There are billions of devices in homes, factories, oil wells, hospitals, cars, and thousands of other places. With the proliferation of devices, you increasingly need solutions to connect them, and collect, store, and analyze device data. Octopus provides broad and deep functionality so you can build IoT solutions for virtually any use case across a wide range of devices. Octopus can easily scale as your device fleet grows and your business requirements evolve. Octopus also offers the most comprehensive security features so you can create preventative security policies and respond immediately to potential security issues.
Octopus provides managed cloud service that lets connected devices easily and securely interact with cloud applications and other devices. Octopus can support billions of devices, and can process and route those messages to endpoints and to other devices reliably and securely. With Octopus, your applications can keep track of and communicate with all your devices, all the time.
Industrial automation
home automation
BUILDING AUTOMATION
cloud based access control
CLOUD BASED AUTOMOTIVE CONTROL
CLOUD ANALYTICS FOR IOT DEVICES
MACHINE LEARNING FOR IOT DEVICES
CLOUD STORAGE FOR IOT SOLUTIONS
INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY
We spend up to 90% of our time indoors, but how often do we think about the quality of the air we’re breathing? Unlike outdoor air, indoor air tends to be continuously recycled, causing it to trap pollutants and allow them to build up within these confined spaces. Indoor air quality (IAQ) broadly refers to the environmental characteristics inside buildings that may affect human health, comfort, or work performance. These IAQ characteristics include the concentrations of pollutants in indoor air, as well as temperature and humidity. Effective measurement of IAQ reduces the health risks associated with poor indoor air, creating a safer, more harmonious environment for people to thrive.
Accurate indoor air quality monitoring alerts residents and building owners to the level and nature of pollution, enabling corrective action. Some of the more typical applications for indoor air quality monitoring include:
- IAQ complaint investigation and analysis
- HVAC system performance monitoring
- Air quality engineering analysis
- Mould investigation and remediation
- Health and comfort assessment
- Airport lounges, shopping malls, offices
- Schools and kindergartens
- Hospitals and elderly care facilities
Building a brighter future with international standards
As a result of increased awareness of the risks of poor-quality air indoors, governments around the world have been tightening up standards and requiring building owners to monitor indoor air quality. To this point, increased standards have applied to public places and office buildings, though this could extend to newly built residential buildings in the future.
Recognising a need to promote healthy indoor air, international green building organisations have developed standards like WELL and LEED. These standards serve as a benchmark for developers and building owners, creating a framework for ensuring healthier outcomes and sustainable designs. There are also several air quality mitigation methods individual citizens and communities can undertake to reduce indoor air pollution and safeguard public health.
Obtaining accurate, credible indoor air quality data
There are two main methods for assessing the quality of indoor air:
- Real-time (continuous) measurements.
Real-time monitors can be used for the detection of pollutant sources, providing information on the variation of pollutant levels throughout the day. Octopus is one such manufacturer of equipment for real-time indoor air quality monitoring. - Integrated sampling with subsequent laboratory analysis.
Integrated samples, normally obtained during the 8 working-hours for offices, can provide information on the total exposure level of a particular pollutant. Regardless of the method, it is important to ensure the correct operation of the equipment and handling of samples. One must also follow strict quality assurance procedures, including equipment calibrations and operation, per the manufacturer’s instructions.
How Octopus can help improve your indoor air
We have a range of indoor products to suit your application, from individual Air Quality Monitors to complete Air Quality Monitoring Systems which are integrated with Building Management Systems.