A high value-added collaboration for air quality monitoring
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Enless Wireless, a French manufacturer of IoT devices dedicated to energy efficiency, metering and comfort in buildings and Energis, a Belgian specialist in digital solutions to monitor and optimise energy efficiency and thermal comfort, officially combined their skills in September 2020, after years of occasional collaborations on specific projects. It is the result of needs experienced on the field to monitor and improve the comfort and indoor air quality efficiently, mostly impulsed by recent regulations.
Recent regulations on comfort and indoor air quality monitoring
Statistics show that the French spend more than 80% of their time in enclosed public places. (Source: Ministry for the Ecological and Solidary Transition). This is roughly similar data for the Belgian population.
Public sites with high footfall such as schools, museums, and shopping malls … present major public health and comfort challenges. Once a certain concentration of people is reached, oxygen content starts to fall and CO2 ratios start to rise, with consequences such as headaches, shortness of breath, etc. This is the same also in the private sector, where bad air conditions are also responsible for reducing employees’ productivity. Real-time monitoring of CO2, VOC, temperature, and humidity data is therefore critical to monitor.
In fact, in several European countries, new regulations impose levels of CO2 to be met. In Belgium, for example, a recent federal law requires that the employer take the necessary technical and/or organizational measures to ensure that the CO2 concentration in the workplace is less than 900 ppm. But how to perform such monitoring efficiently?
A solution that allows significant time savings: from data acquisition to performance monitoring
Each stakeholder involved needs something different: building managers want to make the right decisions based on accurate and reliable data and KPIs; integrators, ESCOs, and facility management companies, are looking for sensors that are easy to install, configure and connect; domain specialists want dashboarding to follow-up air quality & comfort in buildings. But in practice, each of these steps is time-consuming and complex to put in place.
A complete, pre-integrated, end-to-end solution that can be put in place easily and quickly
This collaboration has been further developed with the launch of the new Enless LoRa(WAN) range of sensors.
The data frames of the Enless Wireless LoRa[WAN] sensors have been decoded and integrated inside the data visualization and alerts platform Energis.Cloud. Thus, building integrators looking for a global solution to monitor their energy performance can have access to a complete and easy-to-implement turnkey solution, including the hardware part and the platform/software part.
“The advantage of this pre-integration is that it allows a quick start (max. one day) with the right KPIs and ready-to-use dashboards. This facilitates the work of integrators and facility managers”, says Frédéric Wauters, Product and Innovation Manager at Energis.
Indeed, in the current COVID-19 crisis, it has become even more urgent to monitor indoor air quality. Being able to implement such solutions fast enough to guarantee healthy environments in buildings such as hotels, elderly houses, sports centers, schools, etc. is critical.
Oğuz Kıranlar, product manager and energy engineer at Energis, emphasizes the value-added for building energy efficiency operators :
“Air quality and comfort monitoring is only possible with a robust set of sensors and a smart monitoring software that can use this data. Searching and selecting the right sensors and the monitoring software that are compatible with each other is time-consuming. The collaboration of Enless Wireless sensors and Energis.Cloud platform is enabling experts to receive a complete solution without wasting time in searching and testing.”
The pre-integrated solution [easy to install, to configure and to connect] offered by Energis and Enless Wireless has been tested and validated in ‘real conditions’ on several projects in France and Belgium in private offices, hospitals, schools and industrial sites.
“We have high expectations regarding this new collaboration since we believe that it is a proper answer to the need of our customers looking for a turnkey solution to monitor their energy performances. We are impatient to deploy more common projects in Europe, France and all over Europe!”, says Victor Petit, key account manager at Enless Wireless.
> To access the full Enless Wireless LoRa(WAN) range of sensors, go to https://enless-wireless.com/en/lora-products-range/
> To access the Energis.Cloud platform go to https://energis.cloud/en/products/platform/
The Enless Wireless LoRaWAN and Sigfox energy monitoring devices are also accessible on the “supported systems” page on the Energis website.
The Example of TEM (Engie Solutions): Ensuring Quality Living through Equipment Maintenance
TEM (Engie Solutions), a Belgian maintenance specialist, uses Enless Wireless and Energis for energy and comfort audits. TEM conducted these audits with Enless Wireless radio sensors and the Energis.Cloud platform, ensuring comfort conditions (temperature, humidity, CO2) are met. The audits verify if heating, air conditioning, and ventilation systems operate correctly and are optimally configured.
When Energis.Cloud detects alarming values, it instantly alerts technical teams. They can then promptly take corrective actions, such as adjusting operating hours or replacing defective equipment.
Further reading: How digital solutions can help manage indoor air quality
About Energis
Energis SA stands strong in the ICT sector, boasting nearly 10 years of experience. Established in 2017, it emerged from developments initiated by Freemind Group in 2012, a company specializing in BMS (Building Management Systems) and IT consulting.
Today, Energis operates in Europe, the USA, and Africa. It focuses on digital solutions that support energy and environmental professionals in tertiary buildings, manufacturing plants, and solar PV.
Energis.Cloud, our innovative software, monitors and optimizes energy, indoor air quality, comfort, and industrial processes. Highly flexible, it adapts to users’ specific needs. It efficiently collects, processes, and organizes large data volumes from any source. Our unique AI algorithms help build baselines to optimize performance, predict maintenance, and measure savings accurately.
For more information, visit: www.energis.cloud
About Enless Wireless
With over 10 years of telecommunications experience, Enless leads as a recognized manufacturer of M2M (Machine to Machine) and IoT devices for building energy performance.
Enless offers products that effectively monitor energy consumption in buildings. Our Low-Power/Ultra Long Range devices are quick and easy to install.
Our expertise with wireless technologies like Wireless M-Bus, Sigfox, or LoRa(WAN) enables us to collaborate with equipment manufacturers, integrators, and operators seeking ready-to-use wireless solutions.
Enless Wireless provides a complete product range for various applications: temperature monitoring, air quality, meter reading, and industrial use.
For more information, visit: www.enless-wireless.com
