You can't manage air you can't see
Every building is full of air that people breathe all day, and that air changes from hour to hour. Fill a meeting room with people and the carbon dioxide (CO2) level climbs. Long before anyone notices, people become tired, lose focus and get headaches. Dust, chemical vapours from furniture and cleaning products, humidity and temperature all drift as well.
At the same time, the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) plant that manages this air usually runs on a fixed schedule. It heats empty rooms and ventilates at the wrong times, because it has no information about what is happening inside each room. That waste is often the largest single energy cost in a commercial building.
A small sensor that lets the building respond by itself
smartHVAC is three things working together:
A palm-sized sensor in each room
It sits on a desk or shelf and continuously measures ten things about the room: CO2, temperature, humidity, chemical vapours, dust, carbon monoxide, radon, airflow, air pressure and the energy the room's equipment is using. There is no rewiring. It connects wirelessly, like a phone.
An online platform that understands the readings
Every reading is sent securely to the cloud, where AI looks at the whole building at once. It spots patterns, compares rooms, predicts problems before they happen, and turns months of data into simple dashboards and reports.
Automatic control of your existing heating and ventilation
This is the part that makes it different. When a room's air quality drops, smartHVAC does more than send an alert. It instructs your existing HVAC system to correct the problem, bringing in fresh air where it is needed and reducing heating where it is not. It acts within limits your engineers set, and people can step in at any time.
Because it works with the HVAC plant a building already has, it can be fitted to old buildings as easily as new ones, typically in minutes per room.
One simple cycle, running around the clock
Monitor: every room reports its air, every second. Analyse: AI finds what matters in the flood of readings. Report: dashboards, heat maps and alerts that anyone can read. Control: the system adjusts your ventilation and heating so problems fix themselves. Then the cycle begins again, which is why it is called a closed loop.
Four things owners and occupants actually notice
✓Healthier, sharper people
Fresh air on demand means fewer headaches, less drowsiness and better concentration. These are well-documented effects of keeping CO2 and pollutants low.
✓Lower running costs
Heating, cooling and ventilation run only where and when they are needed, rather than on a fixed schedule.
✓Evidence you can show
Reports and live dashboards give you evidence for ESG commitments, wellbeing standards and regulatory compliance.
✓Nothing to operate
The system runs itself. Your team receives an alert when something needs a person, and otherwise gets on with the day.
It is designed for any building where people spend their day:
The things everyone asks first
Do we need new wiring or building work?
No. The sensors are wireless and battery- or plug-powered, and they talk to the platform over Wi-Fi or the mobile network. A room is typically live within minutes of the sensor arriving.
Will it work with our existing heating and air-conditioning?
Yes. smartHVAC connects to the building's existing management system (the BMS) through standard interfaces, so it works with the equipment you already own rather than replacing it.
What if the AI makes a bad decision?
It can only act within limits your engineers define, such as how far a temperature setpoint may move. Anything outside those limits is raised as an alert for a person to decide. You can override it at any time.
Is our data safe?
The sensors measure air, not people. There are no cameras or microphones. Data is encrypted on its way to the cloud, stored securely with twelve months of history, and remains yours.
What does it cost?
That depends on the size of the estate, which is why we start with a pilot: a handful of rooms, real numbers from your own building, and a business case you can judge for yourself.