The city of Valladolid, like many other cities in Spain, is vulnerable to the effects of drought and heavy rainfall. This entails many negative consequences, such as a higher risk of flood damage, higher maintenance costs and impacts on ecosystems. A circular water system will soon be built here to meet these challenges. “Thanks to this new rainwater reuse project, Valladolid will become a groundbreaking and innovative example for sustainable urban water management in Spain.” (Text in Dutch)

Research has shown that the Urban Waterbuffer makes cities climate-proof. Together with various knowledge institutes, engineering firms, contractors, suppliers and end users, we have tested an innovation for underground water storage in urban areas (text in Dutch)

Why did you choose FF as your graduation company?

Water re-use, sustainability and the urban environment gets me very excited. With my background a water management student, FF was the perfect graduation company. Also, the first encounter was very spontaneous and it immediately felt as a warm and enthusiastic team.

Heath and drought: important subjects we need to take action on. Are you looking for a way to make your project climate resilient? As a visitor of The Green Village, soon you’ll walk around on their ‘‘Heatsquare’’: a place where three concrete climate adaptive solutions and innovations are demonstrated. They all aim to make cities more resistant to the consequences of rises in temperature which in turn reduces the risk of heat stress. We will be testing our newest biofilter here. To be continued!

As a multidisciplinary team, together with VE-R, Vast Architecten and Move Mobility, we are selected as one of three teams for the Panorama Lokaal design-contest for the location of Schalkwijk in Haarlem (NL). Together we will develop a vision to make this vulnerable neighbourhood future-proof. Liveability, population density, and the transition towards a sustainable society are key elements in this process.

On Thursday 6 February, together with Struyk Verwo, we will be at the Infra Relatiedagen in Hardenberg - the largest trade fair for infrastructure professionals in the east of the country. Which climate-proof solution best suits your project? You can find us in hall 5, booth 513.

Due to your votes, Field Factors is selected as start-up of the month. Therefore Innovative Origins made us this cool visual. Thanks for voting, all!

Karina is selected for the VIVA400 2019 award, in the category tech talents! An honour to be selected!

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The Gouden Gieter challenge is looking for products that combat problems due to climate change -drought and flooding. Together with 16 others we are selected for the category ‘Best Product’! A jury will review all nominees and the winner will be revealed on November 21 in Houten.

Our CEO Karina pitched in front of an international jury during the final of the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. The largest business plan competition in the world. Amazing to be in the top 5 out of 1,167 entries!

Field Factors is one of the finalists of the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge 2019. Together with other four green start-ups from Great Britain, Germany and Sweden, we will be on 3 October in the final of the annual sustainability competition of the Postcode Loterij.

In Flanders, with a view to climate change, there is a need to sustainably manage the city's wastewater. Our team has worked hard during the summer to build a test setup of the Bluebloqs biofilter at Aquafin in Aartselaar (BE), to explore the possibilities of Bluebloqs in this matter.

Field Factors is selected to pitch at the finals of the Built World Innovation Contest 2019. Wow! Nice to show the potential of rainwater to the construction sector. In October we will be at ExpoReal 2019 in Munich. You can find us at Startup Alley.

Keep you posted! Or see you there?

We are working on a feasibility study to give insights into the technical, institutional and economic aspects for the implementation of our Bluebloqs system to reuse stormwater for irrigation of the sporting fields at the Zorilla football stadium, in Valladolid (ES).

Maintaining good surface water quality and dealing with drought are growing challenges in urban areas. To help municipalities, water authorities and end-users adapt to climate change, we have developed Bluebloqs technology. Bluebloqs Biofilter is part of our circular system to enable rainwater storage and reuse in urban areas.

Our Bluebloqs Biofilter is part of our retention, treatment and storage system for rainwater reuse. It is designed as a constructed wetland with vertical downward flow, to minimise operational costs and optimise the use of space.

The first Urban Waterbuffer was opened at the Spartaplein in Rotterdam. This was accompanied by a neighbourhood festivity, which also focused on the importance of the changing urban climate.

How can we define the value different measures provide to the end-users and how can we involve inhabitants when planning for climate adaptation? Together with researchers from the TU Delft and the Municipality of The Hague, we are conducting a research into the value inhabitants derive from grey and infrastructure to prevent pluvial flooding.

As part of the H2020-project NAIAD, which assesses the insurance value of ecosystems for water related risk mitigation, we hosted an interactive and inspiring Stakeholder Workshop to assess the effectiveness of the Urban Water Buffer project in Spangen, Rotterdam. 

Now that the realisation of the first full-scale pilot application of our Bluebloqs system in Spangen is coming up, we would like to give some insights in how we are able to reach this point in development. During the product design process, different aspects often need to be tested to find the best solution.