PAPER TOWEL COSTS
1. How many paper towel drying stations are there at your facilities?
2. Do you wish to input use by annual purchasing or daily hand drying?
3. How many cases of paper towel does your company buy annually?
4. How many pairs of hands does your company dry daily?
5. How many paper towels does each case of purchased paper towels contain?
6. How much do you pay for a case of paper towels?
(We have asssumed it takes on average paper towels to dry a set of hands. Choose 'change' to input a different value.)
7. Your facilities dry this many pairs of hands per year:
8. Using this many paper towels
9. Your annual paper towel costs are:
10. Automatically calculate annual paper towel handling costs (calculated at 50 %)? If not, please fill in the individual costs.
10a. Generating requisitions and purchase orders
10b. Receiving/storing paper towels
10c. Collecting and disposing of used towels
10d. Servicing paper towel dispenser
10e. Trash bag liners
10f. Batteries
10g. Plumbing problems from paper towel disposal in toilets (plumber expenses, toilet replacement or portajohn rental)
Full annual costs of using paper towels
Annual Hand Dryer Operating Costs
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1. How many dryers will be needed to satisfy your hand drying needs? (One dryer for every two washbasins is sufficient for most applications…)
2. One drying cycle is 8 seconds for the XLERATOR, 10 seconds for XLERATOReco, 14 seconds for ThinAir and 14 seconds for XLERATORsync. Do you want to assume 1 or 2 cycles for hand drying?
3. The total annual drying time is (in hours):
4. Machines run-on at reduced power for 0.7 seconds after use. Total annual run-on time is (in hours):
5. The annual dryer time (for all dryers) in stand-by mode is then:
6. At what voltage does your dryer run?
7. Energy usage for drying (shown in kWh):
8. Energy usage for run-on (shown in kWh):
9. Energy usage during idle (shown in kWh):
10. Amounts to total annual energy usage of (shown in kWh):
11. What is your kWh energy cost (in $)? (At beginning of 2023 - about $0.20 in Northeast USA, $0.14 in the Midwest, $0.15 in South and $0.18 in the West. In Europe kWh average is €0.25)
12. The annual costs of running the hand dryer
13. What are your annual HEPA filter replacement costs (approximately $200 per filter)?
14. Automatically calculate dryer servicing (we estimate about $200 over the first ten years of use, prorated to $20 per year)? If not, please input your own values.
14a. Dryer servicing cost:
15. Your total annual costs of using hand dryers is:
16. Your annual savings by using hand dryers compared to paper are:
Amounting to a percentage savings of:
Payback Period
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1. What is the purchase price per dryer?
2. How much is the installation cost per dryer?
3. The total cost of replacing your current hand drying setup with each type of Excel hand dryer:
Which means the payback period for you investment would be (in months):
Paper Towel GHG Emissions
1. (We assume an average drying station lifetime of 10 years. Choose 'change' to input a different value.)
2. Do you use virgen (white) or recycled (brown) paper towles?
3. The fixed GHG emissions associated with your paper towel drying stations (due to dispenser and wastebin materials and manufacturing, shipping, EOL), prorated annually are (kg CO2eq):
4. Based on your paper towel usage, paper towel production accounts for these annual GHG emissions (kg CO2eq):
5. Annual emissions due to paper towel packaging (kg CO2eq):
6. Annual emissions due to shipping paper towels (kg CO2eq):
7. Annual emissions due to disposing of paper towels (kg CO2eq):
8. (We estimate you will need one bin liner for every 200 paper towels used. Choose 'change' to input a different value.)
9. Then your annual emissions associated to bin liners are (kg CO2eq):
10. Do your paper towel dispensers use batteries?
11. (The estimated battery replacement time is 4 years. Choose 'change' to input a different value.)
12. Annual emissions due to battery replacement (kg CO2eq):
The total annual GHG emissions associated with using paper towels are:
Emissions Savings
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1. (We assume an average dryer lifetime of 10 years for all models. Choose 'change' to input a different value.)
2. The fixed GHG emissions associated with hand dryers (due dryer materials, manufacturing, shipping, EOL), prorated annually are (kg CO2eq):
3. Annual emissions due to power consumption while drying (kg CO2eq):
4. Annual emissions due to power consumption during run-on (kg CO2eq):
5. Annual emissions due to power consumption while dryers are idling (kg CO2eq):
6. The annual total annual emissions associated with using hand dryers are (kg CO2eq):
7. By choosing hand dryers over paper towels, your annual emissions reduction (kg CO2eq) for each model would be:
8. Amounting to a percentage savings of:
Then your annual emissions reduction is equivalent to growing this many tree seedlings for 10 years:
Then your annual emissions reduction is equivalent to recycling this many tons of landfill-bound waste:
Then your annual emissions reduction is equivalent to reducing gasoline usage by this many gallons:
Other Environmental Savings (Waste)
The total weight of paper towel waste generated in your facilities annually is (lbs):
Other Environmental Savings (Water Usage)
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1. The fixed water usage associated with your paper towel drying stations, prorated annually is (cubic meters):
2. Based on your paper towel usage, paper towel production accounts for this annual water usage (cubic meters):
3. Annual water usage due to paper towel packaging (cubic meters):
4. Annual water usage due to shipping paper towels (cubic meters):
5. Annual water usage due to disposing of paper towels (cubic meters):
6. Annual water usage associated to bin liners are (cubic meters):
7. Annual water usage due to battery replacement (cubic meters):
8. The total annual water usage (cubic meters) associated with using paper towels are:
9. The fixed water usage associated with hand dryers (due dryer materials, manufacturing, shipping, EOL), prorated annually is (cubic meters):
10. Annual water usage due to power consumption while drying (cubic meters):
11. Annual water usage due to power consumption during run-on (cubic meters):
12. Annual water usage due to power consumption while idling (cubic meters):
13. The annual total annual water usage associated with using hand dryers is (cubic meters):
14. By choosing hand dryers over paper towels, your annual water usage reduction (cubic meters) for each model would be:
Amounting to a percentage savings of:
*NOTE: One dryer for every two washbasins is sufficient for most applications. If restroom traffic is
unusually heavy, we suggest one dryer per washbasin in small installations, and two dryers for every
three washbasins in larger installations. When a 54" round-type washbasin is used, we suggest four to
five dryers. In multiple installations, one dryer should be mounted at recommended height to be accessible
and compliant with ADA requirements.
