Services Provided

General

Our aim was to propose a balanced range of services to the home; encompassing safety, health, and energy efficiency. We tried to incorporate solutions to problems that we found to be issues in local housing.
The problems best suited to solution through remote monitoring and control tended to be related to air quality, and it is this that we focus on in our health and safety services.

CO detector

Information on the dangers of CO air pollution can be found elsewhere on this site. Given that this is a potentially deadly problem, and that CO detectors already exist in isolation from the web, our solution had to be innovative and to provide a service beyond anything already existing. Our service also had to add extra value through the internet, otherwise a standalone detector would be preferable.
We found the current British Standards Institution guidelines specifically states that CO detectors should not alarm below certain levels for a long period of time, for fear of false alarms. These levels were deemed 'tolerable' to the average person.

However, this assessment does not cover the elderly or those particularly at risk. It only covers the risk of death, although many of the studies we read underlined the dangers to health in non-fatal cases. Neurological problems and memory loss among children was a particular concern, even at very low concentrations of CO gas. Children use more oxygen than adults
due to their higher metabolic rates. 

We propose to monitor CO levels in greater detail than a BSI approved detector would. Although a BSI approved CO detector is vital in homes at risk, additional monitoring can reveal long term trends in CO levels in the home. This can point to inefficient fuel burning appliances at an early stage.

Whilst we provide an information service where customers can view an analysis of the CO levels in their home over the long term, this can also be used by energy and safety managers responsible for the maintenence of households on a large scale. A manager can view data on many houses, identify those at risk, and send help to those who may require it.