WATER AND ENERGY SAVING IN AQUATICS CENTRES FACILITIES

Desired outcome

The main focus of this challenge is the study of water and energy consumption in an aquatic center facilities and the proposed solutions to optimize the use of such resources.

Initial Problem Description

One of the most important and most critical effects of climate change is the lack of water in many areas of the planet.
Aquatics centres, places of socialization and climatic refuges par excellence, tend to have a bad reputation, as facilities that consume much water and energy. The study should study the water and energy consumption that this type of installation conventionally has and make savings proposals, such as:
- using efficient equipment (or more effiecient use of the existing equipment).
- saving and reusing water.
- Sustainable use of resources.
- etc.
It is very important that all proposed solutions remain technically and economically viable and that they comply with current regulations for these facilities.

Context

The biggest problem these facilities face are encountered in the areas of the world where there is an evident persistent drought (as well as other regions that in recent decades experience more severe droughts then in the past) such as in Europe throughout the Mediterranean basin. More and more areas of the world are expected to face similar challenges in the years and decades to come.

Connection to cross-cutting areas

In response to this challenge, we expect various types of inputs and solutions, such as: management solutions, utilization, proposals for new equipment, etc. Cross -cutting areas, such as circularity, general sustainability, industry 4.0 and digitization, are very closely connected and will surely be necessary to propose a suitable solution.

Input

Yes, we have known scenarios and tendencies that we will explain when the group is created, at the beginning of the co-creation process.
FLUIDRA is constantly working on solutions to equip these facilities with more efficient and sustainable equipment, as well as to reduce the carbon footprint, increase the use of green energy for all its companies, ESG strategy, etc. Some examples can be seen following the link below:

https://www.fluidra.com/es/sostenibillidad/producto-sostenible

Expectations

From the co-creation teams, we expect a comprehensive analysis of the water and energy consumption of such facilities and proposals for improvements for resource savings and efficiency, be it through new products, reusing processes, management, control, etc. We expect the teams to leverage their multidisciplinarity and multinational/multicultural experience to come up with out-of-the-box solutions.

Desired Team Profile

We have a preference for a multidisciplinary team, since the solutions can be technical, management, use, etc,
Preferably, for the sake of awareness, the team should be include members from a region that suffers from a persistent drought, for exemple the Mediterranean area of the Iberian Peninsula, or from another Mediterranean area.

Additional Information

As mentioned in the ¨inputs¨ section, we will provide more guidance to teams once the group is created, at the beginning of the co-creation process. We wish to avoid giving too much guidelines to the teams and influence too much the proposed solutions, which in our opinion could hinder the team´s creativity and openness to new solutions.

Related Keywords

• Industrial Technologies
• Energy Technology
• Digitalization
• Communications
• Industrial Products