Officials with SRP say they are testing a new tool that could help lower energy demand. The tool even managed to catch a water leak at a building in Phoenix.
In the summer, when temperatures can hit 115°F, the demand on Arizona's electrical grid surges, and that is why SRP officials say they are hoping a new artificial intelligence tool will lower demand and save money.
The AI tool, called Nantum, caught the leak immediately, and got it fixed before anything was damaged. Hanson and Duane Pearson with SRP Customer Program Innovation. The duo says the AI tool also found that staggering the start time of the HVAC systems by just 30 seconds eliminated peaks. During the pilot, SRP officials say they have decreased energy use by an average of 32%, and adding monitors to their water system only added more data to catch leaks earlier and save water.
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