BTA Innovation Awards winners announced

The British Toilet Association (BTA) Innovation Awards which recognise innovation in three key areas of 'away from home' toilet provision: New Products,New Services and Efficiency Improvements were presented during the 2011 Loo of the Year Awards Event on Friday 2nd December at the Chesford Grange Hotel near Kenilworth.

The Centrego Toucan Ego was awarded the New Product Award. The Toucan Eco device converts tap water and a small quantity of salt into a combined disinfectant and cleaner using electrochemical activation (ECA).The science of ECA has been around for some time and there are larger units that produce chemical free alternatives to disinfectants and detergents.The Toucan Eco is said to be the first of its type and size making it an affordable entry point into this environmentally friendly cleaning regime.The fluids are cheap to produce and are made on the spot saving transportation costs as well as packaging and carbon footprint.

The New Service Award was presented to the City of London for its innovative Community Toilet Scheme (CTS).The CTS is considered to be a great achievement. It has increased toilet provision across the City and built better relationships with local businesses by promoting trade and increasing footfall into their premises.

Healthmatic won the Efficiency Improvements Award for its Moxie Remote management system for remote council assets.Maintaining, staffing and the open/close routines of Council assets can be highly wasteful of precious resources as well as very difficult to manage in an efficient manner.

Moxie is a completely configurable tool, located with the service room of a building, which empowers the manager to monitor activity within the building as well as schedule routine events like the opening and closing of toilet building doors.