Yewande Akinola is is an Engineer with engineering consultancy, ARUP. She holds a Bachelors degree in Engineering Design and Appropriate Technology from the University of Warwick and a Masters in Innovation and Design for Sustainability from Cranfield University. Yewande’s engineering experience andresponsibilities include the design and management of sustainable water supply systems in the built environment. Her interests in developing countries and emerging markets have inspired her work with charities and non-government organisations towards the development of clean water and sanitation solutions for the world’s underdeveloped regions. Yewande has been awarded the U.K. Society of Public Health Engineers’ Young Engineer of the Year. She was recently awarded one of the UK’s 2013 top 35 women under the age of 35 by Management Today.

1. Innovation & Water Supply
Yewande Akinola- ARUP

2. As Designers,
‘Imagineers’,
Engineers, creators,
discoverers….how are
we responding to our
world’s needs?
The Problems!
-Population Increase
-Drought
-Lack of clean water
-Flood
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3. Our Global Grand
Challenges!
Zhang: Global sea levels have been rising 12mm/year for the last 100 years, but 24mm/year in china for the past 50 years
#GGCS2013
21 July 2012 flood in Beijing saw average
annual rainfall in a day and killed 79.
110 cities in China now suffer from severe
water shortages.
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4. What kind of
‘thinking’ will
bring the change
we so desperately
need.
•
The Courage to
Innovate
• Designing
‘accountable’
systems
• Challenging the
‘norm’
• Progressing Codes
& Standards
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5. …And when we say
INNOVATE we are not
necessarily talking
about……
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6. ……we mean the results of finding
opportunities for the invention of
sustainable products, inspired by the
projects we work on.
Water Services PlantCommercial & Resi.
Sustainability –
Whole System Design
for less consumption Innovation
Renewable
Technology
THE IDEA!!!
Bespoke Products
Design for the
Future
Embodied Energy
Adaptability
Cradle to Grave and
Sustainable Onwards?
Construction
&
Installation Effective Systems
User Interface
Controls
Sanitation
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7. WHO is the USER?
Do they get it?
Communicating
the IDEA
Running with
the IDEA
We had
an IDEA!
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8. We had
an IDEA!
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9. So…'How can our cities meet our
increasing water demands?
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Design systems that monitor consumption.
Design systems that use as best as possible non-potable
water sources.
Design systems that control consumption.
INNOVATE INNOVATE!
INNOVATION & WATER SUPPLY

10. Thanks
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