Carbon emission reductions and water savings via innovative AI-driven remote water flow sensing

为了实现英国到2050年实现净零排放的雄心，我们必须大幅减少社会各个领域的碳排放。英国水务行业是碳排放的主要来源，在处理和供水过程中消耗了全国3%的电力，同时每天产生15,315吨二氧化碳。减少水资源浪费和相关的碳排放，是推动工商业脱碳的必要条件。每天69亿公升的水,和59000吨碳排放:*每日泄漏在英国水利基础设施(31亿公升的水和3000吨的二氧化碳)*每日水冲洗军团菌风险合规(1.21亿公升的水和900吨的二氧化碳)*每天浪费的消费(37亿公升的水和55000吨的二氧化碳)上面的根源之一是缺乏认识何时何地流发生在客户的环境。这是因为目前还没有一种易于使用和负担得起的技术，可以让工业、商业和家庭最终用户在其物业内或国家水基础设施的管道中全面监测水流和使用情况（流量传感）。为了解决这个问题，intersens正在开发一种创新的夹式技术——一种超经济的人工智能远程流量和温度传感装置，用于管道内的水。这项革命性的正在申请专利的发明将实现实时广泛的流量和温度监测，为责任持有人和消费者提供实时警报和详细分析，促进节水和减少碳排放：* 33%通过早期识别交付基础设施泄漏* 80%的冲洗和军团菌风险测试浪费* 17%的消费者浪费的消耗随着基本的概念证明已经成功证明，我们现在将着手开发商业原型。为此，我们将与来自不同行业的三个客户合作伙伴（体育和休闲设施，水务公司，社会住房）密切合作，以确保我们的设备在开发时以我们未来的客户为首要考虑。SBRI计划的最终结果将是一个能够实现上述非凡环境效益的产品，以及为英国制造业，英国就业和繁荣以及更可持续的国民经济带来巨大机遇。

To achieve the UK's ambition to become net zero by 2050 we must significantly reduce carbon emissions in all areas of society. The UK water industry is a major contributor to carbon emissions, consuming 3% of the nation's electricity in treating and supplying water, whilst generating 15,315 tonnes of CO2, each day. Cutting water wastage, and related carbon emissions, is imperative in a drive to decarbonise business and industry. Every day 6.9 billion litres of water is lost, and 59,000 tonnes of carbon emitted due to: * Daily leaks in UK water infrastructure (3.1 billion litres of water and 3,000 tonnes of CO2) * Daily water flushing for Legionella risk compliance (121 million litres of water and 900 tonnes of CO2) * Daily wasteful consumption (3.7 billion litres of water and 55,000 tonnes of CO2) One of the root causes for the above is a lack of awareness of when and where flow occurs in the customers' environment. This is because no easy to use and affordable technology currently exists that allows industrial, business and domestic end users to comprehensively monitor water flow and usage (flow sensing) across their pipes within their properties or across the national water infrastructure. InferSens is developing an innovative clip-on technology to solve this problem -- an ultra-affordable Artificial Intelligence enabled remote flow and temperature sensing device for in-pipe water. This transformative patent-pending invention will enable real-time widespread monitoring of flow and temperature, providing live alerts and detailed analysis for duty-holders and consumers, facilitating water savings and carbon emission reductions of: * 33% through early identification of delivery infrastructure leaks * 80% of water wastage from flushing and testing for Legionella risk compliance * 17% of wasteful consumption by consumers With the fundamental proof of concept already successfully evidenced, we will now embark on the development of a commercial prototype. To do so, we will work closely with three Customer Partners from different sectors (Sport and Leisure Facilities, Water Utilities, Social Housing) to ensure our device is developed with our future customers at the forefront of our consideration. The ultimate outcome of the SBRI programme will be a product that enables the extraordinary environmental benefits described above, as well as a great opportunity for UK manufacturing, UK employment and prosperity and a more sustainable national economy.