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Novion IoT Monitoring of Green Rainwater Infrastructure

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Vancouver contracted local startup Novion to remotely monitor bioswales, rain gardens and tree trenches with IoT water-level loggers. A 26-week 2022 pilot tracked 48 rainfall events across several sites; the city then converted it into an ongoing annual monitoring contract feeding data into its rainwater infrastructure program.

Live 📅 since 2022
Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Officialgrades the sourcing — this entry states no impact figure
Run byNovion Inc., under contract to the City of Vancouver Green Infrastructure Implementation Branch
Scale🏙️ City-wide
FundingCity of Vancouver operating budget; pilot originated through the Vancouver Economic Commission's Project Greenlight innovation challenge
🌱 EnvironmentWaterFlood resilienceSensors & IoT

Sources

↗ City of Vancouver — Green Infrastructure Implementation Performance Monitoring Report (2024)Official report confirming continued Novion data-logger use and a planned 2024–25 monitoring cycle
↗ Foresight Canada — Project Greenlight: Smart City Challenges for Metro VancouverConfirms 2021 challenge launch and 2022 pilot start with Novion
↗ M2PI (Mitacs) — Novion project pageTechnical description of monitoring wells, water-level loggers and drawdown metrics
↗ Bullfrog Power — Novion: preparing our cities for a green futureIndependent corroboration of the Vancouver partnership

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📎 Cite this project

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Novion IoT Monitoring of Green Rainwater Infrastructure” — Vancouver, Canada. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/vancouver-green-infrastructure-monitoring/ (last verified 2026-08-06). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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