Waternomics: Key impacts for smart water management

@WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu

Project co-funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Program (Grant Agreement No. 619660)

KEY IMPACTS FOR SMART WATER MANAGEMENT

EOGHAN CLIFFORD

Waternomics End of Project Meeting 30/01/2017Galway, Ireland

@WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu2

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Thermi, GreeceDomestic Users and

Utility providers

Linate Airport, Milan, Italy

Corporate Users

NUIG, CnaC, Galway, IrelandPublic Users

Simple UI Open/Linked Data Internet of Things Data Analytics Gamification

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Reducing CO2 Emission

Increasing awareness

Building Eco Friendly behaviour


WIDE VARIETY OF END-USERS

Adults, Young Adults and Children

Domestic Usage

Corporate Usage

Public Usage

Corporate staff

Teachers School Kids

University Staff University Students

Leisure, Business Travellers

Families

Waternomics targets a wide variety of end-users


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ENGINEERING BUILDING, NUI GALWAY, IRELAND

COLÁISTE NA COIRIBE, GALWAY,IRELAND

TARGET Mixed/Public Water Consumers - University Mixed/Public Water Consumers - School

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Designed as a living laboratory and opened in 2011;

14,000 sqm on four floors occupied by 1,000 students and 100 staff;

11 existing water meters & BMS system inplace

8 New USF Meters and 3 inline meters proposed by WATERNOMICS

Building Managers, Staff, Students (most 18 – 24 years old) , Researchers

Post primary school students (12 – 18 years old)

Opened in October 2015

500 students and 40 staff;

7 water meters and building control system planned in original construction contract

Additional 7 New inline water meters and site view screen installed by WATERNOMICS

Building Manager, Staff, Students (12 – 18 years old), Teachers

PROFILE OF THE PILOTS


MEASURES – INCREASE AWARENESS

• Managers Dashboards Launched• Web Based Application• Access to Water Data and Analytics

Managers Dashboard

• Public Dashboards Launched• http://linkeddataspace.waternomics.eu/publicdisplay-neb/• Interactive Screen• High Profile Location

Public Dashboard

• Public Display Water Conservation• Active Screen• High Profile Location

Public Display

• QR codes at ultrasonics meters• App provides recent usage

Interactive Signage


MEASURES – EDUCATION/TECHNOLOGY

• Water Awareness Workshops• Attended by 150 12 -17 year olds• Managers Training Sessions

Information Seminars

• Lectures to NUIG Students• Lectures to Visiting Students

WaternomicsSeminars

• Bespoke water residence time app • Email Alerts of potential potable water issue• User defined Monitoring and Alarm• Successfully identified faults in both pilots

Identification of Faults

• Identified faults were subject to diagnosis• Data patterns identified• Elimination of fault cause

Diagnosis of Faults


MEASURES – REDUCE CONSUMPTION

• Water Awareness Surveys• (pre and post intervention)

Water Consumption Awareness

• Famous Person Quote Competition at NUIG

• App Idea Competition at NUIGGamification

• Newsletter to Managers• Lectures/seminars/workshops• Newsletters to Students• Post Primary Student Interns• Invitation @ Public Dashboard• Dedicated contact Email• Additional Lecture/Event Planned

Engagement


THERMI: WHAT WAS IMPLEMENTED

• Installations in 10 households• Approx. 50 sensors installed• Over 50 custom apps developed!

• 10 newsletters with new features and developments• Feedback received in interviews and focus groups


THERMI: MAJOR IMPACTS

• Increased awareness of water consumption in domestic environments

• Users started thinking on behaviour changes

• Users became familiar with water sustainability metrics (e.g. water footprints)

• Relative peace of mind regarding leaks & faults with regular consumption updates

• Increased interest in adoption of new technologies for smart homes (e.g. energy management)


TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

• Waternomics Applications Platform• Application builder allowing users to build their own custom apps

• Unified notifications platform for all apps

• Unified user management with distinct roles and groups

• Targeting of apps to specific users/groups/roles


LINATE PILOT – WATERNOMICS OUTCOMES

Standard-based Methodology to manage efficiently the water resource

District Meter Area Water Balance

Smart monitoring

Hydraulic model and DSS to examine the Water Networkin a “What if “ scenarios by changing the input values.New Model based FDD method

Waternomics Application Platform and Manager dashboard


Project results

LINATE PILOT – WATERNOMICS IMPACT

• Increased user awareness and introduce a clear pathway to manage efficiently the water resource.

• Compliance with the most recent standards (ISO50001 – ISO14046-IPMVP)

Methodology

Impacts

• Smart Water Management SystemSensors + WApP

Decision support System +

Model based FDD

• Improvement of operational and maintenance phases by detecting leakages at an early stage in the water network


Project results

ECONOMIC IMPACT

VTEC spin off company iSENSIT

IoT platform

Methodology + marketplace

Post-project exploitation

ULTRA4 + R2M new value proposition

VTEC + BMC new business with Simaxx Smart Building platformSensors + apps

Waternomics platformSEA plans to expand to Malpensa airport


DISSEMINATION HIGHLIGHTS 14

Engaging business• Boot and presentation at ECOMONDO• Boot and demo at Domotica fair • Collaborations with Brabant Water, Pellikaan

Simaxx, Rooi Pannen & Arkema

Engaging Scientific community• Presentations at conferences (IWRA, IAHR,

CCWI, BIC, EUW…)• Twenty-one papers published• Publication in Journal for Cleaner Production

Engaging General public• >95,000 visitors Waternomics website• >600 followers twitter• >6,000 views Slideshare

Engaging Policy makers• Meeting EU representatives at ICT2015 • Engaging in ICT4Water cluster meetings• Demo at smartest house in Netherlands


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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 619660.

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