Engaging Users Intelligent System
Goal: Make passive app users better aware participants, not just observers.
Key Features:
- Smart Usage Pulse (Weekly Summary):
Dynamic easy to read card located within the application and also as a push notification detailing:
• Daily water consumption patterns.
• Peak usage periods (lawn watering, kitchen hours)
• Consumption comparison vis-à-vis last week's performance visually
• Change and progress over the past week will be shown clearly.
- Behavioral Nudges (Alerts):
Encouraging messages for abnormal usage patterns:
• "Your water usage yesterday was 20% above average, there might be some sort of leak?"
• "Congratulations, you are likely to save more than compared to your previous month!"
Expected Effects:
• Encourages users to self-regulate and monitor.
• Relieves customer support dependencies requesting billing or querying about leaks.
• Enhances daily app interactions.
by Yash Dubey
Motivation Through Micro-Incentives
Water Saving Tracker Eco-Badges & Milestones Neighborhood Leaderboards
Co₂ offset estimates for further eco- • Unlockable badges Expl. Anonymized and Opt-in. Users can
friendly patrons And detailing • 'Leak Detector' – Fix a leak after I check how they compare to several
customized month on month usage. send you an alert. nearby households in terms of water
efficiency ranking.
• "Smart saver" – Used 20% less than
the neighborhood average
Gamification Layer – Low Cost, High Pre-Activity Engagement Primary Focus.
Why It Works:
• Motivates the user to take action;
• Creates social pressure without being derogatory;
• Makes users feel like there is a tangible goal to achieve for conservation.
Smart Rollout + Metrics to Track Success
Phase 1 – Pilot
Conduct a test with a small set of households regarding:
• Relevance of alerts;
Phase 2 – Gradual Feature Release
• UI intuitiveness;
• Week 1: Alerts;
• Notification fatigue.
• Week 3: Weekly Summaries;
• Week 5: Rewards system;
• Week 7: Leaderboard.
Key Metrics to Monitor:
• Daily Active Users (DAU): +25% increase expected in 8 weeks
• Customer Support Tickets: 30% decrease for basic queries
• 7-Day Retention Rate: 40%+
• Feature Adoption Rate: % of users using pulse and gap leaderboard
Cross-Team Execution:
Team Role
Engineering Allow smart meters to link their data with the app backend.
Product Build alert and summary UI for minimum cognitive load.
Marketing Educate users via in-app tutorials about the features.
Client Success Set-up FAQs, feedback forms from the first adopters.