Open your doors to customers confident that you are providing a safe healthy environment
Whether involved in a restaurant, pub, hotel, theatre, cinema or other hospitality or entertainment business you will be wanting to encourage customers back and keep your doors open this autumn and winter. The way to beat Covid and increase public confidence is to make customers aware that you are mindful of their safety and well-being by investing in an air quality monitor/s.
The importance of indoor air quality
Minimising the spread of Covid 19 has bought the importance of indoor air quality into focus as its been recognized that coughing or sneezing aren’t the only means of transmission of the virus, aerosols generated through exercising, shouting, singing, talking and simply just breathing are the “invisible” spreader.
Real-time CO2 monitoring within indoor spaces with continued or varying levels of occupancy using a CO2 sensor provides an indication of air freshness as CO2 is exhaled. Higher CO2 levels arise when many people are congregated within a confined insufficiently ventilated space but also when there’s a lower level of continuous occupancy.
Real-time information enables action to be taken to remedy the situation through automated or manual control; triggering a room ventilation system or opening vents, windows or doors.
Monitoring the indoor environment is not only important from the perspective of CO2 level which in addition to being an indicator of increased risk of airborne viral transmission is also known to impact brain functionality at raised levels causing headaches and a reduced ability to process information and make decisions but also with respect to temperature and humidity which likewise affect well-being and health. High temperature causes drowsiness and cold temperature reduces the ability to focus. High humidity reduces energy levels, induces headaches, and worsens respiratory illnesses. Low humidity can cause ENT infections and itchy skin conditions.
So far, we have concentrated only on the effect of the indoor environment on people’s well-being and health, it is also important to note that it impacts the building itself, high humidity levels lead to condensation, growth of mold and erosion, corrosion, and decay.
Monitoring solutions
There are several solutions available for different levels of investment:
The most cost effective is a portable CO2 or combined CO2, humidity and temperature monitor and use it in different locations to monitor levels over a time interval that includes a range of occupancy levels. Note should be taken of the ventilation status in terms of open/closed windows, doors and vents and any action resulting from the CO2 readings.
The Guard 10 provides a traffic light indication of CO2 levels (photo required)
The Aranet home measures CO2, humidity and temperature and can upload 7 days of data to a mobile phone or tablet via Bluetooth. (Photo required) A phone can be paired with multiple Aranet monitors but only one can be viewed at any one time. Discount is available should multiple Aranet home devices be required for multiple rooms, a larger room, or different locations.
An Aranet Pro system is the perfect solution when multiple sensors are required on one site
It’s a long-range wireless network solution which includes a dedicated pro base station and provides data monitoring software for a complete overview of the situation.
Remote access is available by subscribing to the cloud service, this enables centralised monitoring of aranet sensors at different locations on different networks with advanced analytics.
Package prices are available for multiple sensors and 12,50 or 100 sensor capacity Pro base stations.
Increase visibility and let your customers know of your investment in their welfare
QR bar coded posters can be displayed in a window, door or on the wall of your establishment that when scanned will take you to an app that will display air quality readings on a smart phone or tablet. (Photo)
Connect your phone to a larger screen via bluetooth and display live readings.