Electric water heaters are one of the most destructive forces on our electric grids, and your business is paying the price. Our smart energy device, HotBot, puts residential water heaters to work, delivering real value for your business and ensuring your customers always have hot water when they want it.
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Property companies and body corporates
Your challengeElectric water heaters are a major driver of bulk electricity costs in buildings you own or manage, and unreliable power supply frustrates your residents. |
What HotBot does
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Solar and battery companies
Your challengeYou work in a highly competitive industry, where innovation is key to winning bids. |
What HotBot does
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Utilities and municipalities
Your challengeYour cost base is rising, and providing reliable service is becoming increasingly difficult. |
What HotBot does
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Insurers
Your challengeFaulty or burst water heaters and their resultant damage are major drivers of insurance claims. |
What HotBot does
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Explore the
benefits of HotBot
Your challenge
Electric water heaters are a major driver of bulk electricity costs in buildings you own or manage, and unreliable power supply frustrates your residents.
What HotBot does
- Reduces bulk electricity costs
- Ensures your residents have hot water
when they want it - Allows you to install cheaper solar or backup power
- Achieves SANS compliance for less
- Lowers your cost of insurance
- Manages electric load, lessening the likelihood of scheduled blackouts
Your challenge
You work in a highly competitive industry, where innovation is key to winning bids.
What HotBot does
- Shifts water heater load to optimise solar power
- Enables solar companies to produce energy more cheaply and differentiate themselves from competitors
- Complements battery storage for more competitive solutions
- Enables clean backup power more affordably than diesel generators
Your challenge
Your cost base is rising, and providing reliable service is becoming increasingly difficult.
What HotBot does
- Manages energy load, keeping supply and demand in balance
- Reduces wholesale electricity costs, improving your margins
- Eases strain on the distribution grid, reducing risk and lowering long-term capex requirements
- Keeps paying consumers happy due to increased reliability and affordability, so fewer leave the grid
- Ensures hot water in homes when needed
Your challenge
Faulty or burst water heaters and their resultant damage are major drivers of insurance claims.
What HotBot does
- Detects leaks and other water heater issues before they cause damage
- Greatly reduces claims on burst water heaters and the resultant damage
- Provides exceptional user experience, ensuring happy customers
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Schedule a free 15-minute consultation and we’ll be in touch to answer your questions and discuss your needs.
Will you join the movement?
Plentify’s efforts have earned the recognition, trust, and support of several leading global organisations. Join us in creating the energy system that the world needs.
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2017
Echoing Green
World’s leading angel investor in social impact startups.
Plentify’s relationship: Fellow
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2017
Tamer Fund
The Tamer Fund for Social Ventures provides seed grants to social and environmental ventures.
Plentify’s relationship: Grant recipient
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2018
The African Entrepreneurship Award
Africa’s largest, private sector award focused on helping businesses that use technology.
Plentify’s relationship: Winner
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2019
EDF
One of the world’s largest utilities and renewable energy producers. Pulse is their annual energy innovation competition.
Plentify’s relationship:
Finalist: UK, 2020
Winner, Southern Africa 2019 -
2020
GIZ
The GIZ implements the South African German Energy Programme (SAGEN), in conjunction with the DMRE, SALGA, Eskom and the National Treasury.
Plentify’s relationship: Partner
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2020
City of Cape Town
Second-largest economic centre in South Africa, contributing 10% of the national GDP and home to 4 million residents.
Plentify’s relationship: Project partner
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2021
World Alliance for Efficient Solutions
Non-profit organisation launched at the Bonn Climate Conference to bring together the main actors in the field of clean technologies
Plentify’s relationship: Member
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2021
The Diamond List
The Diamond List is an exclusive and global group of game-changing climate ventures deemed investment-ready and poised for impact.
Plentify’s relationship: Portfolio company
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2021
CSIR
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is South Africa’s premier scientific R&D organisation, and the largest R&D organisation in Africa.
Plentify’s relationship: Partner
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2021
EEP
The Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP) is managed by the Nordic Development Fund and provides financing to innovative clean energy projects and technologies.
Plentify’s relationship: Portfolio company
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2021
Third Sphere
Top North American early stage climate VC firm.
Plentify’s relationship: Portfolio company
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2021
Simple Capital
Investor focused on early stage hyper-growth companies.
Plentify’s relationship: Portfolio company
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2021
URBAN-X
World-renowned accelerator for urbantech solutions which make cities more sustainable, livable, and resilient.
Plentify’s relationship: Portfolio company
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2022
Global Startup Awards
The world’s largest independent startup competition, covering 124+ countries.
Plentify’s relationship:
Top South Africa startup
African Founder of the Year
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Echoing Green
World’s leading angel investor in social impact startups.
Plentify’s relationship: Fellow
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Tamer Fund
The Tamer Fund for Social Ventures provides seed grants to social and environmental ventures.
Plentify’s relationship: Grant recipient
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The African Entrepreneurship Award
Africa’s largest, private sector award focused on helping businesses that use technology.
Plentify’s relationship: Winner
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EDF
One of the world’s largest utilities and renewable energy producers. Pulse is their annual energy innovation competition.
Plentify’s relationship:
Finalist: UK, 2020
Winner, Southern Africa 2019 -
GIZ
The GIZ implements the South African German Energy Programme (SAGEN), in conjunction with the DMRE, SALGA, Eskom and the National Treasury.
Plentify’s relationship: Partner
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City of Cape Town
Second-largest economic centre in South Africa, contributing 10% of the national GDP and home to 4 million residents.
Plentify’s relationship: Project partner
-
World Alliance for Efficient Solutions
Non-profit organisation launched at the Bonn Climate Conference to bring together the main actors in the field of clean technologies
Plentify’s relationship: Member
-
The Diamond List
The Diamond List is an exclusive and global group of game-changing climate ventures deemed investment-ready and poised for impact.
Plentify’s relationship: Portfolio company
-
CSIR
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is South Africa’s premier scientific R&D organisation, and the largest R&D organisation in Africa.
Plentify’s relationship: Partner
-
EEP
The Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP) is managed by the Nordic Development Fund and provides financing to innovative clean energy projects and technologies.
Plentify’s relationship: Portfolio company
-
Third Sphere
Top North American early stage climate VC firm.
Plentify’s relationship: Portfolio company
-
Simple Capital
Investor focused on early stage hyper-growth companies.
Plentify’s relationship: Portfolio company
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URBAN-X
World-renowned accelerator for urbantech solutions which make cities more sustainable, livable, and resilient.
Plentify’s relationship: Portfolio company
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Global Startup Awards
The world’s largest independent startup competition, covering 124+ countries.
Plentify’s relationship:
Top South Africa startup
African Founder of the Year
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