Hubgrade: Advance Digital Solutions for Water and Energy Savings
October 2024
The world's population growth, rapid urbanisation, and expanding industrial activities are creating stress in the world's water resources. This situation accentuates the critical need for a more advanced and sustainable wastewater treatment solution. Traditional methods are no longer adequate to overcome the complicated environmental challenges and increasing economic demands of today's world. Introducing Hubgrade, an innovative smart water management system, dedicated to addressing these issues by optimising wastewater treatment processes, reducing water consumption, and improving overall operational efficiency. By leveraging the latest technology and real-time data analytics, Hubgrade enables water utilities and industrial facilities to enhance their water treatment capabilities while ensuring regulatory compliance and contributing to a more sustainable future for our planet's water resources.
What is Hubgrade?
Hubgrade is an advanced digital water treatment solution, that blends digital technologies with human expertise. It leverages real-time data and artificial intelligence (AI) to continuously optimise water treatment processes. With over 640 connected sites globally and supported by a team of experts stationed at 60+ monitoring centres across 20 countries, Hubgrade provides real-time data and insights to more than 4,000 users. The platform’s user-friendly interface is available in 10 languages, making it accessible to a wide and diverse audience.
Hubgrade represents a new era in advanced water treatment technologies, where traditional operational models are enhanced by digital capabilities, offering a scalable and innovative approach to one of the world’s most critical resources.
Experience: 15+ years of experience across the Industrial, Manufacturing, and Construction industries.
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Key Features of Hubgrade Digital Solutions
Real-time Monitoring
Hubgrade offers continuous tracking of water and energy systems, providing users with instant access to consumption data. This real-time visibility allows businesses to detect inefficiencies and take corrective actions before they escalate into larger problems.
Data Analytics
Using advanced analytics and machine learning, Hubgrade generates actionable insights to help users optimise processes and reduce operational risks. The system identifies patterns and potential risks, empowering businesses to make proactive decisions based on concrete data.
Expert Support
One of Hubgrade's most significant advantages is its access to Veolia’s team of water treatment specialists and experts. These professionals collaborate with users to create custom, sustainable solutions tailored to specific operational needs.
Customisable Interface
Hubgrade offers tailored metrics for different stakeholders, ensuring that each user can monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) relevant to their operations. Additionally, the platform provides comprehensive reporting, aiding in regulatory compliance and transparency across sectors.
Environmental and Economic Benefits of Hubgrade
Environmental Sustainability
Environmental sustainability through resource optimisation
Hubgrade optimises resource usage, reduces waste, and lowers CO2 emissions.
CO2 reduction example
In Lithuania, Hubgrade saved an estimated 2,180 tonnes of CO2 through data-driven water and energy management.
Water resource preservation
Companies using Hubgrade help preserve critical water resources by managing water consumption more effectively.
Energy consumption reduction
Hubgrade's real-time monitoring system detects leaks, inefficiencies, and energy overuse, allowing businesses to address these issues swiftly.
An example of Hubgrade implementation in the Nosedo Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Milan
- Treated 50,000 cubic metres of wastewater daily, mainly for agricultural use, reducing water scarcity in the region.
- Adopted Hubgrade to track real-time data on energy, chemical consumption, hydraulic capacity, and biological processes.
- Achieved over €1.5 million in annual operational savings.
- Improved plant resilience during high load and wet-weather events, boosting hydraulic capacity by 20%.
- Contributed to sustainable water management for the municipality.
Economic Benefits
- Hubgrade delivers impressive economic savings by optimising operations and reducing unnecessary infrastructure investments. In the Netherlands, Hubgrade saved €10 million by eliminating the need for new infrastructure construction.
- Hubgrade's smart, digital management platform optimised existing water treatment systems to meet current demands.
- Businesses using Hubgrade report reduced operating costs by improving water and energy efficiency, lowering utility and resource consumption costs.
- Hubgrade's actionable insights help reduce downtime, improving operational continuity and adding to financial savings.
- Hubgrade offers a forward-thinking solution for wastewater treatment challenges with real-time data, actionable insights, and expert support.
- The platform helps businesses meet sustainability goals, reduce operational costs, and make data-driven decisions essential for the environment and the global economy.
- Hubgrade offers a smart, scalable approach that addresses current challenges and anticipates future demands.
- Hubgrade leverages the power of technology and expertise to optimise operations.
- Veolia's Hubgrade is shaping a more sustainable and resource-efficient future for water management.
Take the next step towards a cleaner and greener future. Discover how your business can be elevated by Hubgrade. Contact us today to schedule an appointment and explore how our digital solutions can help your water and energy management goals.
