Para is a digital twin and building analytics platform that helps to make assets more energy-efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable. By providing real-time monitoring of environmental parameters and carbon emissions at the equipment level, floor level, and by functional area, Para offers a detailed and actionable understanding of a facility’s environmental impact. Their sustainability tool is a comprehensive solution for assessing energy use, managing sustainability initiatives, and reporting on progress. It enables users to understand the contribution of each functional space to total Greenhouse Gas emissions and identify areas that do not meet sustainability targets. Additionally, Para can measure progress toward achieving certification compliance with key industry standards such as LEED O+M, WELL, EDGE Buildings, and more.

Regarding sustainability and energy, Para is able to help clients:

• Track and visualise carbon emissions with a detailed breakdown by floor, zone, system type, and asset.
• Categorise emissions into Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3
• Monitor Greenhouse Gas Usage Intensity (GHGUI).
• Identify areas for improvement by providing real-time recommendations for sustainability and energy performance optimisation
• Develop tailored implementation plans by generating customised scenarios.
• Save up to 28% in energy savings
• Boost occupant wellbeing by optimising building performance without compromising indoor air quality and user comfort
• Assess progress towards sustainability goals such as LEED O+M and Net Zero
• Monitor energy and resource conservation strategies
• Score facility efficiency
• Benchmark a building’s emissions
• Generate reports on environmental metrics

The platform has five key modules which can be deployed across a real estate portfolio: Portfolio Management, Asset Management, Energy Intelligence, Occupant Wellbeing and Sustainability Management.

MESP® (Micro-Electrostatic Precipitation) provides an innovative HVAC filtration solution. In the MESP system, airborne particles in propelled air flow are electrically charged before passing into a honeycomb shaped filter. The filter is formed by layers or rows of tubes which contain thin electrode sheets with insulated coatings that generate electrical field. Charged particles including pollutants, bacteria, germs, and viruses, are pulled into the walls of the tubes and firmly stick.

Traditional media filters are made with a non-porous fabric / paper that is very effective in preventing the flow of PM2.5 and various allergens and pollen, however these filters obstruct the flow of air resulting in a pressure drop. This pressure drop forces HVAC motors to operate at a higher speed and results in higher energy consumption. With the MESP filters, there is no need to force air through a matrix of small air passages, so it requires less energy to run. According to research carried out by AirQuality Technologies on a real case study, compared with the use of HEPA filters, the energy consumption of fans using MESP® purifiers is 50% to 60%. This also reduces the maintenance required for the motor.

The MESP® system is highly efficient at removing airborne particles like PM2.5, fungus, dust, pollen, soot, and smoke. These filters also deactivate viruses and bacteria and are permanently washable. The MESP® solution is for AHU, fan coil units, and air ducts.

Benefits:

• MESP® can efficiently kill 99.99% of viruses and 99.96% of bacteria with its strong electric field.
• The filter is permanently washable and designed with a 10-year lifespan compared with 3 months for HEPA / MEDIA filters, reducing waste.
• 80% of the MESP filter tubes is made from metal and aluminium which can be melted and reused at the end of the 10-year shelf life.
• MESP® filters work with about 1 µA of current at 6-10 kV, which can prevent electric shock and produces almost no ozone or harmful byproducts.
• The filters can work with extreme changes in humidity (up to 100%) and temperature (-15℃ to 50℃). MESP® also has good flame-retardant properties.
• Retrofitting the solution is very easy and only requires a 13-amp power source.

Rensair’s Smart Demand Controlled Ventilation (SDCV) solution works alongside any building’s HVAC to create an air quality ecosystem that improves indoor air quality, reduces operation energy costs, improves energy efficiency, and in the process can decarbonise a building’s operation by more than 40%. Traditional mechanical ventilation requires a significant amount of energy to condition air (heating/cooling/humidity) while Rensair simply cleans the air already in a room with no conditioning necessary. By partially substituting this mechanical ventilation with a more cost-effective air purification, Rensair can optimise the ventilation mix in a building while consuming 9x less energy per m³ of air when compared to a traditional HVAC system. Rensair’s SDCV can also ventilate strictly according to occupancy rates which reduces their energy use where ventilation is not required. During installation of the SDCV, Rensair will optimise the existing HVAC system to adjust the outdoor air intake. This optimisation, alongside the improved energy efficiency of Rensair’s purification devices combine to achieve at least 40% energy savings.

Rensair’s hardware consists of advanced air purification devices that are portable. These modular solutions can be scaled to any building size and are easily implemented. Additionally, they can connect to an IoT platform Rensair Cloud which can integrate the purification devices with a building’s existing HVAC and BMS, creating a single connected ecosystem for managing air quality.

Dirty air enters the unit from all angles at the top of the device before passing through a series of pre-filters and a HEPA filter for purification. The HEPA filters incorporated into Rensair’s products remove 99.97% of pollutants including viruses, bacterial and mould spores, pollen, particulates, smoke, dust, and more. The unit also uses a UVC lamp in combination with the filters to trap particles, pathogens, and gases.

