Restrooms

Functional modernization is the strategic alignment of technology, data, and design to decrease facility waste, maintenance friction, and restroom user complaints.

Today's hybrid work models require office restroom operations to perform across a wide range of occupancy conditions.

A truly sustainable public restroom strategy balances hygiene, resource efficiency, operational performance, and user expectations through a practical, system-based approach.

CMM spoke with Edward Smith III, an environmental services (EVS) professional for an Alabama school district, about his methods for tackling problem areas in the more than 20 schools he serves.

Successful industrial design in the restroom can translate into faster experiences for users, more efficient routines for custodians, and highly reliable and economical solutions for facility managers.

This special episode of Straight Talk!, recorded from the trade show floor at ISSA Show North America 2025, explores Tork's expanding mission to advance inclusive hygiene across North American facilities.

Unlike gravity-fed systems that depend on the weight of water to create a weak siphon, pressure-assisted toilets use the building’s water pressure to compress air within a sealed vessel inside the tank.

Restrooms are an important reflection of a facility’s overall cleanliness, professionalism, and management.

ISSA commissioned an independent survey across a broad cross-section of facility types and industries to determine the current availability of period care products (PCPs), identify barriers to wider access, and explore factors that might motivate more facilities to provide these essential hygiene products.

In this episode, Kalli Folk—ESFM’s National Director of Hospitality & Cleaning Programs—shows how to turn restroom signals into an operations playbook your supervisors and techs will actually use.

Splashback commonly occurs when urine hits the water stored at the base of a conventional urinal or strikes its sides. The resulting droplets can then become airborne, creating unsanitary conditions in public restrooms, potentially spreading germs.

Clean, well-maintained restrooms demonstrate a facility’s concern for building users and visitors and play a crucial role in creating a positive image for the entire facility.