Semtech is collaborating with IoT company IQnexus on Indoor Air (IAQ) & Environment Quality (IEQ) sensors integrated with Semtech?s LoRa devices that run via the LoRaWAN standard for building automation systems.
In a release, Semptech said that the IAQ sensors from IQnexus reduce carbon dioxide emissions and are compliant with the WELL and RESET standards.
?When developing the new IAQ sensors, we decided to take on a completely different approach to how IoT can improve a building?s air quality,? said Michael Welzel, CTO of IQnexus. ?For an easy, on-premise solution we chose to implement Semtech?s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard into the indoor sensor for building owners to accurately monitor their building?s indoor air quality all in real time. The growth of this market has been massive and collaborating with Semtech was the ideal choice to better improve air quality for all our customers in many countries.?
Through the use and connectivity of LoRaWAN, the IAQ sensor is able to communicate through standard protocols like BACnet and ModBus to any building automation/energy management system, and even supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. According to IQnexus, a typical installation of the IAQ sensors features one IoT platform, installed on an on premise NBNANOs Server, about 20-30 gateways, and 700-1000 sensors for a 30-50 floor building. The sensors cover IAQ and IEQ, as well as provide a higher comfort by measuring single HVAC zones.
?IQnexus? implementation of our IoT solutions highlights how flexible and easy to deploy our LoRa solutions are in helping to maintain air quality for all within a building,? said Marc P?gulu, vice president of IoT product marketing and strategy for Semtech?s Wireless and Sensing Products Group.
Semtech?s LoRa device-to-Cloud platform is a globally adopted long range, low power solution for IoT applications, enabling the development and deployment of? IoT networks, gateways, sensors, module products, and IoT services worldwide. Semtech?s LoRa devices provide the communication layer for the LoRaWAN standard, which is maintained by the LoRa Alliance, an open IoT alliance for Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) applications that has been used to deploy IoT networks in over 100 countries.
