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Droople wins “Best Innovation” at the 2026 Swiss Future Awards
The Swiss Future Awards jury named Droople winner of the Innovation category, the most contested of the 2026 edition, for its Water Intelligence Platform.
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When Water Intelligence Becomes a Lever for Sustainability
In the Focus sustainability supplement distributed with Bilan (Dec. 2025): point-of-use sensors and droopleOS catch leaks early, with up to 30% water saved.
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7 commandments of digital ethics
Catherine Charbonnier and Bastien Rojanawisut set out seven digital ethics principles, from transparency to responsibility, using Droople as the example.
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Blue is the new Green
Water is central to green building labels such as LEED, BREEAM and HQE; Droople shows how point-of-use data helps earn credits, citing Lombard Odier's HQ.
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To conserve water resources, infrastructure and behavior must change
After Swiss heatwaves, Droople urges both behaviour and equipment to change, with garden watering tips, a Wasser für Wasser partnership and fountainOS.
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Droople Achieves B-Corp Certification with 93.4 Points, Reinforcing Commitment to Sustainability and SDGs
Droople was certified as a B Corp in August 2024 with a score of 93.4, a result it ties to its work on UN Sustainable Development Goals 6, 9 and 12.
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Droople announces the closing of its CHF1.5M Seed Round Investment
Droople closed a CHF 1.5M seed round from private investors in May 2021, led by advisor Sacha Labourey, to expand in three regions and move HQ to Puidoux.
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Droople announces unique fountainOS PRESS RELEASE
Droople launched fountainOS for water dispensers at Aquatech 2021 and presented it at Expo Dubai, plus up to 60% water savings in L'Oréal salons.
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Droople: cutting edge solutions for water-energy conservation
Droople, EPFL's Embedded Systems Lab and ALTIS Group launched WaSTeLeSS in 2021, an edge-AI project to cut sensor energy use and save water in buildings.
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Droople featured in Forbes
Droople's Forbes Business Reporter feature covers smart filtration and sanitation and Ecole Vivalys, where pupils' hand hygiene is measured automatically.
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Droople, the Swiss ESG Knife - reducing carbon, water, and labor costs
Droople pitches point-of-use monitoring to building owners as an ESG tool, citing 80 clients and 600+ water assets at Lombard Odier's new Geneva building.
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How can IoT take the Hospitality sector to the next level?
Ramzi Bouzerda and Peter Racz explain how IoT sensors on filters, softeners and dispensers help hotels and restaurants predict maintenance and cut costs.
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Interview with Linda Merieau, Executive Director at Water Alliance Association, UAE
Linda Merieau of Water Alliance UAE explains the RE-NEW Our World student challenge, launched for National Environment Day with Droople workshops.
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Interview with Mishal Faraz: UAE Youth Water Ambassador, Driving Change at Schools
Interview with Mishal Faraz, senior winner of the Droople-sponsored UAE RE-NEW Challenge, on driving water-saving change in schools across the Emirates.
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Droople Joins 50L Home Coalition
Droople joined the WBCSD/WEF 50L Home Coalition, starting with a pilot in 32 Greater Los Angeles homes alongside Electrolux, IKEA, Kohler and P&G.
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France's fight for 10% water savings target with innovation
Le Point visited Droople in Puidoux as France unveiled a 53-measure water plan; Ramzi Bouzerda explains its monitoring and its push into France.
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Measure Impacts Drinking Water and Climate Change
Şenol Ağaç and Ramzi Bouzerda argue that switching from bottled to tap water cuts emissions fast, and that connected fountains can show the impact.
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A missed opportunity, according to the champions of Swiss sustainable innovation
After Swiss voters rejected the CO2 law on 13 June 2021, cleantech founders incl. Ramzi Bouzerda told Agefi it was a missed chance for climate policy.
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Phase 5: The Water Intelligence Platform
Swiss trade journal Phase 5 profiles Droople and its founder: retrofit sensors, about 1,300 units in use, Lombard Odier HQ, Geneva fountain and WaSTeLeSS.
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Bilan interview: Droople strengthens water intelligence
In Bilan's Leaders section, Ramzi Bouzerda explains how point-of-use sensors and machine learning help buildings cut water waste, leaks and Legionella risk.
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Focus RSE (Bilan): digital water management on construction sites
In the Focus RSE supplement distributed with Bilan, Droople shows how real-time flow and pressure data could cut construction-site water use by 10 to 20%.
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Bilan: Droople among 50 Swiss startups to invest in
Bilan's 2020 selection of the 50 most promising Swiss startups to invest in featured Droople in its artificial intelligence category.
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Droople and Wasser für Wasser partner for access to drinking water
CHF 5 per device sold goes to water and sanitation projects in Zambia and Mozambique, with live screens showing the bottled water avoided.
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Laprak, Nepal: a 12 km water supply funded through Droople
With the NGO Ujjyalo Nepal, donations raised through Droople funded a water supply line of nearly 12 km to the village of Laprak.
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Droople sponsors Water Alliance UAE’s RE-NEW Student Innovation Challenge
Silver Sponsor of the RE-NEW challenge in Dubai: over 130 students aged 8 to 17 proposed new ways to access, treat and distribute water.
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RE-NEW Water Challenge 2023
Droople sponsored the 2023 RE-NEW Our World water challenge in the UAE, with 791 entries from 104 schools; its mentee Madhav Krishna won 2nd junior prize.
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Sanitary ware, sinks and the blue gold: Droople, where every drop counts
24 heures and Tribune de Genève profile Droople in Puidoux: Swiss-made sensors sold in 11 countries, 1,000 units to date and a 3,000-unit target for 2022.
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Droople selected to partner for SHIMZ NEXT Program
Shimizu Corporation chose Droople as one of 16 partners from 79 applicants for its SHIMZ NEXT accelerator, run with ReGACY and shown at CityTech Tokyo.
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Switzerland does not give itself the means to better manage its water
In an Agefi op-ed, Ramzi Bouzerda argues Switzerland mismanages water: unfair cost-sharing, little groundwater pollution data, surface-based rent billing.
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The Blue City Project
Blue City, an Innosuisse-backed 2022-2025 consortium led from EPFL with Droople as a partner, aims to build an open-source urban digital twin.
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The Diamond-Water Paradox revisited
Ramzi Bouzerda and Christian Hoffmann revisit the diamond-water paradox via Smith and Menger, arguing water is undervalued and should be billed per use.
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Water Leakage: Understanding Your Building’s Consumption
A two-week Droople audit of a 29-flat building found no leak behind a jump in water use; the cause was garden watering, so costs went to the owner.
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