HP Inc.’s Palo Alto campus saves millions of gallons of water with Banyan Water’s Irrigation Insight®

14 million

gallons saved

35% reduction

water usage

20+

leaks detected and prevented

14 million

gallons saved

35% reduction

water usage

20+

leaks detected and prevented

Silicon Valley leader taps into smart water
technology to reclaim value from recycled
resources

“Water is a crucial component of HP’s sustainability roadmap. We needed a tool that could do more than simply track and monitor utility costs. We sought a solution that could maximize our available water resources while delivering clear, measurable savings. Banyan Water provides our facility management team with real-time water usage data and immediately puts it into action. Together we’ve saved millions of gallons and significantly advanced our global water reduction goals.”

Lisa Prosch, facilities manager at HP Inc.

Portfolio

  • Located in Palo Alto, California
  • 450,000 square feet of turf
  • 3 unique water sources

HP Inc.’s (HP) vision is to create technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere.

HP’s three pronged sustainable impact strategy aims to “create lasting, positive change for the planet, its people and communities”. Their series of robust goals include a focus on reducing GHG emissions intensity, achieving zero deforestation associated with HP brand paper and paper based product packaging, and increasing the use of recycled materials in its products.

HP has also set high standards for utilizing renewable and recycled resources. This includes a goal to “reduce potable water consumption in global operations by 35% by 2025.”

Irrigation Insight® Enables Comprehensive Water Monitoring Across Three Sources

Banyan Water’s unique, IoT-based Irrigation Insight® software optimizes HP’s irrigation usage from three sources: City of Palo Alto irrigation water, City of Palo Alto domestic water and onsite reclaimed water. Banyan’s data-driven software monitors water usage from each source daily to maximize available recycled water and to minimize domestic water costs, which can reach upwards of four times the cost of recycled water.

IoT technology in Stantec’s onsite recycling facility enables HP to pull significantly cheaper groundwater into its facility-wide water system.

Banyan’s software regulates tank levels to ensure that low-cost recycled water is utilized first, followed by irrigation water, then domestic.

Banyan’s predictive analytics identify irrigation actions that enable the tank to refill without compromising HP’s landscaping.

Since the implementation of Banyan’s total water management software in 2017, HP has saved more than fourteen million gallons of irrigation water on its Palo Alto campus, a 35% reduction compared to prior usage.

Banyan’s real-time leak detection capabilities have also detected more than 20 leaks on HP’s campus, preventing millions of gallons of additional water waste.
HP’s opening remarks in the company’s 2018 Sustainable Impact Report state that “…together with [its] partners, [HP] will lead a sustainability revolution fueled by technology.” Through its work on HP’s Palo Alto campus, Banyan Water has contributed to HP reaching 35% of its global potable water consumption reduction goal in 2022.
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