Eco-Friendly
The greenest part is the one that was never fitted
Most of the environmental case for the under-sink and commercial range is what it leaves out: the pump, the power supply and two of the three cartridges.
What comes out of taking parts away
Unlike many conventional RO systems, which depend on electric booster pumps and complex electronic controls, KomiBright has developed highly efficient systems capable of operating directly from suitable municipal water pressure.
- Nothing on the electricity bill — selected systems draw no power at all.
- No electric booster pump — the mains does the work the pump was there to do.
- Two fewer cartridges — one to change instead of three.
- Fewer things to replace — fewer parts means fewer failures.
- Simpler to install and maintain — no supply, no controls, fewer connections to make.
- Quiet enough to forget — nothing is running, so there is nothing to hear.
- A more environmentally responsible system design, by subtraction.
Still being measured — material recovery, packaging and lifetime energy figures are not published yet.
Questions this usually raises
- Why does having no pump matter?
- It draws the power, makes the noise and fails first. Removing it removes all three.
- Does using less mean filtering less?
- No. The membrane still works to approximately 0.0001 micron. What was taken out is the machinery around the filtration, not the filtration.
- What happens in a power cut?
- Selected systems never needed power, so nothing changes. They keep producing water on the pressure already in the mains.
Want the figures for a specific model?
Tell us the model and the application and we will send what the catalogue and the manuals publish for it — and say plainly where they are silent.