How Smart Irrigation Can Reduce Water Costs for Commercial Properties
Smart Irrigation Controllers for Retail and Commercial
Did you know that smart irrigation systems can reduce your commercial water costs by 20% to 50%? Many commercial properties and retail plazas lose a great amount of water due to over spraying, runoff, and poor scheduling. Fortunately, smart irrigation systems can help prevent water waste, benefit plants, and protect your bottom line.
Smart irrigation systems come in different types, such as weather-based controllers and soil moisture-based sensors. Both can adjust watering schedules in real time. That’s quite different from traditional timers, which have fixed schedules and use a network of pipes, automatic controllers, and valves to deliver water to specific landscape zones.
Types of Smart Irrigation Controllers for Commercial Properties
Smart irrigation systems can help prevent overwatering, fix hidden line breaks, and stop watering cycles during rain, all of which can drive up utility bills. Smart irrigation controllers include:
- Weather-based controllers: These types of smart controllers adjust irrigation schedules based on real-time weather data. Temperature, humidity, rainfall, and wind speed all affect the irrigation schedule. Since they use local meteorological data, these types of systems can be used to optimize watering needs in your commercial property.
- Soil moisture sensors: These types of systems work by measuring the moisture content in the soil and relaying the information to the controller. The irrigation controller will adjust the watering schedule based on the actual soil conditions, that way, if the soil is already moist, it will prevent overwatering.
- Evapotranspiration (ET) Controllers: Precise calculations occur by utilizing historical weather data alongside current conditions. These types of controllers calculate the amount of water lost to plant transpiration and evaporation.
- Smartphone-Enabled Controllers: Wi-Fi connectivity and smartphone apps allow landscapers and other users to manage irrigation systems remotely.
Benefits of Using Smart Irrigation for Commercial and Retail Plazas
One of the great advantages of using Smart Irrigation systems is that they provide water for plants only when needed. You can also take better control of operating costs. When you install a smart irrigation system you also get these benefits:
Lower bills: Reduces water waste. You can cut commercial or retail plaza water waste by 20% to 40%. Early leak alerts prevent damage to hardscapes and building foundations, too.
Minimal repairs: Prevent overwatering, which protect walkways and foundations. Excess water washes away supporting soil under walkways. Broken traditional sprinklers and misaligned sprinklers constantly blast concrete and brick, forcing water into concrete pours and causing mold and cracks. Underwatered tree roots go outward and upward searching for moisture, physically lifting, cracking, and breaking concrete walkways, etc.
Improved plant health: Smart irrigation ensures a proper amount of water is being provided. It’s based on soil moisture and weather conditions, which can boost root development, reduce disease, and support overall health.
Rebates: Can earn local utility credits for green upgrades. San Diego County offers financial incentives and rebates for installing certified water-saving hardware, such as Smart Controllers.
Considerations
Of course, when it comes to smart irrigation controllers, there are some things to consider. For example, most smart irrigation controllers require Wi-Fi, which is used to unlock automated features, phone app controls, and local weather updates. That said, if there is no Wi-Fi, the device will keep running at its last programmed schedule.
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