In my previous post I introduced the PLUS framework for water-technology scalability, and expanded upon the first two attributes: Software and Usability. Let’s explore the other two: Leverage and Partners.
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Water PLUS – Keys to Building a Scalable Water Business
BufferThe first in a two part series, Guy Horowitz shares experience gained from TaKaDu’s recent successes scaling their water technology in partnership with Schneider. The second part will follow later this week. For many years, water technology was a venture capitalist’s nightmare. What could be less enticing than capital-intensive, integration-heavy project-driven companies with long sales-cycles [...]
TaKaDu Finds a Partner in Schneider Electric
TaKaDu, who we’ve written about previously, recently announced they’ve partnered with Schneider Electric, a global energy management giant.
The partnership exposes TaKaDu to Schneider Electric’s customers in more than 100 countries, where TaKaDu will be deployed to identify inefficiencies in water management in an effort to reduce energy usage.
Guatemalan "sinkhole" not a sinkhole
We must either efficiently repair our infrastructure using smart water management technologies to identify weaknesses, or increasingly decentralize the water complex.
It’s Time for the Smart Water Grid
It’s been a great year for the Smart Grid. Entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, analysts, journalists, and regulators can’t stop talking about it. Experts are competing to project greater market potential. Zpryme puts the Smart Appliance market alone at $15.2bn by 2015, Lux Research talks about $15.8bn, Cisco estimates theoverall opportunity at $100bn and Pike research uses a whopping $200bn figure.
Giants like Cisco and IBM have set aside billions to fund Smart Grid activities. The US government has kept up, allocating hefty tax credits and incentives for Smart Grid development, with $3.4bn from the stimulus bill granted to 100 smart-grid initiatives last October. VCs are investing heavily, as these three lists show. But while we anticipate the first Smart Grid IPO (market-permitting) from Silver Spring Networks, we’ve got to wonder out loud: Why isn’t water being served at this party?
Interview: Peter Williams from IBM
BufferI had a chance to sit down with Peter Williams, CTO of IBM’s Big Green Innovation Unit. We discussed Smart Water, industry trends and collaboration, and the potential for the Blue Tech industry to improve living conditions worldwide. Peter will be chairing a panel on Smart Water at the Blue Tech Innovation Forum in June. [...]
Smart Water Saves Water, Money and Lives
Smart water is a win-win opportunity: jumpstart a new industry, increase water quality, reduce energy usage and carbon emissions, increase national security and prevent tragedies, all while saving billions of dollars now and hundreds of billions of dollars in the long run.
Market Driven Tree Hugging
BlueTech methods mitigate the causes of climate change by making efficient use of water, thereby making efficient use of energy, reducing fossil fuel extraction (thereby reducing water usage still further) and reducing the release of pollutants like CO2 and mercury into the atmosphere and water supply.