Zip Water Australia
Zip Micro™ + Taps
2019
Research, Concept + Development
Zip Micro™
Zip Water specialises in the convenient delivery of instant filtered boiling + chilled drinking water to homes + small offices with their patented HydroTap systems. D+I was challenged to create Zip’s smallest drinking water system yet enabling it to be installed under almost any kitchen bench. The Zip Micro™ drinking water system has been thoroughly redesigned, miniaturised, modernised and presented in a striking matte black material finish.
Instant. Pure. Water.
Patented technologies applied for pure tasting water.
Zip Micro™ uses innovative patented drinking water technology to deliver the performance and convenience of perfectly boiling and chilled filtered water. Patented PowerPulse® Technology saves energy and maintains perfectly boiling water. Direct DryChilling is 100% water efficient and delivers perfectly chilled water. MicroPurity™ Filtration delivers pure tasting water, and are independently certified to reduce chlorine, taste, odour, bacteria, sediment and limescale in line with NSF 42 (aesthetic effects) and Watermark requirements. Zip MicroPurity filtration is also certified to deliver a reduction of 99.9% of cysts including cryptosporidium and giardia, and lead reduction of 98.9% to NSF 53 (health effects).
Globally competitive.
Designed + Engineering + Manufactured in Australia.
Zip is designed + manufactured in Sydney, following "Just-in-Time" process to ensure internationally competitive manufacturing. Zip provides installation, maintenance and service to ensure quality and extend service life. Zip meets the needs of the rapidly growing anti-single us plastic bottle movement. Both the Micro™ tap and under-bench system have been developed using Human Centred Design principles and have leveraged engineering excellence to be optimised for D.F.M. The design + development + manufacture of the new Zip Micro™ system has contributed to Zip’s internal environmental responsibility goals. Manufacturing impacts include: a 28% saving in gas consumption with the consequential 28% reduction in the resulting CO2 emissions, a 23% reduction in waste, a 6% reduction in electricity consumption and a 9% reduction in metal use overall per product.
