Automated Fault Detection Diagnostics (AFDD) is a measurement science which has traditionally been used in Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems to identify and rectify faults; often resulting in significant energy savings (10 – 30% of energy costs). Detecting faults…
The Waternomics project comprises two pilot buildings in Ireland, both located in Galway (a city with a population of about 70,000 on the west coast of Ireland). The buildings are (i) the New Engineering Building at the National University of…
Waternomics aims at developing a water information platform that can be deployed in a wide range of environments. To gain understanding of the impact of a specific operational context on the system, Waternomics organises three pilots in different locations in…
At TU Delft, we started an experiment to collect information about water leakage. In order to detect leakages, a new method was used to detect them. Ad Groenewegen, the Waternomics technician at TU Delft, tested a microphone that is able…
Like small cities, airports operate water distribution networks. Used for both industrial and potable water purposes, these airport networks distribute over a million cubic meters of water per annum. Like all water distribution networks, there are pumps and wells to…
One of the biggest problems in raising awareness for water use is accountability of water consumption from the user perspective. To put in simple words: How can a platform know who consumed water? How much did he consumed and for…
A key problem in water management is the lack of decision support tools that present meaningful and personalized information about usage, price, and availability of water in an intuitive and interactive way to end users. As a result, end-users are…
Within Waternomics, smart water applications are being developed for each of the three pilot sites. To gain understanding of the business context for these applications, a value proposition design process has been started. During this process, Waternomics will design and…
Deputy Major Socratis Famellos of the Municipality of Thermi, Greece joined the Waternomics kickoff meeting at Insight Galway.
On 26/27th February 2014 the Waternomics kickoff meeting was held at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute in Galway, Ireland. The project involves 9 European partners and is led by NUI Galway (DERI and Civil Engineering).