SmarTap for Tracking Water Consumption

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SmarTap for Tracking Water Consumption

SmarTap, which recently presented at Microsoft's Think Next conference in Tel Aviv, tracks water consumption and sends the information to the cloud. It could be a rainmaker for hotels and laundry businesses

SmarTap allows you to pre-program your tap to be at the precise water temperature that you want. If you give your kids (or yourself) a bath, you can preset the temperature and amount of water you want to fill and walk away. When you return, the tap will have shut itself off. No more worrying if the water will burn your children's sensitive skin.

"Basically, SmarTap wants to do for water consumption what NEST did for the household thermostat," Ran Zerivitz, the company's VP for business development told Geektime . "It wants to learn your consumption habits and improve your use in a way that will lead to considerable savings in your water and energy consumption."

SmarTap keeps track of every drop of water you use. The data is sent to the cloud, and allows hotel owners, business owners and private households to learn about their water consumption and how to make it more efficient. The system also keeps track of your hot and cold water pressure, and can alert you to potential plumbing problems before they reach emergency proportions (say, a burst pipe).

Users can also set SmarTap to make sure the water temperature doesn't rise above a certain point. This is especially useful when giving a shower to children who may not stand still if there are temperature fluctuations. For hotel owners, SmarTap can also be programmed to "clean" their showers once a month with high water pressure set at 158 degrees. This helps kill bacteria in the pipes.

Reducing business water consumption

Zerivitz told Geektime that the system is especially attractive to hotels and other businesses that use a lot of water like gyms or laundromats. For instance, a hotel guest may not notice if the water pressure is 20 or 17 liters per minute. But the hotel's accountant will certainly take heed and be pleased at the savings. The system has already been installed in several hotels in Israel and the company has signed on several European B2B faucet companies.

Source: Geektimes

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