EcoGlide

EcoGlide is a low-tech tool designed to help users clean high reaching areas such as gutters, reducing the risk of existing solutions pose.

Final renders showing the EcoGlide in context.

What's the Problem?

Cleaning gutters on rooftops can be risky and lead to serious injuries.
High-tech solutions are expensive and impracticable for consumer use.
Constantly moving and adjusting ladders can be straining fro users.

How do we solve it?

Design a low-tech tool that can clean gutters from the ground.
Generate mechanical advantage to lessen the strain on the user.

Why does it work?

Utilises mechanical advantage so the user does not get strained while in use.
By cleaning gutters from the ground, it reduces the risk of falls from cleaning on rooftops or ladders.
Eliminates the reliance on electricity or fuel seen in high-tech solutions.

The Process

The process for this project can be seen below in the process map. This map highlights the steps that were taken in order to achieve the design outcome of this project. Feel free to make contact to ask for a more detailed process for this project.

Role in the Team

EcoGlide was a project completed in a team of four, myself and three classmates during semester one of second year in the Product Design course at Technological University Dublin.

Each part of this project was split between the four members of the team with some smaller parts being left to individual work. This includes research (primary and secondary), concept ideation and development sketching, rendering, and prototyping.

My main individual responsibilities in this project consisted of the rendering of the EcoGlide product.

Key Learning Outcomes

Prototyping can help find issues that would remain hidden if skipped.
Simple mechanisms can help the user use the product better and lessen the need for a leaning curve or instructions.

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