Latest Stories in Bathroom Design
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"A New Desire" From LIXIL Is A New Kind of Bathing
A whole new way to take a bath, in some very silly places.
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More Hot Poop on Composting and Alternative Toilets
It's time to seriously consider putting composting toilets in our houses; they are getting so good that you will barely notice the change.
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Yes, Civilized People DO Have Composting Toilets In Their Homes
Waste is too valuable to just flush away. But can you comfortably live with the alternative? Laurence Grant does, and explains how.
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Smart Toilet & Sink Combo Uses Greywater to Flush
Flushing with drinking water is wasteful; water from washing your hands is used to flush the toilet in this water-saving toilet design.
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More Hot Poop on Composting Toilets: Biolan Icelett Freezes Your Poop For Composting Later
We have seen toilets that vaporize it and compost it, but this is the first we have seen that refrigerates it.
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5 Fun Faucets That Help You Save Water (Photos)
By displaying the water consumption either digitally or emotionally, these 5 faucets help you save water.
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Why Can't Our Public Toilets Be Like The Ones They Build In Norway?
It is about time that we recognized that every form of building is architecture and deserves attention and care.
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Urine for a surprise: Bathroom Fixture Monitors Your Health
No more taking samples to the doctor; this urinal tests you every time you go.
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My Favourite Stories of 2011: April
In which I learn that irony and humour don't work well on the internet
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More Proof That We Should Change The Way We Design Bathrooms
New study shows how far bacteria can spread when toilets are flushed
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How to Install a DIY Rainwater-Flushing Toilet System (Video)
This simple-to-install DIY hack allows you to flush your toilets with rainwater, and to switch back to the mains supply whenever you run out.
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Watch A Latrine Get Built In 51 Seconds
Time-lapse video shows the construction of a latrine in rural Pakistan -- from before the hole is dug until the doors are hung on each 'stall.'
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Sanergy Is Putting A Price On Poop and Cleaning Up in Kenya
People need toilets; flowers need fertilizer. Sanergy makes a business out of supplying both.
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Why My Swiffer is the Least of Our Worries: Prioritization Matters
The other day I was cleaning our floors with a Swiffer, musing on how it probably wasn't the greenest option out there, and beating myself up for choosing convenience over
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Most Appalling of Show: The Zurn Bariatric Toilet
We all know that America and the world are getting fatter, but I didn't know that they are even now making special toilets to deal with the problem. In fact it is, um, an expanding market; The Zurn Bariatric wall hung flush
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Best of Show, Booth Design at Greenbuild: Kohler And Living Machine
The point of having a booth at Greenbuild is to attract attention, and like with everything else, design matters. I immediately fell in love with the Kohler booth; In some ways it is so 2005 green, with its recycled materials
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New Sink Lets You Recycle Your Greywater & Saves Space
At the Gala for the best designs of the Valencian region 2011 by the Valencian Design Association this week we saw a lot of flashy projects but not many that I would classify as best, meaning functional, attractive and eco! The student award for
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Is Westin Heavenly Shower a Green Wash or a Greenwash?
Over a year after Lloyd told us about the US Department of Energy's plans to better enforce laws regulating shower water usage, it appears the laws still have no teeth. Alert TreeHugger tipster Ben sends us this



























