BrianzAcque
⭐ Good Practice Description:
BrianzAcque is a public company that manages wastewater and water treatment in Brianza, a territory in Northern Italy comprising 56 towns and villages and approximately 900,000 inhabitants. The company started the Casette dell’acqua initiative to distribute outdoor high-quality filtered drinking water dispensers (the Casette) throughout the territory for the citizens.
Success Factors:
| Business Success | The main KPIs relate to the number of Casette installed (currently 70, with a target of 100 in total in 2021, covering the whole territory); the number of dispensers installed (currently 50, with a target of 80 in total by end of 2020), etc. |
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| Technology Innovation | The main aspect of innovation relates to the mix of IoT, edge, and cloud computing and the capabilities that mix enables. |
Stakeholders
Solutions Developed / Used
The Casette dispenser can be seen as a multifunctional edge IoT device able to run cloud-native applications locally that have been developed as a part of a larger architectural digital transformation of the company.
Description
Project Focus
- Operator
Geographical Scope
- National
Keywords
- Edge
Cloud Delivery Model
- IaaS
Cloud Deployment Model
- Hybrid
Project Life-Cycle Stage
- Operational Deployment
Industry
- Utilities
Technology
- Big Data
- Edge Computing
- Internet of Things (IoT)