The entire global population has witnessed the massive impact the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it, as millions have suffered the infection first-hand.

The health pandemic’s effect on a great number of industries worldwide comes with the ever-growing consideration of hygiene, wellness, and generally staying healthy. This recent global focus on hygiene and well-being has now urged building owners, architects, and designers to take meticulous consideration of all relevant factors in designing today’s commercial washrooms.

With the shortcomings in the design of public washrooms being put under the spotlight, newly evaluated building codes and design guidelines are more stringently implemented than ever. This newfound scrutiny has revealed that adhering to best practices for infection control guarantees an optimised washroom experience for all users.

Guidance from various global authorities and organisations like the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Department of Health, and the Internal WELL Building Institute promote similar protocols for public washroom safety in order to safeguard global health and hygiene. Chief among these protocols is the introduction of touchless technology in commercial washrooms.

The power of touchless solutions

Reducing germ transmission in commercial washrooms boils down to an essential design strategy: minimising touchpoints. Thanks to the latest technological advancements, user interactions in a washroom environment can now be controlled to minimise if not eliminate unnecessary touchpoints with sensor technology.

From sensor taps to automatic soap and sanitiser dispensers, touchless paper dispensers and hand dryers, designing modern-day commercial washrooms that significantly reduce health and hygiene risks is now easier and more effective than ever.

Designed with hygiene, usability, elegance and sustainability in mind, the Dolphin Alavo wash station fuses hygiene and design into one stylish, functional system. In this blog, we’ll explore the benefits of the all-in-one Alavo system for businesses and commercial washrooms today. Read on.

The all-in-one solution in the Dolphin Alavo system

All your handwashing essentials in one place

The Alavo Mirror System is Dolphin’s fully customisable touchless behind-mirror unit and handwashing station. The Alavo combines sensor taps, infrared soap systems and high-speed hand dryers in one wash station using concealed cartridges behind the mirror.

Expertly designed by Dolphin’s elite team of engineers and designers, the Alavo smart mirror system perfectly illustrates how optimising the usability and hygiene of your washroom products creates a superior experience with every wash.

The Alavo’s intuitive behind-mirror washwall system eliminates touchpoints for every washroom use with smart sensor technology built into the taps, soap, and dryer— all of which are implemented behind the mirror. This drastically reduces the risks of transmitting germs from washroom surfaces while creating a superior, convenient and stylish washroom experience.

Hygienic, touchless handwashing experience

Provide your washroom users with the safest and most hygienic washroom visit with a completely touchless experience using the Dolphin Alavo wash station.

The Dolphin product range presents an excellent variety of sensor tap designs to go with your Alavo configuration. Our team of engineers recommend adding a touch-free soap dispenser to go with your taps.

This innovative tap and soap dispenser combination offers the ultimate user convenience with its optimised hygienic benefits and touchless technology. With your Alavo behind-mirror system easily retrofitted on any existing tops and troughs, any existing soap dispensers can now be converted to dispense alcohol or other sanitisers for additional hygiene protocols.

High-speed, low-energy HEPA-filtered hand drying

Hand drying is an essential but overlooked part of the handwashing process. Proper drying keeps your hands free of harmful germs and dirt, reducing the risk of contamination or infection.

While washroom hand dryers aren’t technically a new technology, HEPA-filtered hand dryers in your behind-mirror handwashing station are. So what exactly does a HEPA filter do? HEPA is short for High-Efficiency Particulate Air and is commonly used in cars, home air-conditioners, vacuum cleaners, and hand dryers.

From a technical perspective, HEPA filters eliminate 99.97% of all bacteria at 0.3 microns.

No more water mess and slip hazards

Alavo handwashing station eliminates water mess, reducing trip hazards and other similar accidents in your commercial washroom. The all-in-one touchless handwashing station discards the need to queue for the common hand dryer (as with traditional washroom setups) thereby allowing for improved traffic flow and encouraging proper social distancing between users.

Elegant, easy-clean, antimicrobial surface materials

Most of our Alavo projects come designed with Corian vanity tops and troughs that give your handwashing stations an elegant look antimicrobial surface that’s easy to clean and maintain.

You can choose to have your Alavo come with vanity tops, troughs, and sinks made from Corian, a practical, great-looking, and solid surface material that can stand the day-to-day pressures of any public or commercial washroom.

Because of the unique way Corian is fabricated, your Corian wash troughs and tops can be made to fit any space and create a seamless wash area in your handwashing station. This means that sealant does not need to be used between your tops and sinks, which is a cost-efficient advantage. This also creates an easy maintenance routine and removes potential places where bacteria, mould, and other harmful microorganisms can breed and grow.

Complete your Alavo modular wash systems and Corian vanity units with various specifications including fixed slots for waste retainers and exposed waste outlets in a range of gradient colour options that combine hygiene with stunning aesthetics.

Dolphin’s Alavo system is an innovative fusion of hygiene and design that creates a safe, hygienic and stylish washroom experience for your users. With touchless taps, soap dispensers, dryers or paper towel dispensers concealed behind the mirror, the Avalo system also features Corian tops and troughs of your choice with stunning backlighting that will give your commercial washroom that sleek and clean look.

Want to learn more? The Alavo Washroom Configurator is Dolphin’s proprietary online configuration tool that allows businesses to customise modular Alavo systems for their commercial washrooms. With its interactive form and cutting-edge software technology, it enables your business to create bespoke designs that match your unique needs.

Whether you’re looking to put up single or multiple behind-mirror handwashing stations or glam it up with Corian vanity tops and troughs, the Alavo Configurator will help you design, build, and deliver your specification document within minutes.

Discover the benefits and advantages of the Alavo Mirror System and touchless handwashing station and add the finest washroom experience for your commercial washroom users.