Contemporary UK commercial office and mixed-use building setting with refined blue-toned telemetry overlays showing water flow lines, anomaly detection markers, occupancy correlation nodes, and infrastructure monitoring dashboards in an enterprise schematic style

100% Fully Funded Innovation Trial • Strictly Limited to 30 UK Buildings

Cut commercial water waste and insurance risk

Using data to find and fix hidden water leaks. Project Dash equips 30 qualifying UK commercial buildings with smart sub-metering, wire-free occupancy sensors, and insurance-backed risk validation at no cost.

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Installation paid for
Keep installed smart hardware
18-month fully funded participation

Backed by leading delivery, insurance, academic, and water-sector partners

Ofwat
Aviva
Wates
Quensus
Direk
Everflow
Waterwise
University of Surrey
Weir The Agency

Operational assurance

Low-disruption deployment for occupied commercial buildings

Built to protect uptime, tenant comfort, and compliance from installation through ongoing operation.

Installation by your preferred plumber or Wates

Wates teams can install outside core occupancy windows to minimise tenant-facing disruption.

Under 60-minute zone isolation

Typical isolation windows stay below 60 minutes per zone during controlled intervention.

GDPR-safe occupancy detection

Zero-camera, zero-audio spatial sensing with 100% GDPR-compliant data handling controls.

Stronger Legionella safety oversight

Abnormal system-behavior visibility strengthens Legionella routines and escalation response.

Solution ecosystem

One coordinated system from signal to response.

Project Dash correlates live occupancy and water flow in context.

By mapping room-level occupancy patterns against sub-metered water movement, Project Dash isolates hidden leaks, flags abnormal out-of-hours baseloads, and identifies stagnation risks linked to dead legs. The result is faster validation, clearer triage, and practical actions teams can schedule without disrupting tenants.

Detect

Leak and waste anomalies

Validate

Occupancy-aware checks

Act

Insurer-aligned response

See operational safeguards

Schematic of occupancy sensing, water sub-metering, anomaly detection, alerts, and operational response connected by directional data flow lines

Direk occupancy sensing

Wire-free room signals show whether water use matches real occupancy patterns.

Quensus smart sub-metering

High-frequency flow data surfaces abnormal baseload and hidden loss routes early.

Cross-vector AI detection

Combined occupancy and flow logic filters noise and elevates credible anomaly events.

Wates FM delivery

Out-of-hours install, maintenance, and escalation pathways keep operations uninterrupted.

Insurance-backed plans

Water Management Plans convert alerts into insurer-aligned actions and audit-ready records.

Trial benefits at a glance

Four reasons internal teams can back quickly, with funded delivery and measurable operational upside.

£10,000+

Funded smart water infrastructure per selected building.

18 months

National trial participation through December 2027.

10%–30%

Potential water and heating energy reduction.

Permanent

Installed plumbed hardware stays after the trial.

Participation pathway

How the trial works

A controlled three-step process takes you from nomination to live monitoring without adding operational disruption for your teams or tenants.

1

Nominate your building

Submit core site details and current water-risk priorities. We quickly confirm whether the asset fits trial criteria.
2

Complete a feasibility review

A short technical check validates metering points, occupancy profile, and access windows before onboarding.
3

Schedule installation and live monitoring

Installation is coordinated for low-impact windows, then monitoring starts with ongoing support and reporting.

Shortlisted buildings move through a guided process with named delivery partners, including Wates installation teams, Aviva-backed risk planning support, and the wider Project Dash consortium.

Eligibility

Check fit before you nominate

Project Dash is designed for operational UK commercial buildings where teams want practical water-risk control with minimal disruption.

Building profile: A UK commercial site (offices, education or care) with active facilities or estates management in place.
Stakeholder commitment: A responsible decision-maker is willing to nominate and support trial participation.
Operational access: The site can provide coordinated access for professional installation activity.
Risk priority: Your team is actively looking to reduce hidden leaks, water waste, and Escape of Water exposure.
Monitoring value: You want practical monitoring insights and reporting to support operations, compliance, and ESG evidence.
Limited cohort note: Only 30 qualifying UK commercial buildings will be selected nationally.

Operational FAQ

Answers before you nominate

Practical responses to the final questions teams usually ask on disruption, privacy, commitment, and insurer-backed risk reduction.

Will tenants be disrupted during installation?

Delivery is designed for occupied buildings. Installation is planned with your site team and completed out of hours wherever practical, so tenant activity and core operations continue as normal.

How long does water isolation usually last?

Isolation windows are short and scheduled in advance per zone. Your building team receives a method statement and timing plan beforehand, with contingency routing agreed where critical services must remain available.

How is occupancy sensing kept GDPR-compliant?

Sensors indicate presence states, not identity. The trial is configured to avoid personal data capture, with governance documents and data-handling controls reviewed during onboarding with your compliance stakeholders.

What happens to installed hardware after the trial ends?

Trial participants retain the installed asset base unless agreed otherwise. End-of-trial options, ongoing support terms, and handover responsibilities are documented up front so there is no ambiguity for estates or procurement teams.

How does the Water Management Plan support risk reduction?

It translates live building data into clear controls: leak response paths, isolation procedures, monitoring thresholds, and maintenance priorities. That structure helps reduce Escape of Water exposure and strengthens insurer and governance conversations.

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Project Dash · Closing actions

Move now, or share internally and return with confidence.

Nominate a qualifying building today, or download the essential documents for internal review before your feasibility call.