Artificial intelligence warn you before water leaks
2023.01.09 02:02
Artificial intelligence warn you before water leaks
Budrigannews.com – When Israeli engineer Moshe Ravid got home one day, a burst water pipe had caused his house to flood. He immediately set to work on a solution to prevent it from happening again after he finished cleaning up.
WINT, a water meter powered by artificial intelligence, was created by Ravid. According to Yaron Dycian, chief product and strategy officer at the Tel Aviv-based startup WINT Water Intelligence, the unit can learn the normal water flow, detect when things go wrong, and shut off malfunctioning parts before any damage is done.
Through its app, WINT transmits real-time analytics and alerts to the cloud via a cellular network.
The technology that the company introduced in 2012 was initially made for homes, but it has since begun to target businesses that want to save water and prevent damage as well.
After nine years and a lot of algorithms, WINT’s water-saving technology is getting more and more attention. The business expanded into the United States and Europe in 2019, where Microsoft, HP, and Mastercard have already adopted the technology.
Water damage is one of the most common claims for damage to property in homes in the United Kingdom, according to the Association of British Insurers. A claim for a burst pipe can cost nearly $13,000 on average.
Moen’s Flo home monitors and Belkin’s Phyn Plus system are two other products on the market that save water. However, Dycian claims that WINT’s capacity to deal with massive office buildings, factories, and construction sites sets it apart.
He tells CNN Business, “It’s quite amazing the amount of damage that water can cause in a building.” On the 20th floor, a pipe bursts, pouring water down, destroying everything in its path. Customers of ours have suffered losses totaling tens of millions of dollars as a result of this one occurrence.
This issue was all too familiar to Mace, a construction company based in the UK that built landmarks in London like the London Eye and The Shard.
According to Paul Connolly, Mace’s technical director, “we’ve had a number of issues around leaking pipes in the final throes of construction that caused millions of pounds’ worth of damage.”
Connolly claims that the company was forced to seek solutions due to reputational damage and rising insurance premiums in addition to the financial cost. Connolly claims that the incorporation of WINT into each new Mace construction site has aided the company’s bottom line and sustainability objectives.
Dycian claims that WINT typically reduces users’ water consumption by 20 to 25%.
Reduce consumption and waste now more than ever as global water supplies are under pressure. A lot of water can be wasted by even a small or slow leak; According to American Water Resources, a pipe crack of three millimeters can waste approximately 250 gallons (950 liters) of water per day.
According to Dycian, dripping faucets and running toilets waste 25% of the water that enters a building. These typical leaks result in nearly 1 trillion gallons of wasted water annually, just in US households.
He states, “Here is water scarcity and here is a huge business issue that is causing huge damages, and a solution that manages to solve both.” I find that exciting.
