GCIP-SA 2026 · Resource Efficiency
One device measures your home's
electricity and water.
South African homes are blind to their two most expensive, most rationed resources. Ampere One clips on in minutes — no electrician, no plumber — and turns electricity and water into live numbers you can act on: kWh, litres, Rand and CO₂. With leak detection and an AI coach that talks in money.
AmpereOneLIVE
Power now2,180 W
Cost todayR 41.60
Tank level78 %
Water flow0.3 L/m
LeakDETECTED
kettle on · slow leak found · coach: “fix toilet valve, save R88/mo”
R3 232
Saved / home / year
376 kg
CO₂ / home / year
25.9 kL
Water / home / year
~R750
Device bill of materials
How it works
A R750 box. The app you already shipped.
1 · Clip on
A non-invasive CT sensor clips around a wire in your DB board — no contact with mains, no certified install. The water side reads tank level + flow.
2 · Stream live
An ESP32 streams electricity + water over Bluetooth straight to the Ampere app — already live on iOS and Android — and to this web dashboard.
3 · Act in Rand
Appliance disaggregation, leak alerts, load-shedding-aware scheduling and solar sizing — every tip priced in Rand and CO₂.
Why it fits GCIP-SA
Two focus areas, one box.
⚡ Energy efficiency + renewable
Real-time feedback cuts household electricity 5–15%. Solar/battery right-sizing from live irradiance turns guesswork into payback math.
💧 Water management + resource efficiency
Minute-level leak detection on homes and tanks — and the same data, aggregated, attacks the ~41% non-revenue water bleeding SA municipalities (~R10bn/yr).
Pilots open
Put Ampere One in your home, fleet, or municipality.
Households and spaza shops cutting bills. Body corporates catching leaks. Municipal water teams attacking non-revenue water. Request a pilot unit or the analytics dashboard.