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About TouchGrid
At the heart of TouchGrid's mission is to change the way people shower around the world. We develop smart, intuitive behavioural products such as ShowerStar ShowerStar Shower Sensor Timer & App that teach everyday people to change their daily behaviour to save energy and water. Our products are designed to seamlessly integrate into everyday life, offering practical solutions that empower individuals and businesses to make impactful changes in their resource consumption habits.
Changing human behaviour is one of the most powerful mechanisms we have to save vast quantities of our precious natural resources.
From products that learn and adapt to users' preferences to efficient systems that monitor usage patterns in real-time, TouchGrid's mission is to maximise efficiency while minimising waste. Our leadership team is responsible for the deployment of more than 10 million energy and water-efficiency devices around the world.
By harnessing the power of data analytics and IoT connectivity, we provide users and our utility partners with actionable insights to make informed decisions about their resource consumption, changing their behaviour and leading to significant reductions in both environmental impact and cost.
When we act together, we have an incredible opportunity to deliver impact at scale, proving your daily choices matter!
TouchGrid is a pioneering company dedicated to revolutionising sustainable living through innovative energy and water-saving solutions.
Meet Bernard Emby, CEO & Founder of TouchGrid
Bernie has spent his career doing something surprisingly satisfying: helping people use less energy and water often without even noticing. A specialist in energy and water efficiency and the holder of multiple patents, he’s designed products that have become staples of efficiency programs around the world, with more than 15 million sold to date and counting.
So where did ShowerStar come from? Home. Bernie is dad to three daughters, and all three shared a love of long, showers. Rather than standing outside the bathroom door tapping his watch, he did what any product designer would do and designed a better solution. ShowerStar grew from that everyday challenge: saving water and energy to help household save money and do their part for the environment.
Today, Bernie leads TouchGrid with the same mix of practical ingenuity and good humour, building smart, simple products that make efficiency easy for everyone.
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Smart Drop Certified Excellence Awards 2025
Shorter showers are one of the most impactful ways to conserve water and energy as hot water is our most costly water. Most people take ~8-10 minutes to shower, but for others this can be even longer and a number of times a day. 4 minutes is the duration recommended by utilities for sustainable showering.
ShowerStar Shower Sensor Timer & App is an award winning, purpose built timer for showers that completely reimagines the basic shower timer using behavioural science to nudge people to take shorter showers: