Southampton: Kelda Technology’s shower selected for Global Expo 2017

Pioneering Southampton-based start-up Kelda Technology is set to take its unique energy-efficient shower system onto the global stage after being selected as one of the top-30 cleantech companies in the world. In doing so it has won entry to the world’s largest international exhibition, Global Expo 2017, which next year will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan in October. 

In the past three months, 800 of the world’s most innovative cleantech companies have competed for 30 spaces at next year’s Global Expo and following tough preliminary pitches via Skype, the final 100 took to the stage at a pre-Expo event, the New Energy Global Start-Up Fest, held specifically for emerging technologies. The start-up company pitched its cutting-edge product, which uses half the amount of water and energy of a traditional shower and slashes water bills.

The worldwide innovation event has been running since 1851 when it was held in London.  Astana is set to welcome up to 5 million visitors, following in the footsteps of Milan which hosted the 2015 event.  2017’s Expo will feature 175 acres of innovation pavilions and will centre around the concept of “Future Energy”. It will be a perfect platform for Kelda Technology to showcase the world’s most efficient shower system.

CEO Chris Jackson said: “Our water-efficient showers can save a typical gym 180,000 litres of water per shower per year (based on 25 showers per day), saving over £1,800 per shower per year in water and heating costs. Other heavy users of water such as hospitals, student accommodation providers and leisure sites, can also save huge amounts in water.”

In his pitch, Adrian Mosley said: “We’ve reinvented the shower. Kelda Technology’s is the greenest shower on the planet – 2.4 times the spray force and, most importantly, half the water. “We inject water into an air flow to produce the world’s most efficient shower that users actually love.”