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CO2 monitoring at the office

Choosing the right indoor air quality monitoring for your workpace

Monitoring indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important way of keeping your building ‘healthy’ for your occupants. However, air quality monitoring technology has advanced massively…

How carbon dioxide monitoring works and why it is so important

Rewind a few years and carbon dioxide monitoring was not something many businesses would have had cause to think about. But, like facemasks, social distancing…

Why energy monitoring is the key to reducing your organisation’s carbon emissions

Where once it may have been seen as a ‘nice to do’ there is no longer any escaping the fact that each and every one…

EnOcean ultra-low power wireless networks: what they are and how they work

Wireless networks are everywhere – from your office computer to the phone in your pocket – but are becoming increasingly important in the smart building…
Security challenges in smart buildings

Common security challenges with deploying smart sensor technology … and how to overcome them

Smart sensor technology offers a whole host of benefits, presenting highly accurate, near real-time data that can support decision making and automation. From occupancy to…
What are Volatile Organic Compounds

Using smart building technology to reach your net zero goals

With the recent COP26 summit laying bare the stark realities of climate change, businesses large and small will be urgently reviewing their carbon reduction commitments.…

The technology shaping the office of the future

The global pandemic has seen three defined phases for businesses: respond, recover, and reimagine. The response phase was reactive to circumstance, and the recovery stage…

The future of monitoring smart buildings and equipment

No longer just bricks and mortar, today’s buildings are increasingly intuitive, adaptable and responsive. Thanks to the combination of smart sensor technology and software, building…

Retrofitting older buildings with smart technology

Think of smart buildings and smart technology and you probably picture shiny new offices built especially with energy efficiency in mind. But it doesn’t have to…