Shaping urban livingspaces
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With water technology that we consistently develop to be safer and increasingly AI-embedded, we contribute toshape urban living spaces.
We help to develop buildings and public infrastructure in urban areas, including through the optimisation of water and energy systems based on collected operating data.
More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities, and this share continues to grow. As urbanization increases, so do the requirements for buildings, districts, and public infrastructure. Water and energy systems must function reliably while also meeting an increasing range of demands.
Where people live, work, and come together, numerous technical systems interact. Water technology plays an important role in this context. In combination with digitalization and artificial intelligence, new opportunities arise to capture operating data, make interdependencies visible, and operate technical systems in a more targeted way.
Smart urban areas
Connected systems for urban spaces
Modern cities are complex systems. Buildings, water infrastructure, and energy infrastructure are interconnected and influence one another. At the same time, increasing amounts of operational data are being generated that can be used for analysis and management.
Digital technologies create the basis for capturing relevant operating data and bringing together different sources of information. Artificial intelligence can support the identification of patterns, the visualization of interdependencies, and the identification of optimization potential.
Buildings and districts
Water and energy systems as part of modern building concepts
Buildings and districts are essential components of urban spaces. Their technical infrastructure must ensure reliable supply while also being able to respond to different usage conditions.
Intelligent water and energy systems can support demand-based operational control. The continuous capture and analysis of operating data creates transparency regarding system conditions and opens up opportunities to examine consumption and operating modes in a more targeted way.
Practical example: Haeundae Doosan We’ve the Zenith, Busan, Korea
With around 1,800 residential units, Haeundae Doosan We’ve the Zenith is one of the largest residential building complexes in South Korea. The scale and height of the complex place particular demands on the technical infrastructure and on the reliable supply of residents.
Wilo solutions are used for the supply of drinking water, heating water, and fire-fighting water. The systems are designed to meet the specific requirements of the building complex and support the operation of the technical infrastructure.
Intelligent infrastructure
Connecting cities with digital technologies
As urban spaces grow, the complexity of their technical infrastructure also increases. Digital technologies create new opportunities to capture operating data, assess different systems, and manage technical processes on a data-based basis.
The analysis of operating data can, for example, help identify changes in system operation and make maintenance or optimization potential visible at an early stage. Artificial intelligence expands these possibilities by enabling large volumes of data to be analyzed and complex interdependencies to be examined systematically.
Practical example: Xiong’an, China
The Xiong’an New Area is one of China’s large-scale urban development projects. The new city is being developed with a comprehensive and digitally connected infrastructure.
Wilo supplies water technology there for various key facilities and infrastructures, including the high-speed railway station, the business service center, an international hotel, as well as various water and utility installations.
The project illustrates how water technology can be integrated into large-scale urban infrastructure and the role digital systems can play in planning and operation.
Water technology in urban spaces
When technical infrastructure enables new applications
Urban space consists of much more than traditional supply and building systems. Architecture, greening, public-use areas, and technical infrastructure are increasingly interconnected and each place their own requirements on water supply.
Water technology is also used in these applications and supports the targeted provision of water and the monitoring of technical processes.
Practical example: Kö-Bogen II, Düsseldorf
Kö-Bogen II combines modern architecture with extensive greening of the building complex. Supplying this greenery places particular demands on the provision and distribution of water and nutrients.
Wilo pump systems support the water supply for the greenery. Digital monitoring solutions enable continuous observation of system operation and support demand-based control.
The project is one example of how water technology can be integrated into specific architectural and urban applications.
Data-based development of urban spaces
Water technology meets digitalization and artificial intelligence
Digitalization is also changing the way technical infrastructure is planned, operated, and further developed. Where operating data is continuously captured and evaluated, new opportunities arise to better understand systems and adapt their operation in a more targeted way.
The combination of water technology, digital applications, and artificial intelligence creates additional perspectives. It can help analyze operating conditions, identify interdependencies, and support decisions based on available data.
This creates an increasingly data-based view of water and energy systems in buildings and public infrastructure, providing an important basis for their further development.
