ACCADUEO wishes to propose itself with renewed momentum and dynamism as the stage dedicated to promoting technological innovation and therefore offer further input for technical and scientific updating available to business operators. From here comes the idea to present, alongside the second edition of the Guide to Novelties / Inventions, a dedicated display called The Innovation Showcase.

The Innovation Showcase will be dedicated to a selection of novelties / inventions presented by manufacturers of components and equipment, and will constitute the final stage of a path for choosing novelties, inventions or functional innovations in the fields of software/services applications, pumps/machinery/facilities, and instrumentation under the supervision of a special technical and scientific commission of experts coming from water services management companies.   

Project realisation stages

The Guide to Novelties - Inventions will contain novelties and inventions recommended by manufacturers who will exhibit at H2O-ACCADUEO and will be distributed at the show to all exhibit visitors.

The Innovation Showcase and the Guide to Novelties - Inventions will be aimed at the following merchandise macro-categories:

• software / service applications
• main supplies / wells
• pumps / machinery / facilities
• instrumentation

Each novelty/invention profile contained in the publication will be catalogued according to the following categories:

• Basic invention/innovation, for innovations covered by patent;
• Functional innovation, for a product that improves an existing product (which has been redesigned adding new features, lowering costs, reducing energy consumption, etc.);
• Novelties, for new products added to enrich an existing production range (new project, new design, modifications to external appearance, addition of dimensions, functional variations, etc.).

The 2012 edition of the Guide highlighted the following trends:

• the software and service applications sector expands its variety of application platforms designed to satisfy management demands for resources such as water, gas, district heating, and electricity;
• new products in the mains and wells sector help save raw materials by means of processes that use recycled materials from products at end of life, thereby improving quality and performance;
• new products in the pumps, machinery and systems sector aim to reduce leaks and breaks, extend system life, and reduce water and energy consumption.
• the instrumentation sector offers new products for optimising water distribution by automating hydraulic mechanisms.