Industry news from your local laundry specialists! Coin Meter Company has been setting the standard for complete laundry room services throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. We are the largest locally owned and operated provider in the area.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Keep Up to Date on Portland Businesses
As a fellow locally owned Portland business, Coin Meter Company likes to keep up to date on other local businesses and how our community continues to grow. Check out Neighborhood Notes, a website designed to keep us informed on our neighborhoods in Portland. It not only covers business news, but events, culture, food & drink, home & garden, style and local news. Check out the business section of the website here.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Did You Know?
Apartment communities can save 330 percent more water, equating to a savings of 8,216 gallons of water per year per unit, by utilizing a common-area laundry room instead of an in-unit washing machine?
Learn more about water conservation and common area laundry rooms at Laundrywise.
Learn more about water conservation and common area laundry rooms at Laundrywise.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Do Residents Prefer Cards Over Coin?
Do your residents think it's a pain to find quarters? This one does!
Luckily Coin Meter Company now offers a wide variety of card systems for your convenience. Let's give our residents what they want! Click here to learn more about our card systems.
Luckily Coin Meter Company now offers a wide variety of card systems for your convenience. Let's give our residents what they want! Click here to learn more about our card systems.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Water Saving Practices in Multifamily Housing Units
"In-unit laundry washers use an average of 11,810 gallons of water annually; equipment in common-area laundry rooms uses an average of 3,595 gallons a year per apartment. This is a 3.3 to one ratio."
Water is becoming a scarce resource in the world and eventually in the United States. Multifamily properties are large contributors to excessive water consumption. This article explains the economical and financial advantages of green practices and water conservation to multifamily properties, including switching to a common area laundry room.
Click here to access article.
Water is becoming a scarce resource in the world and eventually in the United States. Multifamily properties are large contributors to excessive water consumption. This article explains the economical and financial advantages of green practices and water conservation to multifamily properties, including switching to a common area laundry room.
Click here to access article.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Front Load Efficiency Study
City of Portland Washer Efficiency Study
A recent study conducted by the City of Portland's Office of Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the Portland Water Bureau, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Oregon Department of Energy, and Coin Meter Co.
The study result at a glance: Average WATER Savings from Front-Load Washers:8 gallons/load $0.01/load (includes sewer)
FRONT LOADING MACHINE DISADVANTAGES"Front loading machines often require more maintenance. One of the advantages of front loading units is that they need less detergent. However, communicating this fact to users can be difficult and detergent overloading is common which leads to oversudsing. Too much detergent will clog fill lines and render the washer inoperable leading to user complaints. This in turn leads to additional service calls to repair the unit."
"Another challenge with front-loading machines is that, by the nature of their design, the loading door must lock after the machine has filled with water. Opening the door after it has filled will result in water spilling out of the unit (Top loaders can be opened at any time during the washing cycle). Sometimes the door will be forced open so that a missed item can be included in the wash. This action allows water to discharge to the floor creating a hazard and requires the door to be repaired.""The front-loading door swings open out over the floor area. In doing so, any residual water left on the door can potentially drip off onto the floor creating a hazard."
A recent study conducted by the City of Portland's Office of Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the Portland Water Bureau, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Oregon Department of Energy, and Coin Meter Co.
The study result at a glance: Average WATER Savings from Front-Load Washers:8 gallons/load $0.01/load (includes sewer)
FRONT LOADING MACHINE DISADVANTAGES"Front loading machines often require more maintenance. One of the advantages of front loading units is that they need less detergent. However, communicating this fact to users can be difficult and detergent overloading is common which leads to oversudsing. Too much detergent will clog fill lines and render the washer inoperable leading to user complaints. This in turn leads to additional service calls to repair the unit."
"Another challenge with front-loading machines is that, by the nature of their design, the loading door must lock after the machine has filled with water. Opening the door after it has filled will result in water spilling out of the unit (Top loaders can be opened at any time during the washing cycle). Sometimes the door will be forced open so that a missed item can be included in the wash. This action allows water to discharge to the floor creating a hazard and requires the door to be repaired.""The front-loading door swings open out over the floor area. In doing so, any residual water left on the door can potentially drip off onto the floor creating a hazard."
