EcoTap

Inspiration

Inspiration from a philosophy that people in urban areas have: "Be content with" less " we want to apply this philosophy to rural areas.

What it does

It decreases the amount of water used in tap usage by giving an opportunity to the users to arrange a maximum flow rate for their tap.

How we built it

It will contain a mechanical mechanism and won't include any electrical or software parts. We are designing this product by utilizing CAD programs.

Challenges we ran into

Making people realize that they are wasting water while using taps will be a challenge for our product. Designing this product with low cost so that it will pay off itself. Making agreements with municipalities and governments so that we can integrate this product into the education system of Africa.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We have successfully integrated our product into taps with a nice look and portability. We utilized mentors successively and learned a lot about water consumption traditions in African cities. We have created a realistic solution that can really be applied.

What we learned

We learned that the tap type that we are working on are commonly used in African cities by talking with mentors who are living in African cities. -We learned that in African culture water comes from heaven so we need to educate people about

What's next for EcoTap

We are planning to improve the comfort of taps by using electrical and software parts in the next steps of our product. In that way, we are planning to create a feedback mechanism for users to clearly understand they are saving water by using our product.

Built With

• cad
• canva
• miro
• openshot