Otis
MSc Project 2014
Introduction
Water is one of the earth's finite resources. The average person in Britain uses 150 litres of water a day, up to 30% of which is wasted.
Water can also be expensive to use. Charity Waterwise estimates that 25% of all household bills come from heating water.
Problem
Here in the UK, we're relentless tea drinkers. Unfortunately, the cost of this is adding up.
The Energy Saving Trust found that £68m a year is wasted in the UK just by boiling water in overfilled kettles, wasting both water and energy.
Kettles are one of the biggest contributors to excess energy consumption when boiling water. Excess water is frequently boiled but not used and subsequently thrown away to make room for fresh water.
Solution
Otis was designed to save water and energy.
Paul Blainey created the Otis product design in Wales while studying for his Master’s degree. He spent over a year developing the first fully integrated solution to boiling water using induction technology and a smartphone app.
Otis is integrated into the plumbing system. With a touch of a button, you can access the exact amount of water required. There is no fuss and no waste.
The combination of induction technology with dry-boil detection allows for a multi-functional system that can fill the vessel when needed with a precise and correct measure of water.
Otis could save millions of gallons of water a year. A significant contribution to reducing wasted water globally.
