SBIR Phase II: An Intelligent Water Monitor and Loss Mitigation Service for Building Owners

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力将使我们能够创建一种功能强大、使用简单、低成本的物联网（IoT）设备，以促进大幅减少水浪费和损害，将维护从响应性转变为预测性，并改善居民的健康和生活质量。该项目将彻底改变我们跟踪和管理用水的方式，改善节约，消除水资源浪费，并降低整体运营和维护成本。与此同时，新的监测系统可以大大减少水的生产、传输、分配和回收方面的水消耗、电力利用和碳排放。这将改善水系统，就像电力使用和监控大大改善建筑物的能源消耗一样，即照明系统。该数据分析解决方案可在所有水设备中扩展。最重要的是，它可以在美国经济高效地生产，并创造可持续的绿色就业机会。我们设想这个项目将消除更换水固定部件的时间表，因为我们不需要？它将使智能建筑和智能城市能够保护日益稀缺和昂贵的资源。拟议项目将建立在第一阶段成功的技术和客户发现的基础上，以发展建筑物业主在水设备发生泄漏之前就知道泄漏的能力，浪费宝贵的资源，或造成潜在的健康风险。在第一阶段，我们展示了一个最低可行的产品，基本上是一个？消防烟雾报警器当水设备出现泄漏迹象时，在其损坏之前，该系统为建筑物所有者提供警报。该设备位于一个负担得起的平台内，可以在美国经济地生产。目前的估计是，约23%的水被浪费，并在这个过程中造成损害。建筑业主寻求一种解决方案，以节约用水，降低成本，并改善其对环境的影响。在第二阶段，我们将测量从滴水到流水的水，开发一种易于安装和使用的物联网设备，开发强大的预测性而非反应性维护分析，并生成保险公司和业主重视的数据。数据分析可以大大提高供水和用水过程的可靠性，并显著减少损失和损害。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will enable the creation of a powerful, simple to use, low-cost Internet of Things (IoT) device needed to facilitate a dramatic reduction in water waste and damage, transform maintenance from responsive to predictive, and improve the health and quality of life for residents. This project will revolutionize how we track and manage water usage, improve conservation, eliminate water waste, and lower overall operating and maintenance costs. At the same time, the new monitoring system enables large reductions in water consumption, electricity utilization and carbon generation relative to water production, transmission, distribution and recycling. This will improve the water system just as electrical usage and monitoring dramatically improved energy consumption for buildings, i.e. in lighting systems. The data analytics solution is scalable within all water fixtures Most importantly, it can be cost-effectively produced in the U.S. and create sustainable, green jobs. We envision this project will eliminate the need for replacing water fixture parts on a schedule because we don?t know when or how things fail, and it will enable Smart Buildings and Smart Cities to protect an increasingly scarce and expensive resource. The proposed project will build upon the successful technical and customer discoveries from Phase I to develop the ability for a building owner to know when a leak occurs in a water fixture before it does damage, wastes a precious resource, or creates a potential health risk. In Phase I, we demonstrated a Minimum Viable Product that is essentially a ?smoke alarm for water fixtures? that provides a building owner alerts when a water fixture presents signs of a leak, before it does damage. The device is inside an affordable platform can be economically produced in the U.S. Current estimates are that ~23% of water produced is wasted and does damage in the process. Building owners seek a solution that will conserve water, reduce costs and improve their environmental impact. In Phase II, we will measure water from drips to flowing water, develop an IoT device that is simple to install and use, develop powerful analytics for predictive rather than reactive maintenance, and generate data valued by insurance companies and property owners. Data analytics can make the water delivery and consumption process considerably more reliable, and reduce loss and damage significantly.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.