Friday, January 11, 2008
Developer reaps savings on sewer access charges with Common Area Laundry Rooms
Green Advantage: Common area laundry rooms on water conservation and building ”green”. Steve Minn - principal of Lupe Development Partners, Minneapolis
Minn has embraced the concept of building “green”. He has incorporated common area laundry rooms into the new Stone Arch Apartment complex. By including this water saving amenity, Minn qualified for a 20 percent discount on sewer access charges from a regional waste treatment organization. Like many other developers, Minn has taken advantage of not only green building credits, but also provided a conservation opportunity for both the property owner and residents at the Stone Arch Apartments.
“We estimate that our buildings use about 70 percent less water than those buildings having in-unit laundry options”, said Minn. The Stone Arch Apartments uses this water-saving effort as a marketing tool to prospective residents concerned about conservation.
View this beautiful property with many amenities – including central laundry rooms at: http://www.stonearchapartments.com/
Minn has embraced the concept of building “green”. He has incorporated common area laundry rooms into the new Stone Arch Apartment complex. By including this water saving amenity, Minn qualified for a 20 percent discount on sewer access charges from a regional waste treatment organization. Like many other developers, Minn has taken advantage of not only green building credits, but also provided a conservation opportunity for both the property owner and residents at the Stone Arch Apartments.
“We estimate that our buildings use about 70 percent less water than those buildings having in-unit laundry options”, said Minn. The Stone Arch Apartments uses this water-saving effort as a marketing tool to prospective residents concerned about conservation.
View this beautiful property with many amenities – including central laundry rooms at: http://www.stonearchapartments.com/
Do 'Green' Appliances Live Up to Their Billing?
The Wall Street Journal
Energy-Efficient Devices Flood Market, but Some Owners Find Results Fall Short of Promises
By SARA SCHAEFER MUÑOZ
August 2, 2007
Amid concerns about energy consumption, Americans are increasingly encouraged to buy energy-efficient appliances. But while some of the latest products can offer significant energy and water savings, they can be double the price -- or have kinks that can result in clothes and dishes needing to be washed twice.
While most energy-saving appliances perform well, some can pose problems. For example, many consumers don't know they need to use high-efficiency soap or half the amount of regular detergent with front-loading clothes-washers.... Regular detergent creates extra suds in this type of washer, and is tougher to rinse. Also, the machine senses the suds and uses extra water, offsetting savings.
Environmental advocates point out that the biggest energy sucks aren't washing machines and dishwashers. Many consumers don't realize that an energy-guzzling plasma TV can off-set the energy-savings of kitchen appliances. A conventional TV consumes about 130 watts of power per hour, while a 42-inch plasma consumes more than twice as much, or around 350 watts per hour, according to Tom Reddoch, manager of energy use for the Electric Power Research Institute, a Palo Alto, Calif., nonprofit organization that promotes the adoption of energy-efficient practices. And one of the largest energy-savings measures is replacing light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, which use about 75% less energy than standard bulbs.
Energy-efficient builders and energy-saving advocates advise that if people want to upgrade to energy efficient appliances, they should focus first on refrigerators, because unlike a dishwasher or clothes washer, they run all the time.
Energy-Efficient Devices Flood Market, but Some Owners Find Results Fall Short of Promises
By SARA SCHAEFER MUÑOZ
August 2, 2007
Amid concerns about energy consumption, Americans are increasingly encouraged to buy energy-efficient appliances. But while some of the latest products can offer significant energy and water savings, they can be double the price -- or have kinks that can result in clothes and dishes needing to be washed twice.
While most energy-saving appliances perform well, some can pose problems. For example, many consumers don't know they need to use high-efficiency soap or half the amount of regular detergent with front-loading clothes-washers.... Regular detergent creates extra suds in this type of washer, and is tougher to rinse. Also, the machine senses the suds and uses extra water, offsetting savings.
Environmental advocates point out that the biggest energy sucks aren't washing machines and dishwashers. Many consumers don't realize that an energy-guzzling plasma TV can off-set the energy-savings of kitchen appliances. A conventional TV consumes about 130 watts of power per hour, while a 42-inch plasma consumes more than twice as much, or around 350 watts per hour, according to Tom Reddoch, manager of energy use for the Electric Power Research Institute, a Palo Alto, Calif., nonprofit organization that promotes the adoption of energy-efficient practices. And one of the largest energy-savings measures is replacing light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, which use about 75% less energy than standard bulbs.
Energy-efficient builders and energy-saving advocates advise that if people want to upgrade to energy efficient appliances, they should focus first on refrigerators, because unlike a dishwasher or clothes washer, they run all the time.
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