This is a presentation made by Eoghan Clifford at the Waternomics final event on 31/01/2017 on key impacts for smart water management

1. @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 30/01/2017
Galway, Ireland

2. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu2
2
Thermi, Greece
Domestic Users and
Utility providers
Linate Airport,
Milan, Italy
Corporate Users
NUIG, CnaC, Galway, Ireland
Public Users
Simple UI Open/Linked Data Internet of Things Data Analytics Gamification
ImpactKey
Technologies
Pilots
Saving
Energy & Water
Reducing
CO2 Emission
Increasing
awareness
Building Eco
Friendly behaviour

3. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu3
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

4. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu4
LOCATION Public/Mixed Use
ENGINEERING BUILDING, NUI GALWAY,
IRELAND
COLÁISTE NA COIRIBE, GALWAY,
IRELAND
TARGET
Mixed/Public Water Consumers - University Mixed/Public Water Consumers - School
KEYSTATISTICS
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 in
place
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

5. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu5
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

6. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu6
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
Waternomics
Seminars
• 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

7. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu7
MEASURES – REDUCE CONSUMPTION
• Water Awareness Surveys
• (pre and post intervention)
Water
Consumption
Awareness
• Famous Person Quote
Competition at NUIG
• App Idea Competition at NUIG
Gamification
• Newsletter to Managers
• Lectures/seminars/workshops
• Newsletters to Students
• Post Primary Student Interns
• Invitation @ Public Dashboard
• Dedicated contact Email
• Additional Lecture/Event Planned
Engagement

8. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu8
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

9. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu9
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)

10. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu10
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

11. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu11
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 Network
in a “What if “ scenarios by changing the input values.
New Model based FDD method
Waternomics Application Platform and
Manager dashboard

12. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu12
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 System
Sensors + WApP
Decision support System
+
Model based FDD
• Improvement of operational and
maintenance phases by detecting
leakages at an early stage in the water
network

13. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu13
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 platform
SEA plans to expand to Malpensa
airport

14. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu14
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

15. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu15
waternomics.eu @waternomics_eu

16. @WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu16
This project has received funding from the European Union’s
Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological
development and demonstration under grant agreement no
619660.
waternomics.eu @waternomics_eu
This project is member of and