Real time IAQ data from sensors in Rensair’s SDCV units are transferred to an IoT platform Rensair Cloud where users can set thresholds for pollutant levels and can have the devices actively respond when a pollution event occurs.

As a comprehensive solution, Rensair stands out with its patented SDCV solution which can significantly reduce energy consumption, lower costs, and aid in building decarbonisation. Rensair not only monitors and measures IAQ issues, but also addresses them with its award-winning air purification technology.

The PropEco API integrates hundreds of source of enhanced open-source data, unique datasets, and proprietary models covering topics including climate change, flooding, air quality, overheating, energy use, exposure to pollution, and green retrofit potential. Users can generate an in-depth property- or location- specific assessment using just UPRN or coordinates. The API service provides access to UK-wide property and location data focusing on three core topics: energy efficiency, climate risks, and sustainability & wellbeing. It also provides an additional layer of statistical analysis and geospatial information to help users make the most of the data.

Some examples of the wide variety of information available for a specific property include:

• Projected changes to weather patterns and temperature under multiple climate change scenarios
• Concentrations of common pollutants
• Proximity of greenspaces and parks
• In-depth assessment of flood risk from rivers, seas, and surface water

The API also provides detailed information about a domestic property’s Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) in England, Scotland, or Wales including Raw EPCs, Enhanced EPCs (which have undergone a standardisation process to remove inconsistencies), and EPC Estimates based on the attributes of nearby properties. The PropEco energy model can add even more accurate projections of energy use and carbon footprint by factoring in specific attributes (property size, type, age, level of insulation, etc), local climatic conditions, occupancy levels, and usage patterns.

Rhino offers a way to collect and analyse data from a building’s utility consumption, including gas, water, electricity, and heat. Rhino then structures and aggregates this data for different uses. For example, the data can be showcased through its own software platform or integrated into other existing platforms already used by building owners. Some of these platforms Rhino can integrate with include ESG dashboards, building certification tools, or building management software.

Rhino therefore has its own platform but is platform agnostic, making it possible to integrate with a variety of tools. It also has its own hardware but is hardware agnostic, since it’s able to use existing building hardware.

With integrated hardware and software, Rhino can monitor a wide variety of energy usage parameters then gather them into a functional platform that presents data in a form that is easy to visualise. Their software can work well with information from most available meters and sub-meters, and their hardware gateways are designed to integrate with over 200 of the most widely used sensors and meters.

Building and energy managers can use Rhino to better understand their facility’s energy and utility consumption, allowing for them to better regulate corresponding CO2 emissions. With the Rhino platform, data from multiple buildings and locations are all gathered in a single place, where they can be compared in real time and against historical trends. Additionally, the platform can provide automatic meter readings, malfunction alerts, and remote system control. If an energy leakage point or anomaly is detected, a text message and email notification will be sent instantly.

CompAir has developed a solution which involves installing air quality sensors into people’s homes. The data gathered by the low-cost sensors is provides a cost-saving triage service so that housing providers can identify issues before they become dangerous. The intention is that this will enable remedial action to be taken sooner, minimising the health risks to tenants.

The sensors themselves were developed in collaboration with UCL and use precision laser-optical technology to examine the air. The device detects key airborne pollutants including particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5 and PM10) which is emitted from engines, factories and other sources of combustion, CO2 and harmful Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) as well as measuring temperature and humidity (or damp). This information is sent via 3G/4G to CompAir’s cloud storage for analysis and reporting and can be made accessible to different stakeholders – including the landlord and tenant, encouraging action.

It is also possible to install the sensors externally to build a complete picture of an area and highlight problematic locations as well as to monitor air quality in warehousing, storage facilities and places of work in order to protect employees and merchandise from damage from air pollution, damp and mould.

The cost of the loss of warehouse stock or of treating the damage to a building caused by damp in a property can be punishingly high; but the cost to human beings is immeasurable. Recently, mould and damp caused the death of two-year-old in Rochdale and, previously, toxic air from a busy road killed in London.

Graphenstone Ambient Pro+ changes the nature of paints, from synthetic oil-based toxic off-grassing coatings to active air-purifying, natural mineral based products. It is a high-tech, modern paint made from traditional materials, with no performance compromise yet offering actual health benefits along with an unsurpassed sustainable and ecological profile. The paint has a mineral matt finish significantly enhancing the overall design of all interior spaces.

This lime-based coating actively cleans the air, every day, using light energy from sun or ambient. It removes air-borne toxins such as NOx, SOx, as well as removing CO2, the majority in the first 30 days after application.

It also offers an extremely low carbon footprint (certified by Solingesa), relative to other synthetic brands, whilst absorbing CO2 in volume, during the curing phase, in the first 30 days after application (circa 5kg per 15 litre pot). This is a natural process and part of the scientifically recognised ‘lime cycle’.

The embedded carbon footprint of Ambient Pro+ is also one of the lowest in the industry, a fraction of the levels of other mainstream synthetic plastic-based paints brands.

