Infrastructure Solutions for Water and Energy Management

Pipelife by wienerberger is a leading provider of pipe system solutions for infrastructure, buildings, and agriculture. With our sites in 24 countries, we provide municipalities worldwide with a safe, healthy, and carefree life for current and future generations. Our holistic solutions from a single supplier support agriculture, municipalities, and communities in their intentions to minimize pipeline losses, improve drinking water management in conurbations, plan maintenance cycles of pipes more efficiently, and to make ideal use of increasing digitalization.

Regardless of whether the pipes are behind walls, in the floor, underground, or at the bottom of the sea – our solutions may be hidden, but they are always part of our life. Pipelife time and again proves its innovative strength and pushes development even further, e.g., with its Preflex Spider system, a prefabricated product solution which reduces installment time by up to 30% with 100% accuracy. Pipelife also developed a sustainable rainwater management system in order to protect against extreme weather situations, such as heavy rains and droughts. Under the brand Soluforce, Pipelife provides the worldwide first hydrogen-certified plastic pipe solution for the transport of renewable energies such as hydrogen or biogas.

From recyclable pipes to smart monitoring: wienerberger drives innovative solutions for a sustainable future in energy and water management. With our long-lasting plastic pipe systems – up to 150 years of operating time – wienerberger already contributes to a recycling economy. Additionally, new products are continuously being developed made of 100 percent post-consumer waste. This reduces the utilization of primary material and waste. One example for recycling economy at wienerberger is the pipes for drip irrigation in agriculture. These irrigation systems were developed to use the least water for the best yield. They can be removed from the field after harvest, cleaned, and recycled and used for, e.g., the production of new pipes.

Additionally, digitalization opens up new paths to a safe and sustainable infrastructure – e.g., for process and drinking water networks. Modern sensor technology makes online monitoring of pressure, discharge, temperature, electric conductivity, pH-value, and clouding of the water possible. Intelligent monitoring can even forecast potential problems, such as the failure of pumps.