Essential Ambient Variables that Impact Your Business
In this article, we explore the variables that have the greatest impact on businesses and the importance of monitoring them across different applications.
As businesses become increasingly smarter and more interconnected, it becomes clear that precise control of ambient variables in enclosed spaces is critical to ensuring efficiency, quality, and safety across various sectors
Tekon Electronics’ portfolio includes sensors that offer a comprehensive overview of environmental conditions across different spaces and monitor the most important variables for nearly all businesses.
In this article, we present these variables and show how focusing on their monitoring can bring significant improvements in terms of productivity, human health, equipment protection, and process efficiency.
Temperature
Essential for a vast range of applications, accurate temperature monitoring has a direct impact on final product quality and ensures energy efficiency.
Sudden temperature fluctuations are common causes of critical component failures, loss of perishable goods, as well as stress for workers and customers.
Among the applications that require proper temperature control are HVAC systems (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning), due to their impact on thermal comfort (directly related to air quality) and energy efficiency.
The cold chain for goods such as food or pharmaceuticals is also vital. In this case, it is a fundamental step in maintaining the integrity of products that will be directly used or consumed by people.
In addition, using temperature monitoring solutions like DUOS Temp is an effective way to comply with the strict regulations that protect these environments.
Many other examples benefit from monitoring such an important variable, including Data Centers, places where temperatures can rise significantly and where small deviations may lead to catastrophic outcomes.
Relative Humidity
High humidity levels directly lead to negative consequences such as metal corrosion, fungal and bacterial growth, or the degradation of wooden structures.
This environmental variable can only be reliably controlled through continuous monitoring, ensuring values never exceed the minimum and maximum thresholds for each application.
The first application to consider when talking about humidity monitoring is food and beverage storage.
In environments like supermarkets and distribution warehouses, it is essential to prevent the growth of organisms that spoil food and drinks and to preserve their original characteristics, such as texture and flavor.
Museums are another setting where humidity monitoring is necessary to preserve historical artifacts and ensure the continuity of culture and knowledge.
The integration of Tekon Electronics monitoring systems, such as the DUOS Hygrotemp and the Universal IoT Gateway, contributes to maintaining appropriate relative humidity levels, mitigating the harmful effects of excessive humidity and helping to prolong the life of works with hundreds of years of history.
Laboratories also greatly benefit from the accurate monitoring of different variables, including humidity.
The stability and reliability of many lab tests depend on this environmental variable, as does the longevity of laboratory instruments.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Monitoring CO2 levels often contributes to promoting occupational health and overall well-being.
Careful monitoring and control of variables like carbon dioxide are essential in several types of buildings to ensure good indoor air quality:
- Schools
- Universities
- Greenhouses
- Poultry houses
- Ships and other confined spaces
The example of schools and universities, explored in this blog article, is one of the most critical and common.
These spaces are subject to continuous human respiration, remain closed for long periods, and, like other buildings, rely on ventilation systems.
In poultry environments, it’s more specific. Ensuring appropriate CO2 levels in such facilities is one of the most important strategies for maintaining bird health.
For businesses in this sector, this means stable food production (eggs are an example) and adequate consumption of feed and water.
Barometric Pressure
Although this environmental variable is less explored by most sectors and its impact is more complex, barometric pressure has constant, direct implications on all of our lives.
Therefore, monitoring should also be constant and, for many companies, essential.
Industrial ventilation and exhaust systems, for example, rely on barometric pressure, as it directly influences air density.
Advanced equipment built for demanding environments, such as DUOS inAir, measures this and other variables, continuously optimizing the operation of ventilation and exhaust systems.
Applications in aviation and sensor calibration also require control of this variable, showcasing other scenarios where its monitoring is indispensable.
Four Variables – One Technological Partner
The importance of monitoring each of the variables discussed in this article extends to an even broader list of applications and industries.
Thus, there are plenty of reasons for companies to seek monitoring solutions for one or more of the listed variables: temperature, humidity, CO2, and barometric pressure.
Tekon Electronics is ready to contribute to your business by reducing operational costs and process waste, as well as increasing productivity and efficiency.
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- Reacting in real time to your business environment
- Implementing proactive and preventive measures
- Optimizing your business
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