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Your Partner in Creating a More Resourceful World
THE CHALLENGES WE FACE
30% 50% 61% 74% 8bn
water lost or
unaccounted for globally 1 increase in global natural
gas demand between
2005 and 2030 2 of energy is wasted
in the US economy
each year. 3 of utility executives view
the changing business
model as an urgent or
growing concern. 4 estimated world
population in 2025 5
IBNET Water Supply and Sanitation Blue Book 2014
U.S. Energy Information Administration
3
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, July 2013
4
2016 Itron Resourcefulness Index
5
United Nations
1
2
TECHNOLOGY TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
In today’s resource-hungry world — where infrastructure modernization, new CO2-neutral energy generation and clean water
for everyone are essential — resource management is more critical than ever before. We all need to be more mindful of resource
utilization and conservation. Itron is dedicated to developing solutions that address these challenges through more efficient
measurement, management and analys