.?CREATING THE MOST SUSTAINABILITY-FOCUSED AIRPORT IN EUROPE.?Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport began an ambitious sustainability program in 2020, which is expected to be completed by 2030.?Here’s why the program includes waterless urinals.

9.?THE NUDGE, THE NOBEL PRIZE, AND THE URINAL FLY. When it was announced that Richard Thaler, a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, it stirred a few feathers. First, he was not very well known in the world of economics.

10.?PUBLIC RESTROOMS: HOW TO DESIGN FOR ALL.?By shifting to single-user, gender-neutral restrooms, managers can make restrooms more personal and inclusive and less institutionalized.

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