How to Reduce Water Waste by 22%: Key Insights from Our Webinar with Shayp

Water is one of the most overlooked resources in buildings. It flows in the background, rarely questioned, rarely monitored, until something goes wrong. In our first Elliot for Water webinar, we explored this topic with Shayp, a company using AI to help businesses detect leaks, reduce water waste, and lower costs. If you couldn’t attend, here are the key insights.

Today, over 600 million people still lack access to clean water. At the same time, in many parts of the world, water is being wasted daily, often without anyone noticing. One of the most striking insights from the webinar: Up to 95% of water leaks go unnoticed.

That means companies are not only losing water, but also increasing costs, damaging infrastructure, and missing an opportunity to reduce their environmental footprint.

Water waste isn’t always dramatic. In fact, the biggest issues are often small and invisible.

These are not rare events; they’re everyday inefficiencies that go undetected in offices, hotels, hospitals, and commercial buildings. And beyond the cost, water damage is now one of the most frequent insurance claims in buildings.

Imagine a hotel with hundreds of rooms. Somewhere in the building, a toilet is leaking, slowly, continuously. No one notices. At first, it doesn’t seem like much. But hour after hour, day after day, water keeps flowing. By the end of the month, thousands of litres will be gone. The bill increases, but the cause remains invisible. This is exactly the kind of issue Shayp is designed to detect, not weeks later, but within hours. And that’s where the real value lies: saving water and making the invisible visible.

Shayp’s approach is simple in concept, but powerful in execution. They connect to water meters, either through existing systems (like BMS or EMS) or via their own data loggers, and use AI to analyze water consumption in real time. From there, the system can:

The result is immediate visibility. And once you can see the problem, you can act on it. On average, Shayp helps companies reduce water consumption by 22%.

Water efficiency isn’t just about saving money. It also has a direct impact on:

In some cases, monitoring water usage and implementing reduction strategies can even increase a building’s value up to 30%.

Insurance companies are also starting to pay attention. Water damage is one of the most common claims, and some insurers are already requiring monitoring systems to underwrite buildings.

In one example shared during the webinar, a building in London was only able to secure insurance after installing Shayp’s solution. Water is no longer just an operational detail, it’s becoming a strategic factor.

Solutions like Shayp show how much impact is possible at the building level. But what about the rest of us? What if impact could also happen through everyday actions, through the tools we use, the tabs we open, the way we work each day?

That’s exactly where Elliot for Water comes in.

While Shayp focuses on reducing water waste through infrastructure, Elliot for Water focuses on integrating impact into daily digital workflows, turning your focus into a consistent contribution toward clean water projects.

Together, they represent two sides of the same shift: making sustainability part of everyday life.

This webinar was the first of a series we’re launching with partners who are building real solutions around water, sustainability, and impact. It was delivered in collaboration with Global Good, our media partner, who helps us bring these conversations to a wider audience and highlight the people and companies driving real change.

Our next webinar will take place on May 5th, in partnership with Empact Ventures, where we’ll continue exploring how technology, business, and impact can come together in practical ways.

You can get in touch below:

👉 Download Elliot for Water
👉 Discover Shayp
👉 Join our free pilot program.
👉 Discover Global Good

Water is easy to ignore until it becomes a problem. But with the right tools, it can also become one of the easiest places to create impact. Sometimes, the biggest changes don’t come from doing more. They come from paying attention to what’s already there.