We are proud to share that Quensus has won Bronze for Game Changing Innovation of the Year at the 2026 Global Good Awards for LeakNet, our AI-driven water management technology.
The award was presented at the ceremony in London on 24 September 2026. To be recognised alongside organisations driving meaningful change in sustainability is a significant achievement for our team, our partners, and the clients who trust LeakNet to protect their buildings every day.
About the Global Good Awards
The Global Good Awards celebrate businesses, charities, and innovators whose work delivers measurable benefit for people, planet, and the wider economy. Entries are assessed on the scale of the problem addressed, the credibility of the solution, and the evidence that it works in practice.
Quensus was named a finalist earlier in 2026 in the Game Changing Innovation of the Year category. The shortlist included innovators working across energy, materials science, supply-chain integrity, and environmental technology. Winning Bronze confirms that prevention-led water management belongs in that conversation.
Heathrow outcomes from the 2026 Global Good Awards finalist entry and Quensus deployment data. See our Heathrow case study for the full project story.
Why LeakNet was recognised
Every day, the UK built environment loses vast volumes of treated water to leaks that stay hidden behind walls, under floors, and in plant rooms. At the same time, escape of water remains one of the most expensive and disruptive risks facing property owners, insurers, and facilities teams.
LeakNet was developed to help organisations detect, understand, and act on water leaks earlier: reducing water waste, limiting damage, and supporting more sustainable building management. Rather than waiting for a damp patch or a spike on a quarterly bill, the system learns each building’s normal water profile, flags abnormal flow in sub-minute timeframes, and can automatically isolate the supply where configured.
That shift from reactive repair to prevention-first water risk management is what Quensus was founded to deliver. Managing Director Dr Dan Simmons established the company in 2015 after experiencing the cost and disruption of hidden water damage firsthand. The mission has not changed: safeguard the spaces where people live and work by stopping water loss at the source.
Impact in the field
Judges noted outcomes that extend beyond a single site. Representative deployments cited in the awards programme include:
Heathrow Airport: intelligent monitoring and analytics across a complex estate, contributing to a 26% reduction in water consumption and measurable carbon benefits across hundreds of monitored assets.
Notts County Football Club: more than 21,000 litres of daily water loss identified within the first 24 hours of monitoring.
Portfolios and new builds: ongoing protection for residential, commercial, and public-sector assets through FlowReporter visibility and insurer-aligned specifications, including work with Aviva Risk Management Solutions.
LeakNet hardware is designed and built in Britain. The approach aligns with sustainability frameworks such as BREEAM WAT03 leak detection, where permanent monitoring and flow control are increasingly expected on responsible developments.
To stand on stage at the Global Good Awards among so many teams solving real environmental problems is humbling,” says Dr Dan Simmons, Managing Director at Quensus. “Bronze for Game Changing Innovation validates what our clients already see on site: when you give buildings a learning water profile and the ability to shut off before damage spreads, you cut waste and risk at the same time. Thank you to our customers, installer network, and partners for helping us turn that idea into deployed infrastructure.
Congratulations to fellow finalists and winners
A huge congratulations to all the winners and finalists helping push sustainability and innovation forward. The 2026 shortlist spanned low-carbon motors, forensic supply-chain verification, regenerative product design, and other breakthroughs. Each entry reflects the same principle LeakNet is built on: better data, used honestly, changes what happens next.
We also thank the Global Good Awards team and category sponsors for championing innovation that can be evidenced, not just claimed.
What this means for our clients
For property developers, insurers, facilities managers, and sustainability leads, the award underlines a wider market shift. Water is moving from a utility line item to a managed risk and ESG metric. Intelligent monitoring is becoming standard on schemes where waste, resilience, and insurer confidence all matter.
Whether you are protecting a vacant new build, a lived-in apartment block, or a multi-building portfolio, LeakNet is designed to scale with consistent analytics, alerts, and optional automatic shut-off. Explore smart water monitoring use cases, compare capabilities on why LeakNet, or read how we are applying data at scale in our Top Water Management Solution in Europe 2025 recognition.
Get in touch
If you would like to discuss how LeakNet can reduce water waste and escape-of-water exposure on your estate, our team can help you scope the right configuration.
Speak to Quensus today or discover LeakNet to see how prevention-first water management works in practice.