Furthermore, this mineral paint contains no plastics, micro-beads or man-made chemicals. It’s natural mineral base has been strengthened with Carbon Graphene, the strongest material on earth and a Nobel prize winning 21st Century discovery. This also ensures Class 1 washability for this ultra-clean paint.

Ambient Pro+ is certified Gold by Cradle to Cradle Institute, Global Green Tag, and Eurofins Indoor Air Comfort Gold.

Graphenstone Ambient Pro+ is a comparable price to other ecological paints on the market, and when its superior coverage is taken into account it works out towards the cheaper end of the market.

The MykoSlab is an insulation sheet for construction bio assembled from cellulosic feedstock and fungal mycelium.

Mykor’s solution is to create highly performative building materials made from biomass waste. Their fabrication technique involves the use of mycology to propagate mycelium on cellulosic waste from the paper industry, that would otherwise be discarded to landfill or incinerated. Mycelium is the “root” of mushrooms and functions as a natural adhesive.

Mykor insulation utilises 90% less water and 40% less electricity than polystyrene. The Mykor team has estimated that they will be able to repurpose 20,000 tonnes of waste on average each year.

With studies linking air pollution’s negative impact on our health, it has become important to improve the quality of air in our homes. Mykor promotes higher standards of air quality compared with synthetic materials which emit toxins as they degrade. Their materials prevent the accumulation of dampness, they are breathable, vapour-permeable, and free of volatile compounds. The Mykoslab is stronger than EPS and more water resistant than hemp, wool and straw insulation. Its thermal performance is estimated to be competitive with mineral wool while its estimated sound-absorption is 75% at 1000Hz. It possesses good water permeability, and it is non-toxic, VOC free and fire safe (estimated Euroclass B).

Mykofoam can be used as a direct substitution for other insulation products available on the market.

An LCA is currently being produced for Mykofoam, due at the end of April 2024 which can be used in a whole-life carbon assessment.

Plexus Innovation offers an IoT remote monitoring solution – providing a digital alternative to manual measurement, bringing business improvements in a number of sectors.

The company’s GUARDIAN® technology remotely measures temperature, pulses, humidity, and CO2, allowing you to manage water systems, cold chain storage and refrigeration; along with air quality, and damp and mould detection.

Many customers are using GUARDIAN® to tackle reducing their water waste, some saving up to 80% within months of installation. Others are focusing on reduction of energy consumption, or on ensuring compliance on environmental health and risk for tenants.

The remote technology is attracting clients focused on Net Zero and business improvements including better use of manpower and delivering improved service to their own customers.

It is an innovative proprietary product that addresses legislative issues, pushing compliance and asset management into the 21st Century.

A typical time scale for ROI is within 12 months. For those who are challenged with reducing risk of human error, operational costs, water waste, energy consumption or environmental impact, GUARDIAN® is now a must-have technology.

The Redcube Aura Air pollution management solution helps improve peoples health by helping them do the most basic, yet most important thing in life – breathe. It is an all-in-one air filtration, disinfection and monitoring product that has successfully completed clinical tests specifically related to its efficacy against dangerous viruses. The innovative air management system eliminates 99.9% of viruses, bacteria, mould and VOCs through UVC ultraviolet light technology while providing real-time data, insights and recommendations. In indoor areas with elevated CO2 levels, air purifiers can remove up to 12% of the CO2 in the air before the filter is saturated.

Aura Air is able to:

1. Provide info for CO, NOX, NO, NO2, O3 (Ozone), VOC, PM 2.5, PM 10, Temperature, Humidity & Weather forecast.
2. Detect and remove indoor high levels of smoke, CO, CO2, VOC, PM 2.5, PM 10, Temperature & Humidity

Aura Air uses a patented AI to optimise its performance. Its sensors can detect conditions where the COVID-19 virus is known to be at its most dangerous – for instance humidities above 80% – or just simply detecting dangerous levels of gases or pollutants in a room. Research shows it is also able to remove almost all traces of airborne COVID-19 virus.

The WiFi connection means it can be controlled via mobile app, Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. The mobile app allows for personalised timings of when Aura Air goes into full power mode. It also notifies users of the days remaining before filter needs replacing, and tells you what the current indoor air quality is.

Redcube Aura Air has an average energy use of 24W per hour, which is low compared to ventilation systems and you can programme when it operates at higher power to reduce energy consumption.

The solution has been designed to work alongside other filtration systems. In the case of hospital environments, is placed directly in with the patients or in corridors. It is simple to set up and offers a good coverage of up to 600 sq.ft.

The Aura Air unit is completely recyclable at end of life, the plastic is melted down and poured into new moulds and the filters are regenerated via a thermal reactivation process.

Purchase:£2500 per unit.

Equipment Lease:
19 month term @ £140.60
24 month term @ £112.82
36 month term @ £104.87

Service & Maintenance subscription:
Monthly fee £36.77 per unit
service includes HELPA10 Carbon Filters.