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Same tap. 98% less water.
Altered is a clean tech startup that have developed a new type of nozzle for faucets. It reduces the water use up to an incredible 98% while still retaining functionality. Saving water. Saving energy. Saving money. And looking great while doing it.
By atomizing the water, we split it up into millions of drops. Basically creating a high speed heavy mist shooting out of your tap. This increases the surface area of the water and therefore makes it possible for you to get in contact with almost all of the water coming out of your tap. That's why you can wash your hands, brush your teeth, wash your greens, do your dishes etc. with only 2% of the water compared to a regular water saving aerator. And if you need a little more you've got it. Switch to our normal saving mode, perfect for filling pots, pans or glasses with water. Still saving 75%.
This is our small solution to a huge problem.
We hope you like it.
http://bit.ly/alteredvideo
11. We’re named
Altered for a reason
- Accessible means bigger impact
- Fits into existing taps
- Super simple installation
- Cheaper & saves resources
13. Soon on Kickstarter
Johan Nihlén
+46736618022
johan@alteredcompany.com
Kaj Mickos
+46709708081
kaj@alteredcompany.com
alteredcompany
Editor's Notes
JOHAN
There are already billions of faucets in the world
With billions of gallons of water flowing through them.
We have developed a new nozzle that FITS INTO YOUR EXISTING TAP, makes it possible to use 98% less water while still retaining functionality.
It’s a small and simple solution possible to implement all over the world.
Let’s show you how.
KAJ
Standard solution for saving water in faucets the last 100 years have been to restrict the flow of water.
From 20 liters a minute down to the most extreme version on the market today with a flow of 3 lit/min.
But we can’t just keep on restricting the flow of water.
At one point we need a shift in technology in order to use less water and still maintain functionality and experience.
JOHAN
It’s not really about the flow of water.
The real problem is that we don’t use all the water coming out of the tap.
Most of the water actually passes our hand or bounces of the surface.
So the problem is that we do not actually use all of the water coming out of our tap.
JOHAN
It is millions of gallons of fresh water literally slipping through our fingers and straight down the drain.
JOHAN
”How can we use as much of the water coming out of the tap as possible?”
KAJ
The solution was to atomize the water, basically breaking it up into millions of tiny drops and creating a high speed heavy mist.
KAJ
Since each drop has its own surface area, we drastically increase the total surface area of the water.
Making it possible to get in touch with almost all of the water coming out of the tap.
KAJ
result was more extreme than we thought.
In mist Mode we could retain functionality with washing hands, doing dishes, brushing teeth, washing greens etc with less than 2% of the water flow. 2 dl every minute instead of 12 liters.
One major issue
2% is fantastic when doing dishes and everything. But it’s not so great when it takes a couple of minutes to fill a glass of water.
That’s why we’ve developed a switch to saver mode. In Save mode we have a flow of 3 liters/minute.
Still a saving of 75% compared to a regular faucet. But all the water you need.
JOHAN
If we look at households alone, that is a potential saving of xxxx liters/day in YYYY, XXXX in YYYYY, XXXX in YYYYY and XXXXXX liters of water in YYYYY.
Then we have all taps in public toilets, gyms, offices, hotels, restaurants etc.
JOHAN OCH KAJ
The Altered:Nozzle fits into your existing taps. And it is so easy to install that anyone can do it without help or even tools.
Altering a faucet, rather than buying a new is of course cheaper and it saves resources. It also means the Altered:Nozzle will be accessible to a lot more people. And in the end we believe that will result in a bigger impact on the actual problem.
And that is what it’s all about.
THIS IS OUR SMALL SOLUTION TO A HUGE PROBLEM.
WE HOPE YOU LOVE IT.
Please support us on Kickstarter.
We launch any day now!