Water Conservation Breakthrough
Here’s a unique application of the “Internet of Things” to the challenges facing civilization with respect to conserving water. It’s a “smart-home” network that can be quickly, easily and economically retrofitted in existing multifamily housing complexes that monitors the use of the major points of water usage: toilets, showers, and washers.
It’s rare that I find a company so well-positioned for success. These guys’ strength is based on the fact that financially, this is a huge win for everyone concerned: the building owner (who gets his investment back quickly via savings on his water bill), the tenant (who saves money by conserving water), the company selling the product (and services to support it—wait till you see this business model), as well as our civilization as a whole (which just found an extremely effective tool to deal with one of its thorniest issues).
More info is available here.
They’re looking for an accredited cleantech investor to come on board and help accelerate their progress. If you happen to know of someone who may be interested, please call or write, and I’ll connect them directly with the principles.
In Dallas, TX we use 5X the water on the yard that we use in the house. Climate change means we get less rain each year. We want to be reminded of verdant east Texas, not the desert of west Texas.
I truly hope that similar management techniques (and the conservation efforts they facilitate) will soon be firmly in place across the one industry that uses 80% to 90% of our nation’s fresh water – Agriculture.