Posts Tagged ‘International Code Council’
Building Safe Toilet Design into Shared Urban Space
That’s the title of our paper presented at the recent World Toilet Summit in Hainan, China. PHLUSH believes that public toilets should be as much a part of the streetscape as sidewalks and street lamps. But as public restroom advocates all over North America know, it’s an uphill battle. For many public officials the…
Read MoreSanitation Policy Advocacy in Flush-and-Forget America
Following on Singapore, PHLUSH was invited for the second year in a row to speak at the World Toilet Summit. This year the annual event was held for the first time in the US. Convened in Philadelphia Oct 31-Nov 3, 2010, the Summit was jointly organized by the World Toilet Organization and the International Code…
Read MorePHLUSH to serve on global technical advisory committee
In related news, PHLUSH will be serving with Clara Greed on a technical advisory committee trying to establish the Global Guideline for toilet design. The committee is chaired by code officials from South Africa and Australia and coordinated by Jay Peters of the International Code Council. PHLUSH will be looking especially at CPTED. PHLUSH…
Read MoreWorld Toilet Organization Hall of Fame honors Clara Greed
While there was little coverage of the role of public restrooms in urban design at the Summit, the final session honored Clara Greed Greed, who was not present due to a family illness, received a WTO Hall of Fame Award. Greed, Professor of Inclusive Urban Planning http://www.bne.uwe.ac.uk/staff/staffDetails.asp?StaffID=c-greed at the University of the West of England…
Read MoreGuest Post: Code change is the best way to increase restroom availability
By Robert Brubaker, Program Manager, American Restroom Association Code change is the best way to increase restroom availability. 090809rb 8:23 am 090809cm 1:45 pm 546 words A State code expert from Kansas, Eirene Oliphant has submitted potty parity code change proposals that address some of the ‘long line’ problems women face waiting to…
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