Television features, talks, pilot results and the story behind the awards along the way. Updated regularly.
Émilie-Laye Birkui presents the Molleaumètre with Brigitte Boucher: the light thresholds, eight months of measurement in a residence and the funding round ahead.
Broadcast on France 2: an introduction to the Molleaumètre, a demonstration of how the light ring changes consumption, and feedback from a pilot site.
A 50-room hotel at 80% occupancy uses at least about 3,500 m³ of water a year, including 2,190 m³ of hot shower water, close to €36,000 of water and heating.
Read the article →Remotely read main meter, sub-meters by floor or room, connected shower meter: what each measures, what it costs, what it changes.
Read the article →Low-flow shower heads and aerators cut flow by 30 to 50% (ADEME), at the risk of degrading the guest experience, and change nothing about shower length.
Read the article →A cubic metre of water costs €4.89 including tax on average in France (SISPEA, price at 1 January 2025).
Read the article →A two-person household uses about 100 to 105 m³ of water a year, 143 L per person per day (SISPEA 2024) and close to €490 at the average price.
Read the article →Connected water meter: how remote reading works, what it brings (leaks, monitoring), what it costs, and the difference with a sub-meter or a shower meter.
Read the article →Sustainable hospitality: 240 to 323 L of water per night, 3,035 Green Key properties in France, 13 mandatory sustainability criteria in the star rating.
Read the article →How to save water: habits ranked by litres saved.
Read the article →A connected water meter for the shower displays litres while the water runs and transmits the data.
Read the article →The Water Fresk (Fresque de l'eau) is a 3-hour collaborative workshop run by the Eau'Dyssée association, where 4 to 8 participants rebuild the water cycle and its imbalances with about fifty cards.
Read the article →Since 1 April 2022, every rated hotel in France must implement at least one water-saving measure, fit a saving device in every bathroom and train its staff.
Read the article →Where consumption comes from, solutions ranked by cost and effectiveness, and how to measure room by room to know where to act.
Read the article →More than 90 départements under drought restrictions, 5.4 mm of rain in Paris in July, 90,000 hectares burned. And one use no decree can reach: the shower.
Read the article →23% less hot water per shower and 15.5% less on the main meter, across 3,140 showers and entirely behavioural. What it means for landlords and hotels.
Read the article →The first cubic metres come cheap, higher volumes cost more. Why hotels and residences are the most exposed, and how cutting shower use limits the bill.
Read the article →Hot water weighs on two bills. Cutting shower use by 23% eases both recoverable charges and the landlord's own bill.
Read the article →One-off campaigns fade. Real-time feedback during the shower changes habits for good.
Read the article →The main meter is blind and sub-meters are heavy going. Measuring at the point of use gives tracking per home, with no building work.
Read the article →150 L of domestic water per night, of which 150 L of hot water for the shower: the orders of magnitude, the real cost and the measured levers for reduction.
Read the article →The levers ranked from simplest to heaviest, from real-time feedback in the shower to efficient equipment, with their effects on comfort.
Read the article →Green Key, Green Globe, French energy regulation and CSRD all ask you to measure, reduce and prove. How to answer them with no building work.
Read the article →What a water dashboard should show (by room, by period, in euros and CO₂) and how to get one with no building work.
Read the article →A demonstration at the AMIF trade show on the in'li stand, then on to a rollout in a student residence with Colonies from July 2026.
Read the article →Chosen from close to 20 applications, Molleau joins in'li LAB in January 2026 to move from pilot to rollout.
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Our remarks on truth in entrepreneurship, picked up by BIG Média at Europe's largest gathering of entrepreneurs.
Read the article →A ceremony at Matignon, two awards and one detail worth telling: the founder was there five days before giving birth.
Read the article →How Willa's support shaped our development and our access to Bpifrance funding.
Read the article →In November 2024 the City of Paris recognised Molleau for the way it tackles an everyday subject: how much water we use in the shower.
Read the article →An introduction to the Molleaumètre as part of the Matrice innovation programme: water restraint, water stress and incubation.
Watch on YouTube →It all started with a cold shower. A year of incubation at Les Audacieuses, a grant, and a strong signal.
Read the article →A comparison table of shower water-saving devices, and what really sets the Molleaumètre apart.
Read the article →A product demonstration: installation, the light ring, colour thresholds and resident feedback.
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Willa, La Ruche, BGE, Les Canaux, Matrice, Bpifrance and in'li: the programmes and awards that have shaped Molleau since 2022.
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