As you may know, at Bathshop321 we love the subject of water and energy saving, in fact we can’t shut up about it. There are tons of great ways to reduce wastage of water and energy in the household, and we’ve created a ton of great guides and illustrated infographics to share some of these tips with you! But we’ve caught wind of some truly exciting news today, the invention of a hugely eco-friendly water saving and recycling shower enclosure!

As you may know, at Bathshop321 we love the subject of water and energy saving, in fact we can’t shut up about it. There are tons of great ways to reduce wastage of water and energy in the household, and we’ve created a ton of great guides and illustrated infographics to share some of these tips with you! But we’ve caught wind of some truly exciting news today, the invention of a hugely eco-friendly water saving and recycling shower enclosure!

Swedish industrial designer Mehrdad Mahdjoubi has used space-bound technology and principles to create a domestic shower enclosure that uses only 5 litres of water per…fortnight!

Mahdjoubi’s OrbSys Shower works by using a high-tech purification and reheating “closed loop system” to treat and filter the water before immediately pumping it back up to be cascaded again from the shower. Not only is this a fantastic way of saving water, but it’s great for reducing energy usage too, as the water that is being reheated on its way back to the top is already warm, it takes far less energy to reach an optimal temperature.

Spaceship Mentality!

Mahdjoubi got the idea for the OrbSys Shower from a similar system used on board space stations. In space, astronauts can go for several years without a fresh supply of water. Floating in a capsule in outer space they wash and drink from the same continuously treated and recycled water supply.

“In an extreme environment such as a space mission to Mars, design concepts are brought forward to use all of the possible resources to make it there and back. I don’t see any reason why we can’t be as efficient on Earth as we can be in space,” says Mahdjoubi.

It takes only a glance at the sleek streamline design and digital displace to realise exactly how much influence Mahdjoubi had taken from those thoughts of a deep space washing routine!

Efficiency Figures

The OrbSys Shower saves over 90% in water usage and over 80% in energy usage every time compared to standard household showers, all at the same time as emitting water cleaner than that given out than an average tap!

“With my shower, which is constantly recycling water, you’d only use about five litres of water for a 10 minute shower … In a regular shower you would use 150 litres of water — 30 times as much. It’s a lot of savings.” explains Mahdjoubi.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 1.2 trillion gallons of water are used every year for showering in the United States alone. And yet, rather disturbingly, across the world more than three times the population of the States lacks access to any clean water at all.

Water Saving Resources

If you’re looking for some great ways to save on your bills and reduce water and energy wastage massively, be sure to check out our water wastage Infographic, and our regional water wastage study in England.

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