The World's Smartest Vegetation Management
About Sheltera
For Sheltera CEO and founder Rob Kabera, grid resilience is personal. Growing up in Rwanda, he had first-hand experience with power outages and the disruptions they cause. He understands the dangers that linemen and women face to keep the lights on for the rest of us. And he committed himself to developing the world’s most comprehensive, most accurate, most intelligent vegetation management system.
How It Works
Our process starts with high-resolution, multispectral satellite imagery to analyze foliage density and tree health. But satellite images alone will clutter your map with false positives – identifying “problems” where the canopy has plenty of vertical separation from your lines. That’s why we integrate satellite imaging with LiDAR that reveals where foliage is at the same height as your lines. Using proprietary artificial intelligence, we can spot issues much faster and at a dramatically lower cost. This puts smart vegetation management within the reach of every utility, including municipalities and small rural cooperatives. Finally, because utilities vary greatly in their approach to threats, tree preservation, and access to private property, our assessment is customized to your specific needs. In this way, after initial customization, we can deliver 95% accuracy.
What We Deliver
At your office, Sheltera provides your management with a Heat Map of problem tree clusters and a dashboard for job bidding and resource mobilization. Our Threat Code system helps you prioritize problems. And a Street View image of each threat helps you anticipate equipment needs, sending the right resources. In the field, our integrated mobile app enables crews to navigate to job sites via GPS, create work orders, estimate and bid for jobs, capture before/after photos, and document completed work. Finally, time-stamped documentation can serve as explicit evidence to mitigate liability and demonstrate local code compliance.
