Living more sustainably usually means making personal
sacrifices. If you drive an electric car you don’t have the same
range as gas-powered cars (because of a lack of changing
infrastructure). Maybe you set the heater at a low temperature,
even during cold winter days, to save energy. And using less
water in the shower means low water pressure or shorter shower
time. But a fascinating new shower head design uses 50 percent
less water than a traditional shower head without feeling like
you’re making a sacrifice for sustainability. Felton, a New
Zealand-based company, collaborated with The Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) —
Australia’s national science agency — to develop the Oxijet
nozzle, or “air shower,” which adds air to the water flow to
make the shower feel like one with full water pressure.
“Traditional flow restrictors reduce flow and pressure, whereas
Oxijet uses the flow energy to draw air into the water stream,
making the water droplets hollow,” said Jie Wu, a flui