GreenIQ Lays Roots at The Home Depot, Partners With IFTTT and Saves 2 Million Gallons of Water

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - May 5, 2015) - DISRUPT NY -- Keeping a lush garden can be good for the soul, but it can lead to wastage and skyrocketing water and electricity bills. Water conservation, in light of California's drought, is no longer an earth-friendly duty; it's a mandate. But water conservation isn't just California's problem, everyone should play a part. Current irrigation systems are inefficient and waste up to 50% of the U.S. household's average annual water consumption.

Israeli Internet of Things (IoT) startup, GreenIQ, is leading the global smart garden revolution and plans to eliminate the unnecessary waste for garden and lawn lovers, announcing the immediate availability of its Smart Garden Hub online at The Home Depot. GreenIQ also announces its latest milestone, saving customers more than two million gallons of water since last summer, as well as its partnership with IFTTT (If This Then That) to collaborate on a new service that will soon take GreenIQ into the home.

Now Available at The Home Depot
 Unveiled at CES 2015, GreenIQ's second generation Smart Garden Hub -- think Nest for the garden -- is waterproof and combines real-time sensors, computing power and wireless communications to help make gardens smarter, allowing lawn lovers to save water, energy and reduce their bills. Retailing online at MSRP $249.00 at The Home Depot, the Hub is available nationwide. Key benefits include:

• Save up to 50% on outdoor water consumption - Green thumbs can remotely control irrigation systems and garden lighting from anywhere at any time via their iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones/tablets, Windows PC and Mac.
  
  
• The Ultimate Garden Command Center - The Smart Garden Hub is waterproof and is the only smart garden device on the market to provide lawn lovers a full ecosystem for the outdoors. The Hub is also a perfect solution for professional gardeners, irrigation companies, commercial real estate and municipalities.
  
  
• Determine Ideal Watering Conditions - Analytically-conscious gardeners can also monitor real-time data from a wide variety of third party IoT sensors, such as Netatmo's Weather Station and Rain Gauge for hyper-localized weather information, as well as Parrot's Flower Power and/or Koubachi soil moisture sensors to provide additional saving on water. Daily reports are available to quantify water saved.
  
  

Opening Doors to the Home with IFTTT
IFTTT allows the automation of everything from apps and websites to app-enabled accessories and smart devices. As part of the partnership, GreenIQ will be working with IFTTT to leverage its technology 'recipes' to enable the Hub to control more than sprinklers and move its way into the home so GreenIQ and IFTTT customers can put even more connected devices on autopilot. In addition to working with IFTTT, GreenIQ will continue to promote its own open API -- GardenKit -- to allow developers and partners to bring more intelligent garden apps to the Hub.

2 Million Gallons of Water Saved and Counting
GreenIQ is also proud to announce that it has helped its customers to collectively save more than two million gallons of water since its beta launch last summer. And based on growing demand for GreenIQ's Hub, the amount of water saved will be exponential.

"GreenIQ was conceived on a cold, rainy day when nearby sprinklers came on despite a torrential downpour. At the time, I wondered how much water had actually been wasted. This served as the impetus behind developing a solution that would allow easy control of an irrigation system via a smartphone, while also being able to dynamically respond to ground conditions and weather forecasts," said Odi Dahan, founder and CEO of GreenIQ. "We are aiming to be the 'Nest for the garden.' We are extremely proud of our recent milestone. It is our mission to make gardens smarter and allow people to feel more connected to their gardens, while protecting the planet at the same time."

GreenIQ will be at this year's Disrupt NY, located at the Israel Pavilion, and will be battling it out at Hardware Alley on May 6. To vote for GreenIQ, visit http://startupalleyny15.techcrunch.com/

About GreenIQ
Founded in 2013, GreenIQ is an Internet of Things (IoT) startup that is leading the smart garden revolution. Ideal for home owners, professional gardeners, irrigation companies, commercial real estate and municipalities, GreenIQ's Smart Garden Hub, allows garden lovers to better control irrigation scheduling based on hyper-local weather information, saving up to 50% on outdoor water consumption. The Hub is easy to install and connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi, allowing it to be remotely controlled anywhere at any time via GreenIQ's web-based app, which is compatible with any smartphone, tablet, PC or Mac. The Hub is the only device that provides a full ecosystem for the outdoors, connecting to a wide variety of smart devices and sensors, including soil moisture sensors from Parrot's Flower Power and Koubachi as well as Netatmo's Weather Station and Rain Gauge, to determine ideal watering conditions. GreenIQ is backed by Entree Capital and Gigi Levy among other investors, and its Hub was recently recognized for the Best of CES 2015 award.