Advantages
Why choosing Triax by Linea Città srl (compared to public washrooms and traditional public toilets)


A) Quality customer service – “Hide-away WC bowl” after each single use
Hygiene and disinfection (patented system “Hide-away WC bowl” in an appropriate technical shaft after each single use) for:

  • emptying
  • washing
  • disinfection
  • dryinge

B) Economic advantages and long product life span (15/20 average years)

C) Self-financing management and maintenance activities

D) Flexibility in management, placement and handling

E) Programmable by the manager/client

A) SERVICE QUALITY – HYGIENE AND DISINFECTION

TRADITIONAL PUBLIC TOILETS

TRIAX – LINEA CITTA’

NO quality hygiene or disinfection, often fully lacking in both

YES – Washing and disinfection after each single use

“Hide-away WC bowl” in an appropriate technical shaft for emptying / washing / disinfecting / drying. GUARANTEED HYGIENE IN USER'S ROOM.

The user’s room walls and floor are washed simultaneously guaranteeing hygiene.

NO cleaning and disinfection between one use and the next

RISK of bacteria and germs in the user’s room

RISK of catching infections and diseases

DISINFECTION AFTER EACH USE:

University of Bologna Department of Medicine and Public Health

“The regulation requirements have been confirmed as fully met”. Only in this manner and with the simultaneous washing of floors and walls it possible to reach high levels of sanitation and hygiene in the washrooms, levels would never be achieved otherwise if the toilet wash would occur inside the user’s room and not in a separate and sealed environment.

(from the “Sanitation Protocol of Self-Cleaning Toilet Facilities”)

NO usability of the toilet seat due to hygiene concerns

Full usability of the toilet seat

B) ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES AND RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT

TRADITIONAL PUBLIC TOILETS

TRIAX – LINEA CITTA’

HIGH INVESTMENT COSTS AND SHORT LIFE CYCLE  SPAN

It is necessary to install at least 3 separate public toilets in public places:  

  • Men
  • Women
  • Disabled Persons

LONG LIFE CYCLE AND REDUCED INVESTMENT COSTS

ONE SINGLE TRIAX – Automatic self-cleaning toilet facility is suitable for:

  • Men
  • Women
  • Disabled Persons

COSTLY MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

Need of assigned staff (with several shifts if open for more than 8 hours)

SAVINGS In MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
No need for continual presence of staff
Minimum  “ordinary” maintenance interventions
Implementation of at least 1 monthly “scheduled maintenance”

HIGH RISK OF VANDALISM

Extra budget during the course of the facility operation

STRUCTURES HIGHLY  RESISTANT TO  “VANDALISM HAZARDS” Designed and implemented with specific considerations and materials.

LIMITED LIFE CYCLE – continuous renovation and/or substitution

HIGH AVERAGE LIFE CYCLE EVEN IN HIGHLY TRAFFICKED PUBLIC PLACES
 minimum of 12/15 YEARS

(numerous SIA toilettes currently in operation were installed in the years 1985 – 1990)

C) SELF-FINANCING MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES

TRADITIONAL PUBLIC TOILETS

TRIAX – LINEA CITTA’

NO BREAK-EVEN POINT ANALYSIS

BREAK EVEN POINT – FEASIBILITY

No hours of operation and entrance fees setting and scheduling

POSSIBILITY OF SCHEDULING AND SETTING HOURS OF OPERATION AND DIFFERENT ENTRANCE FEES BASED ON TIME OF THE DAY

 

CONTRIBUTION TO INVESTMENT COSTS / AMORTIZATION OVER TIME

NO REAL-TIME ANALYSIS AND DATA

Historical data of usage

 

immediate usAGE analysis
average monthly cycles OF USE in the year 2009

  • Metro Stations: quantity 2,100
  • Railway stations: quantity 1,300
  • Car parking lots: quantity 1,400
  • Highway rest areas: quantity 1,500
  • Above-ground transit lines: quantity 850

D) FLEXIBILITY IN MANAGEMENT, PLACEMENT AND HANDLING

TRADITIONAL PUBLIC TOILETS

TRIAX – LINEA CITTA’

REQUIRES DAILY MAINTENANCE

IT DOES NOT REQUIRE DAILY MAINTENANCE

TRADITIONAL FACILITY STRUCTURE

BUILDING PERMIT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ITS INSTALLATION

IT IS EITHER RENOVATED OR DEMOLISHED

THERE IS NO NEED TO DEMOLISH THE FACILITY in case the location of installation changes over time

TRIAX  IS REMOVABLE AND IT CAN BE MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION.

E) IT CAN BE PROGRAMMED BY THE MANAGER/CLIENT

TRADITIONAL PUBLIC TOILETS

TRIAX – LINEA CITTA’

NON-PROGRAMMABLE

 

PROGRAMMABLE

- hours of operation and average use cycle

- entrance fee

- audio instructions

- usage functionality (toilet paper, soap, etc.)