SAVE WATER: A CALL TO ACTION!
HOW DOES THE PLATFORM WORK? “Our Water Intelligence Platform gathers data from multiple point-of-use within a given building. We use high-resolution sensors and devices strategically placed at key points to collect real-time information on water consumption. These sensors can be flexibly integrated into water supply systems and plumbing fixtures. They can even monitor industrial process equipment. It all depends on a client’s specific needs,” explains the founder. 104
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Typically, Droople will monitor water dispensers for better maintenance. The data can also be used to pinpoint water stagnation at specific points of use such as sinks or showers in hospitals, schools or hotels, assess hand hygiene habits of students in schools or detect water leaks from ghost flushes in toilets. Companies and private individuals alike have long since recognised the urgency of Bouzerda’s call to save water. Let’s hope that many more will follow Droople’s call and bring about the turnaround that humankind so desperately needs in the quest for sustainable water-saving solutions. www.droople.com
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With Droople, Bouzerda has created a Water Intelligence Platform (an Internet of Water, as Bouzerda likes to call it) - a platform that monitors and digitises the world’s water-based assets (Droople currently collects data from four continents and 20 countries, including the US, Switzerland, Austria and Germany). The well presented data ultimately raises consumer awareness and highlights the urgency of reducing water consumption.
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A claim Ramzi Bouzerda, CEO and founder of the Swiss water-saving consultancy Droople, takes very seriously! “Water is one of the most important resources on our planet. We and our environment need it to live. At the rate we are currently using - and wasting! - water, we are destroying ourselves, our livelihoods and our planet,” urges Bouzerda.
“Once the data is collected,” Bouzerda continues, “it is securely transmitted to our platform for analysis. We use advanced algorithms and machine learning techniques to process and interpret this data and thus provide our clients with actionable insights. This comprehensive data-driven approach allows us to make informed recommendations that empower people to optimise water usage, reduce costs, and improve sustainability in any organisation.”
TEXT: SILKE HENKELE
As we go about our daily routines, turning on taps, watering our lawns, and taking long showers, it's essential to remember that water is not an infinite resource. In fact, it's becoming increasingly scarce in many parts of the world. Our collective responsibility to conserve and protect this life-sustaining element has never been more urgent.