While Internet of Things innovations have become commonplace in the lighting and home security industries, they’re also transforming commercial water heating. The ability to use an app to get real-time performance data offers benefits to water heater manufacturers, plumbing contractors and commercial businesses who depend on a steady, cost-effective supply of hot water.
Before IoT, contractors and business owners had to rely on programmable water heaters that required a user to be physically present to change settings on a touch screen. All the data was stored locally, but now status and settings live in the cloud where they can be easily accessed on a mobile app.