Metrica6: how to create innovative eco-efficient solutions

WAISENSE was born in 2018 in Spain for the efficient use of hot water in domestic or commercial installations. In 2020, we started the expansion of this internationally patented technology adding roadmaps for new functionalities like smart irrigation and leak detection warning and cut. We also created an online platform and mobile app in 2021 to control the IoT devices and monitor water/energy consumption and savings. Nowadays, despite the COVID-19 situation, WAISENSE technology keeps growing and reaching new frontiers being implemented in multiple European projects with different approaches each. Throughout this process, a multidisciplinary team of 13 people from different disciplines (engineering, marketing, finance) has intervened with the collaboration of partners and stakeholders, both public and private, who have trusted WAISENSE with funding above 1M€ euros to the project so far, in its different stages and goals. For the coming years, 2021-2023, we will be integrating these and other functionalities into WAISENSE list of skills, upgrading this way its multisectorial and cross-borders applicability and affordability. The digital tools also allow for communication and gamification, as a way of enhancing the engagement with users and other stakeholders in incorporating more sustainable practices in their daily lives and their professional activities. What’s more, the know-how Metrica6 continues to gather from WAISENSE experience has led the company to offer new solutions for the environment, for consumers and industries in a more circular way, like our air quality monitoring devices or a platform for offering/buying reconditioned products. For all of them, unfortunately, there is still much to improve in the way this projects are publicly or privately funded.