SOLUTIONS FOR transmission of COVID 19

One of the most common ways in which coronavirus is transmitted is through aerosols, droplets suspended in the air after sneezing or talking. CO2 levels above 1,000 'parts per million' or ppm (a common measure of concentration) have also been shown to significantly increase the likelihood of airborne transmission of the virus.

​Therefore, CO2 accumulation can be a useful indicator of the optimal time for ventilation, and monitoring it will allow staff to return to their workplace in a staggered manner with the peace of mind that the risk of infection in the workplace is minimal.

​The solution involves the use of a series of sensors compatibles with Sigfox's 0G network, the first global low-power network specifically designed for IoT. The devices issue an automatic alert when an excessive level of CO2 concentration in the building's air is exceeded, indicating to the maintenance manager the optimal time to ventilate the building.
On the one hand, this ensures the safety of the seven-story building, which includes a variety of offices, rooms and open space areas, by ventilating the offices before it is too late and the concentration of potentially infectious particles builds up above the desired level. On the other hand, excessive ventilation that inefficiently increases energy consumption is avoided.

​The visual analogy of smoke can help guide risk assessment and our strategies for reducing risk. We only have to imagine that everyone else we meet is smoking, and that the goal is to breathe as little smoke as possible. This gives us an estimate of the amount of “exhaled smoke” that has to be inhaled to become infected. Inhaling a little “smoke” here and there is usually not a problem, but inhaling a lot of “smoke” over a long period of time without a mask is risky.

Our solution to control this type of transmission

Preventing The Spread
Given this new understanding of contagion, it is important to think about indoor air ventilation. Focusing on the solution, we need to increase the amount of indoor air that is replaced by outdoor air. A good solution is to have windows open in buildings, but when temperatures drop, we need to ventilate much more efficiently to avoid heat, energy and money loss. These investigations advise us that maintaining a level of CO2 in interiors below an established limit would make transmission through aerosols difficult, since CO2 is an indicator of how well ventilated a room is. And if there is little CO2 inside a room, there will be “little” amount of virus in this room. Therefore, we have been working to develop an indoor solution that controls and analyzes air quality 24 hours a day, in an economic and safe way.

Benefits

Managing Ventilation
With this, we will allow the managers of indoor places where there is an influx of people (restaurants, celebrations, gyms, public places…), to know at all times how well ventilated they are. There will be times in the year when opening the windows is not the most appropriate action, as well as using the centralized air. Knowing the best time to use them, can lead to savings in time, health and money.

Summary of features

  • Predictive tool to avoid high levels of CO2 in the future, which would lead to a low probability of contagion.
  • Ready-to-use devices with minimum maintenance.
  • Plug and play.
  • Easy to use interface.
  • Data previously analyzed to provide the user with an easy interpretation of them.
  • Compatibility with other systems already installed.

Applications

  • Restaurants and bars.
  • Gymnasiums.
  • Public places and celebrations.
  • Schools, institutes and universities.
  • Industries and factories.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested in integrating our solution into your business or location.