Authors:
Ivo Jorge Magalhães da Costa
1
;
José Henrique Pereira São Mamede
2
and
Luísa Margarida Cagica Carvalho
3
Affiliations:
1
Instituto Superior Técnico, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal, Universidade Aberta, Rua da Escola Politécnica, 147, 1269-001 Lisboa and Portugal
;
2
Universidade Aberta, Rua da Escola Politécnica, 147, 1269-001 Lisboa, Portugal, Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC-TEC), Campus da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto and Portugal
;
3
Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics (CEFAGE),University of Évora, Largo Marquês de Marialva, 8, 7000-809 Évora, Portugal, Universidade Aberta, Rua Braamcamp, 90, Piso 5, 1250-052 Lisboa and Portugal
Keyword(s):
Telemanagement, Value Model, Intelligent Water Management, Internet of Things (IoT), Water Distribution Networks.
Abstract:
The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a technical innovation that is already starting to play an important role in smarter water management, when a wide variety of sensors are incorporated into intelligent metering equipment and connected through wireless networks throughout the domiciliary water distribution network, being able to measure volume, flow, temperature, pressure, levels of chlorine, salinity and more. Water scarcity, aging or inadequate water distribution infrastructure, population variation, pollution, more intense and frequent droughts and floods, generate pressures that converge on the need to increase global investment in water infrastructures and to develop solutions for the conservation and management of water. The main stakeholders in the water distribution sector are the ones that can benefit most from the use of telemanagement. However, the results of adopting this innovation are contrary to expectations, with a slow change in traditional business models. The
objective of this research is the construction of a value model that allows the identification of actors and value markets and the exchange of value related to the adoption of telemanagement in Portugal, having a solid theoretical basis and a real practical validation.
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