Chicago Faucets EQ Touchless Faucet used with EQ Connect App
Facility managers are tasked with the enormous responsibility of keeping everything running smoothly in their buildings. If employees, suppliers, customers and other visitors don’t notice it, then they’re doing it right. Building managers keep everything from restrooms to HVAC systems quietly running behind the scenes so businesses and organizations can focus on their core missions.
A building’s restrooms are one key area facility managers must keep clean, operational and functional at all times. To promote greater hygiene, a modern look, more durable accessories, and lower maintenance requirements, many organizations have installed touchless faucets, like the EQ Touchless Faucet from Chicago Faucets, in their facilities.
For facilities making the switch from manual faucets to touchless, The EQ Touchless Faucet is an easy-to-install and stylish option. Available in chrome or brushed nickel, the EQ Touchless Faucet features a single, heavy-duty solid brass spout. Behind the basics, this next-generation faucet has integrated thermostatic protection as well as multiple power options including A/C, battery, long-term battery, and self-sustaining power options.
As facility managers know, much of building maintenance involves checking and rechecking that everything from lightbulbs to the furnace is operating correctly. For equipment like touchless faucets that rely on batteries, most managers create a schedule for replacing the batteries to ensure the equipment is always operational. Since the batteries are low-cost, it makes sense to replace them on a time-based schedule, regardless of how much life is left in the battery.
Another less-common approach is to wait until someone reports a touchless faucet as out of order, and the repair could be as simple as changing a battery.
Smart facilities using the latest technology make it much easier to stay on top of minor maintenance activities like battery changes. The Internet of Things and advances in sensor and monitoring technologies allow facility managers to more efficiently keep their finger on the pulse of the myriad of details in their buildings.
With built-in Bluetooth®, EQ faucets can now be monitored and controlled from a smartphone or tablet, thanks to electronic components that measure and report settings to an app. Using the EQ Connect App, facility managers can view diagnostics and make adjustments to a faucet’s settings with the touch of a finger.
In addition to monitoring battery life, the EQ Connect mobile app lets managers name and organize faucets to match location or maintenance logs for easy identification. Managers can establish preset faucet settings to save time and can make adjustments to distance, run time, safety shut-off time, service mode and hygiene flush capabilities.
By simply installing an app on your phone, you can easily monitor the battery life of all of your touchless faucets on a single screen. The life remaining on both regular and long-life batteries for each faucet is automatically displayed in a convenient dashboard right after logging in. If your EQ Touchless Faucets need attention, add a low-life battery change to your list of maintenance work orders for the day to keep your touchless faucets functional around the clock.
Touchless faucets are one of many ways that facility managers can improve the hygiene, functionality and operational efficiency of their buildings. Not only can they be a beautiful and durable way to update public restrooms, but they provide employees, customers, suppliers and other visitors with an easy-to-use and sanitary way to help reduce the spread of diseases and germs while they are in your building.
The ability to monitor battery life remotely takes the guesswork out for facility managers, which means you can spend your time taking care of more important matters to keep your building running smoothly.