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Best bathroom shower ideas aimed at water conservation

These days we face the huge problem of water scarcity. Experts believe that our future could see water wars replacing the wars for land and resources. We need water to drink, wash clothes, cook, flush toilets, and take bath and the like. It is found that a 5 minutes shower uses 20 liters of water on a hot humid day. Designers worldwide are attempting to find ways on how to save on water while taking a shower. For any eco conscious home owner, these are few things that he has to consider.

Eden Mist Shower

1. Visible Shower Tank

Viisible Shower Tank Helps Visualize Water Use

The visible shower tank was designed by Frank Gou. The concept behind the visible shower is that it uses a water tank which is made up of transparent glass. The transparent water tank helps to keep an eye on how much water is used while taking a shower. This helps to promote water conservation. The transparent water tank even comes with a hand wash basin. The sides of the tank have in-built temperature controls which give a very elegant look to the design.

2. Shower Brake

Shower Brake

The Shower Brake concept was given by Sang Lee and Dae Kim. The idea behind Shower Brake is that it uses visual feed back to promote water conservation. The shower controller is mounted over the water pipe to the shower head. When you pull up the controller, it determines how much water is to be used. While showering is continued, the controller falls in level. This gives a visual feedback before the water stops. You can again pull the controller up again, but this clearly tells you that you are unnecessarily wasting water. The shower break comes with water temperature and pressure controls.

3. DA/Spa Shower

DA / Spa Shower

The DA/Spa Shower draws attention for its shape and water conservation qualities. It is a stand up shower, which is in the shape of a bubble. The water keeps getting recycled into the top. It is equipped with side shower heads and this provides a spa like water massage. The recycled water keeps continuously getting filtered and this water is kept at constant temperature and pressure. The DA/Shower helps to conserve water up to 20 liters when compared to a conventional shower. The main attraction is the massage feature.

4. Self-powered ‘Eco Shower’

Self-powered ‘Eco Shower’

The Eco Shower is designed by M. Aleman. It uses pedal power to operate. It also combines a small exercise routine into the daily shower. The base becomes the reservoir where the water gets stored. When the user steps on the base made of wooden blocks, the water is forced up into the overhead tank. When one wooden block moves down, a metallic rod comes out protruding. This rod helps the user to change his position to another wooden block which involves a dance step like pattern continuously. The water gets forced up to the overhead tank and thus water is made available for a shower.

5. Eco Drop Shower

Eco Drop Shower

Tommaso Colia designed the Eco Drop Shower. This shower design uses a mat like device on the floor under the shower head. Initially, it is comfortable to stand on the concentric circles but later when it starts, the concentric circles begin to move and rise making it not so comfortable to stand on top of it. Then later, the sharp center pieces rise and press uncomfortably against the sole forcing the user to check water usage.

6. The Fog Shower

The Fog Shower

The concept of Fog shower came from the Brazilian designer Joao Schimansky. The Fog shower uses water droplets instead of steam. The water droplets are formed by ultrasonic heating. These droplets are forced to pass through metal plates that are perforated. An intelligent sensor is made to respond to the user’s body movements to direct the water droplets where the user needs it. For five minutes of shower this system uses only two litres of water and ultrasonic heating even reduces the electricity used in heating water.

7. Smart Shower

Smart shower

Smart showers use aerator to convert water into droplets. Droplets help to conserve water while showering. It’s equipped with a heat exchanger at the base. The heat exchanger recovers heat from the hot water used in the shower to raise the temperature of the incoming cold water. 50 to 55 percent of energy is saved which otherwise was used to heat the incoming water.

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