Have a Great Shower While Saving Water with Flow Loop

Flow Loop is a new closed loop shower which saves water and a lot of the energy used for heating water, which often accounts for 25 percent of a home's heating cost.

The temperature drop from shower head to shower drain is only about 5°F; it doesn't take much energy to boost it back up. So one is recirculating heat as well as water. 

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Simon Kolff is the CEO, founder and product designer for Flow Loop, a new improved recirculating shower designed in Denmark.

What the Flow Loop also does is significantly improve the quality of the shower; while American water regulations limit shower head water flow to 2.5 gallons per minute and some states, 2 gallons per minute, the pump in the recirculating Flow Loop gives you 4 gallons a minute, which is a childhood memory. 

The water is cleaned by micro-filters, an ultrasonic de-scaler, and ultra-violet light; Flow Loop claims that it is “cleaner and safer than most tap water.” The device also has a back-washing cleaning cycle that engages after each use.

A big problem with many of these concepts is the cost of installation; if it goes behind the shower wall then all kinds of trades are needed. The Flow Loop is a free standing unit that sits in front of the shower wall, so you don’t have to bash through the tile. As for picking up the recirculating water, they have a very clever system in their drain cover: 

So somehow, if I have got this right, the cover blocks the existing drain, letting the water back up to about a quarter of an inch deep, letting the Flow Loop slurp up the water from the shower room floor.

Source: Treehugger

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