Cost-effective and resource-saving smart shower

Descripción del proyecto

Un nuevo panel de ducha que ahorra y recicla el agua

Pocas cosas contribuyen tanto al consumo de agua doméstico como la ducha, donde podemos gastar entre 30 y 80 litros de preciada agua. Como promedio, en los hogares europeos, las duchas emplean un tercio del consumo de agua y una cuarta parte de la calefacción. El proyecto SmartShower, financiado con fondos europeos, reducirá esta pérdida con un innovador panel de ducha que aportará ahorros significativos de agua (hasta el 90 %), energía (hasta el 80 %) y emisiones de CO2 (hasta el 80 %). Este panel de ducha consiste en una tapa de desagüe, con patente en tramitación, que puede instalarse como adaptación y un exclusivo sistema de circulación y filtrado autolimpiante que emplea componentes comunes: una solución con enormes ventajas ambientales y socioeconómicas.

Objetivo

Showering accounts for 36% of water and 25% of heating consumption in an average European household. In an average
8.5 minutes shower, nearly 80L of warm and relatively clean water goes down the drain wasting also 90% of the energy
used to heat the water. These figures, together with the worldwide water scarcity and energy consumption concerns created
a market, within the personal water usage segment, for showering solutions that optimise resource consumption while
improving the experience of a comfortable shower.

Flow Loop IVS aims to pursue this market opportunity by bringing to market its innovative shower panel (SmartShower)
allowing remarkable water (up to 90%), energy (up to 80%) and CO2 emissions (up to 80%) savings. SmartShower is based
on a patent pending drain cover allowing retrofit installation, a unique circulation and self-cleaning filter system using
standard “off-the-shelf” components, resulting in a solution with outstanding environmental and socio-economic benefits.

SmartShower presents remarkable economic advantages such as lower purchase (up to 50%), installation (70-95%) and
maintenance costs resulting in a reduced Total Cost of Ownership (up to 57% in a 5-year period) with a consequential lower
ROI (i.e. 3.7 years in comparison with 7.5-8.6 years) when compared to competing solutions).

SmartShower project is expected to significantly enhance Flow Loop's profitability, with expected revenue of €46M and
profits of €26M, 5 years after commercialization. Moreover, the successful achievement of SmartShower objectives is
expected to assist Europe in achieving ambitious objectives regarding water and energy savings in the household segment.

According to our Business Plan, 5 years after entering the market, SmartShower will enable an average annual saving of 3.8
billion litres of water, 105 million kWh of energy and 30 thousand tonnes in CO2 emissions.

Programa(s)

Tema(s)

EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 - SME instrument

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020

Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria

Convocatoria de subcontratación

H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1

Régimen de financiación

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Coordinador

FLOW-LOOP APS

Aportación neta de la UEn

€ 50 000,00

Dirección

Gydevang 4
3450 Allerod
Dinamarca

Pyme

Sí

Región

Danmark Hovedstaden Nordsjælland

Tipo de actividad

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Enlaces

Contactar con la organización

Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE

Red de colaboración de HORIZON

Otras fuentes de financiación

€ 21 429,00