Cohousing-L Mailing List: Another question on laundry

[PatZy (pzboom]

I've been following the question on how many washers/dryers with interest as 
our project of 19 households, about half of whom are single people, will soon 
break ground.   Each home will have hookups for its own washer/dryer, so only 
4-5 households plan to use the common house laundry room exclusively while all 
the others plan to use it occasionally (for large items, assuming commercial 
sized equipment is in place).  I'm curious as to how well the large commercial 
sized equipment works for small households.  We all know it is more energy- and 
resource-efficient to run full loads but as little laundry as my household 
does, to run a full load may mean doing laundry every 3-4 weeks which isn't 
feasible.  Does the commercial size work okay for small households, without 
being too wasteful of energy and water?

PatZy Boomer
Mtn View Cohousing Community