SILO
(2020) In Diploma work IDEM05 20201Industrial Design
- Abstract
- This project focuses on how a household in
Malmö can manage a crisis situation with no
electricity, water, heat and communication for
72 hours. This is due to the recommendation
that we can take care of ourselves for 3 days in
case of a crisis. This spring residents of Cape
Town have been living with water restrictions
of 50 litres per person per day. This can be compared
to the 160 litres per person and day we use
as an average in Sweden. The point when water
is completely out is called ”Day Zero”. This was
expected to happen in April this year but has
been delayed to 2019. The delay is mainly because
of water restrictions to less than one sixth
of the average water consumption.
If events like this should occur here in... (More) - This project focuses on how a household in
Malmö can manage a crisis situation with no
electricity, water, heat and communication for
72 hours. This is due to the recommendation
that we can take care of ourselves for 3 days in
case of a crisis. This spring residents of Cape
Town have been living with water restrictions
of 50 litres per person per day. This can be compared
to the 160 litres per person and day we use
as an average in Sweden. The point when water
is completely out is called ”Day Zero”. This was
expected to happen in April this year but has
been delayed to 2019. The delay is mainly because
of water restrictions to less than one sixth
of the average water consumption.
If events like this should occur here in Sweden
the municipalities expect that people take a big
personal responsibility, something that most
people may not be aware of. In a recent survey
88% of the respondents estimated that they were
poorly prepared for a crisis. “Prepping” was
however one of the new words in the Swedish
Language Councils (Språkrådet) dictionary 2016
and has been an increasingly discussed topic in
books and media during the last few years.
This project is about solving Off the grid challenges
in a city household to make the situation
as comfortable as possible. The project aims
to investigate how it can be made easier to be
prepared for such an event, as well as raising
awareness of how vulnerable our dependency
on the functioning grid is. This is done through
development of a set of containers for collecting
and using water. These containers optimize the
water usage and saves up to about 80% in cleaning
and hygiene situations compared to regular
use. It can be used during a power shortage or
when you simply can’t get water from the tap
and need to save your resources. (Less)
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- author
- Henriksson, Kristina
- supervisor
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- Anna Persson LU
- Per Liljeqvist LU
- organization
- alternative title
- 72 hour Off the grid water use
- course
- IDEM05 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- publication/series
- Diploma work
- report number
- ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--18/50404-SE
- other publication id
- ISRN
- language
- English
- id
- 9009793
- date added to LUP
- 2020-06-25 15:19:15
- date last changed
- 2020-06-25 15:19:15
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abstract = {{This project focuses on how a household in
Malmö can manage a crisis situation with no
electricity, water, heat and communication for
72 hours. This is due to the recommendation
that we can take care of ourselves for 3 days in
case of a crisis. This spring residents of Cape
Town have been living with water restrictions
of 50 litres per person per day. This can be compared
to the 160 litres per person and day we use
as an average in Sweden. The point when water
is completely out is called ”Day Zero”. This was
expected to happen in April this year but has
been delayed to 2019. The delay is mainly because
of water restrictions to less than one sixth
of the average water consumption.
If events like this should occur here in Sweden
the municipalities expect that people take a big
personal responsibility, something that most
people may not be aware of. In a recent survey
88% of the respondents estimated that they were
poorly prepared for a crisis. “Prepping” was
however one of the new words in the Swedish
Language Councils (Språkrådet) dictionary 2016
and has been an increasingly discussed topic in
books and media during the last few years.
This project is about solving Off the grid challenges
in a city household to make the situation
as comfortable as possible. The project aims
to investigate how it can be made easier to be
prepared for such an event, as well as raising
awareness of how vulnerable our dependency
on the functioning grid is. This is done through
development of a set of containers for collecting
and using water. These containers optimize the
water usage and saves up to about 80% in cleaning
and hygiene situations compared to regular
use. It can be used during a power shortage or
when you simply can’t get water from the tap
and need to save your resources.}},
author = {{Henriksson, Kristina}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
series = {{Diploma work}},
title = {{SILO}},
year = {{2020}},
}