It is not a secret that our economy is at an all time low. This does not mean that it is time to close up shop. In our modern day, technology almost goes hand in hand with our economy. RFCY has found solutions on how to save money while keeping your facility open.

Unknown to many facilities owners, reducing the amount of paper waste can greatly decrease your consumer costs. Instead of keeping paper towel dispensers in your restrooms, fitness facility owners should think about switching over to electric hand dryers. Not only will it cut down the consumer costs of your facility, but at the same time you are helping the environment.

Statistics have proven that in the long run, paper towel dispensers are more expensive than electric hand dryers. With paper towel dispensers, an owner also has to think of other expenses that are affiliated with these apparatuses, electric hand dryers are one cost, with no other reliance to other supplies. Even though paper towel dispensers themselves are less expensive than electric hand dryers, what increases the costs are other supplies such as paper towel rolls, a storage area for extra paper towels, and also the maintenance of keeping the area clean and working. It even goes as far as being higher in cost due to the constant utilization of the trash containers and liners for the paper waste.

With electric hand dryers, the initial cost is higher than the automatic paper towel dispenser, but in the end electric hand dryers are much more logical because they are low maintenance and there is no physical waste. While some may still be wary of replacing their paper towel dispensers with electric hand dryers, statistics have proven that electric hand dryers are more cost effective. An average paper towel dispenser costs $30 to $45. Paper towels on average cost $1.75 for a roll of one hundred to two hundred sheets. It has been proven that each person on average uses two sheets with every visit creating the cost of 1.5 cents per person. With an electric hand dryer, the initial cost is $75. They run for thirty seconds using an average of .017 kilo watts per hour. In the end, each person is only using .2 cents of energy. That is 1.3 cents less each person.

By using these tips and suggestions you can keep your consumer costs down and your gym up and running.