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September 16, 2022 · The Lens Team
Identifying the ROI of remote monitoring with The Nature Conservancy
Lens for utilities
Smarter, efficient remote land monitoring to detect risks and reduce costs
Trusted by utility organizations
Proactive and scalable visibility across hundreds or even thousands of sites
Lens is a user-friendly, AI-powered remote monitoring tool designed to streamline access and analysis of geospatial data. With robust capabilities to help you manage vast landholdings, monitor right-of-ways, and detect risks early.
Proactive risk detection
Identify threats before they escalate with near-real-time change detection, reducing emergency responses and unplanned outages.
Reduced operational costs
Prioritize on-the-ground interventions, cut routine site visits, and streamline compliance reporting, all while increasing monitoring coverage.
Smarter compliance
Centralize all monitoring data and documentation for internal and regulatory use, with automated reports and audit trails.
Built for utility-scale operations
Utilities oversee thousands of parcels including leased properties, right-of-ways, critical infrastructure, and high-risk zones vulnerable to fires, encroachment, illegal dumping, and more.
Lens is engineered for the scale and demands of utility operations, acting as a critical layer of protection to ensure staff time and investment are focused where they matter most.
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Access high-resolution geospatial data at the lowest market minimums
Choose from the best public and premium commercial datasets, all in Lens.
Continuous oversight drives ROI & saves staff time
Staying ahead of encroachment, dumping, and storm & vegetation impacts is difficult across a utility's sprawling footprint. Automated remote monitoring with the Lens agent uses satellite imagery and AI to continuously oversee your portfolio and surface these risks. In internal testing, the Lens agent accurately identified changes while cutting staff time and reducing core monitoring costs.
80-90%
Accuracy compared to human monitoring
90%
Reduction in staff time
90%-98%
Cost reduction
3–7×
Net ROI in year 1
