We have all been compelled to use unhygienic washrooms
and toilets at some point in our lives. Toilets, or rather proper sanitation,
are crucial for the healthy development of people. Facilities and services for
good sanitation include maintaining hygiene and providing a better living
environment for everyone; protecting natural resources such as surface water,
groundwater, and soil; and providing safety, security, and dignity for people
when they defecate or urinate. Several companies and startups have worked to
provide enough public restrooms that meet all of these requirements. Altersoft
Innovations from India is one such organisation, and their IPtoilet® uses an
intelligent sanitation system for public toilets and even common toilets. They
provide smart automation solutions for toilets and restrooms all over the
world. Various third-party integrators use their toilet automation system to
make portable public toilets smart and IoT enabled.
Intelligent Public Toilet (IPtoilet) is a Smart
Automated Toilet developed by Altersoft, with the aim of providing sustainable
and hygienic public sanitation with the use of advanced automation
methodologies. IPtoilet resolves the operational bottlenecks faced in Public
Toilet Management by the application of state-of-the-art technologies. IPtoilet
has luxurious interiors, vandal proof design and touch-free operations. The
travellers prefer the comfort of IPtoilets because of its neatness, hygiene,
convenience and safety they enjoy inside. IPtoilets are designed with an aim of
giving a world class experience in public toilets. It has become the most
wanted facility for travellers, tourists, and especially women.
The functioning of these toilets is very simple. The
door opens on a coin drop or button push or a QR code scanning. It can be
bolted down manually from the inside. On entering inside, the lights and fan
operate automatically. For more safety measures, entry is not allowed when
there is no power or water. It works on both self-management and service
management. It provides complete privacy for the individual user as it
indicates the status of occupancy, warns when two adults enter, and has an
emergency exit option for occupant safety.
IPtoilets engage pre-flush and power-flush for
effective cleaning using the minimum quantity of water resources. It comprises
an easy-to-clean design such as internal surface material, non-residual floor
in Stainless Steel. It has intuitive, efficient management of resources and
also triggers shut down before the resources are depleted. The periodic power
spray cleaning at pre-fixed intervals helps in keeping the toilets clean all
the time. Communication of usage, resource status, and service alerts are
diverted to a dedicated server that assures timely replacement and management
of resources.
There is a retrofitting model of
IPtoilet which has been installed with various smart toilets world over.
Altersoft is developing OEM partners worldwide to retrofit these smart toilet
systems in various public toilets, portable toilets and common toilets. This
model can be fitted by a plumber cum electrician on any toilet and calibrated
using a mobile phone. When installed with toilets in hotels and hospitals, the
IPtoilet IoT module provides better control over water usage, sanitisation
using UV light, and preventative and predictive maintenance options. Apart from
this it cleans its floors and walls frequently, preflush before use and powder
flush after use and with all these activities saves water and power. The end
user will get a rich experience which they have never experienced before in a
public toilet!
Already more than 2 million people use
the system in India. Smart cities, Highways, Airports and other government
bodies are installing them. They are getting better control over their
installed toilets, by monitoring them. Now the company is planning to expand
the retrofitting model to penetrate into more countries and into the
hospitality and health industry.
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