Joulia awarded with the Design Prize Switzerland

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02.11.2015
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Joulia has won the Design Prize Switzerland for “Joulia-inline”, a heat recovery system for showers.

The prizegiving ceremony of Design Prize Switzerland took place in the Langenthal Market Hall on Friday, 30 October 2015 for the thirteen time. Out of 42 Nominations, the international jury awarded prizes to a total of 12 outstanding products and projects, as well as to the designers, entrepreneurs and institutions behind them. Among the winners is Joulia, a start-up from Biel.

The start-up has developed a heat recovery system for showers. In developed countries, many people take their habit of a daily shower for granted. But the energy that has to be used for this is considerable. A hot shower lasting eight minutes takes up about as much energy as would be needed to scale the Eiffel Tower in Paris 55 times! This is where the newly developed heat recovery system Joulia-inline comes into play. It uses the hot waste water that would have been wasted in the past to pre-heat the cold incoming water. This reduces the energy consumption that is needed for a hot shower by as much as 50%. To make it possible, a heat exchanger consisting of copper pipes just six centimetres wide is invisibly incorporated in the drainage channel of the shower. The practical advantages of the system come to expression both in the compact and sophisticated design, and in its being easy to access for cleaning purposes.

Comments by the jury
“Joulia-inline stands for an immediately convincing idea – in retrospect, you can only be amazed that no one ever thought of it before. As a result of careful development work, and in cooperation with well qualified partners, a great idea has given rise to a product that meets market requirements in every respect: simply designed, easy to integrate and speedy to install. The wholly practical aspects, like servicing and cleaning, also appear to have been dealt with in the best possible way. It isnʼt often that energy saving can be achieved with such a relative lack of technical complication.”

About the Designprize
The competition, which takes place every two years, is aimed at enhancing the significance of Swiss design. It awards prizes for outstanding achievements in all design disciplines relevant to industry. With the help of carefully planned activities and programmes, the nominated and prize- winning works are presented to the professional world and the general public, with the objective of anchoring the added value of design in industry and society.

The competition is addressed to Swiss designers, brands, companies and institutions active either within Switzerland or abroad. Also eligible to take part are foreign designers who study or work in Switzerland or are employed by Swiss companies.

As an institution Design Prize Switzerland observes and leaves a stamp in the market and is prompting for uncompromising ideas, that bring Swiss Design on the agenda and into awareness; nationally and internationally. With the help of carefully planned activities and programmes, the nominated and prizewinning works are presented to the professional world and the general public, with the objective of anchoring the added value of design in industry and society.

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