Earlier this season, Michigan's Grand Haven State Park unveiled its first eco-friendly suds-up station (including showers and toilets for campers) - the first of its kind in the state.With plans to replace all 97 of the state's similar facilities, this green restroom serves as the official test unit. Water- and energy-efficient, it features natural daytime lighting, night lighting that's triggered by occupancy sensors, time-controlled showers with on-demand water heaters and reduced-flow shower heads, as well as low-flow toilets. The roof gleams with solar panels, used to power the building's ventilation system.
In addition to the new, non-traditional toilets, visitors that visit the park are privy to several outdoor activities, including fishing, swimming, hiking and cross-country skiing. A beach and lighthouse anchor the park, too, making it the perfect point for a picnic spread.
Michigan, however, is not the first to jump aboard the green bathroom boom. Massachusetts, Arizona and New York are just a few others that have dug roots for their own version of the eco restroom.
Above image courtesy of AP: Designers Ryan Brouwer and Randy Pease pose in front of the building they designed for Integrated Architecture in Michigan at Grand Haven State Park.
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