We could read last month how Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti signalled the plans for the city to reuse 100% of it’s wastewater by 2035. Currently only 2% of the city’s water supply come from the wastewater treatment plants, but Garcetti hope to increase this number to 35% in 2035.… Read more
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Almost ready to launch first of its kind greywater recycling

In the coming weeks we will start testing the greywater reclamation system in HSB Living Lab. This represent a truly unique prospect of reusing water and energy from hygiene micro consumption for showering, greatly recuding the water supplied and energy used to heat the incoming water.… Read more
Report from the first WaterAware workshop

The workshop was a great experience with a handful of enthusiastic participants defying the terrific summer weather, spending an evening in the HSB Living Lab conference room that would otherwise have been ideal for barbecue with friends.
The workshop program comprised an introduction guest lecture on video link by professor Greg Morrsion of Curtin University, Australia,, a brainwriting session, a co-creation workshop session and finally presentations and summaries.… Read more
Preliminary WaterAware workshop program outline

Time and date: May 2018. Exact date and time will be announced “soon”.
Duration: ~3 hours
Nic-nacs: post-it notes, markers, scissors, glue, tape, large paper sheets, color printer, 3D printer… add stuff here
Refreshments: Coffee, tea, water, organic snacks
Workshop Schedule
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome and introduction
09:05 – 09:25 Presentation: water challenges in the future and need for innovations
09:25 – 11:30 Co-creation workshop session
11:30 – 12:00 Presentations
12:00 – 12:30 Presentation of research opportunities and closing of the workshop
Expected output
The output of the workshop should consist a solution (product or service) that aim to raise awareness of the own (and/or community) water consumption and it can be either of the following form:
- A design proposal
- A simple prototype
- A conceptual outline
Introduction and background
Fresh water is a renewable but limited resource.… Read more
WaterAware site is live!

Welcome the official WaterAware website. Here we will publish information about the project which was granted funds from HSB Living Lab for hosting a co-creation workshop on data driven eco-feedback to consumers on their water behavior.
… Read moreWater is a renewable but limited resource, and the production, distribution and treatment of (waste)water require considerable input in terms of energy and infrastructure.