Turning old into new: simple, cost-effective renovations and modernisations with SCHELL

Low effort – great results: renovating with SCHELL

SCHELL offers a wide choice of solutions for use when renovating sanitary facilities on public and business premises. Quick and easy to retrofit, these solutions improve building efficiency, increase user safety, lower costs and help owners to keep drinking water installations operating hygienically in line with regulations. From water-saving professional electronic fittings for any installation scenario to the SWS Water Management System that helps owners maintain their drinking water quality, SCHELL products champion safety and user comfort while offering many advantages for building operators, planners, tradespersons and users. In many cases, no major conversion work will even be needed to achieve the desired effects, such as economising on water and energy usage. During property renovations, sanitary facilities often benefit from relatively simple measures, such as retrofitting water-saving angle valves or electronic taps.

Renovations to sanitary facilities with an eye on the future: hygienic and accessible

When sanitary facility renovations are being planned, contactless or low-contact fittings are a good choice, because they optimise user hygiene and minimise the risk of infection. Figures from the WHO show that 80 percent of all germs are passed on via the hands. SCHELL supplies tap models that effectively minimise the risk of contact infections during hand washing. These include the more budget-friendly MODUS E series of electronic wash basin taps, as well as the XERIS E-T, which not only includes a wealth of features for user hygiene and maintaining drinking water quality but also offers thermostatic anti-scalding protection. Fittings with integrated anti-scalding protection are especially effective at protecting vulnerable groups of users like infants and senior citizens from injury. Anyone wanting to keep their original fittings but ensure their users are protected against scald injuries can simply retrofit the SCHELL angle valve thermostat. The maximum temperature can be set individually here. For renovations in the healthcare sector, the company offers a complete portfolio of fittings for rooms that are used for direct patient care. The German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH) makes a clear recommendation for fittings with anti-scalding protection in these scenarios.

Keeping sanitary facility renovations compliant and economical

Building renovations often involve large-scale sanitary facilities like those found in stadiums, spas and saunas, schools and hospitals. To maintain drinking water quality in a building, a complete exchange of water across all tapping points in the building must occur at least every 72 hours. By law, building operators must keep audit-ready records of these exchanges. Solutions from SCHELL offer support for keeping drinking water installations compliant with applicable standards. Electronic fittings that can be quickly and easily replaced play a central role here – not least because these are a prerequisite for deploying the SCHELL SWS Water Management System. The prescribed exchange of water can be executed simply by using automated stagnation flushes that only use as much water as necessary and as little water as possible. This saves time and cuts personnel costs. SWS is a flexible retrofit for renovation projects and is suitable for the budget-conscious, stepwise modernisation of buildings or districts. No complex wall chasing work is required for installation, since all fittings can be networked with the SWS server using wireless and/or wired connections.

Connecting the fittings wirelessly avoids the need to chase walls for cable routing. The SMART.SWS online service offers easy remote access to one or more properties, and therefore saves building operators both time and travel expenses. Significant energy saving potential compared with conventional single-lever mixers is also offered by SCHELL sensor taps, which can cut water and energy use by up to 70 percent. Self-closing taps offer savings of up to 55 percent. Angle valves can achieve savings of up to 40 percent.

One important economic factor for building operators is the durability of SCHELL products: the high quality of both the materials and the workmanship ensures a long service life. For renovations aimed at improving sustainability, many SCHELL products support certification schemes such as LEED, BREEAM or DGNB.