Comments on: Smarter Water and Energy Conservation Policies http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/07/22/smarter-water-and-energy-conservation-policies/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Guy Horowitz http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/07/22/smarter-water-and-energy-conservation-policies/comment-page-1/#comment-219967 Guy Horowitz Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:36:49 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=39617#comment-219967 A great piece and a great vision. It could also be worthwhile to draw attention to the way European water utilities such as Thames Water in London and Evides in Rotterdam are addressing the problem - deployment of Water Infrastructure Monitoring platforms, analyzing the wealth of data already at their disposal (even prior to full deployment of smart meters) and generating algorithmic-driven alerts on water loss, energy inefficiency and nwetwork malfunctions. This draws as much on classical network management as it does on smart grids. We call this vision a 'Smart Water Grid', and water infrastructure monitoring acts as a 'magic glue' that helps piece currently discrete elements together into a holistic picture. (Full disclosure: TaKaDu partners with IBM to deploy our solutions into water utilities. Regardless, I think this post is great.) A great piece and a great vision. It could also be worthwhile to draw attention to the way European water utilities such as Thames Water in London and Evides in Rotterdam are addressing the problem – deployment of Water Infrastructure Monitoring platforms, analyzing the wealth of data already at their disposal (even prior to full deployment of smart meters) and generating algorithmic-driven alerts on water loss, energy inefficiency and nwetwork malfunctions. This draws as much on classical network management as it does on smart grids. We call this vision a ‘Smart Water Grid’, and water infrastructure monitoring acts as a ‘magic glue’ that helps piece currently discrete elements together into a holistic picture.

(Full disclosure: TaKaDu partners with IBM to deploy our solutions into water utilities. Regardless, I think this post is great.)

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