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ensure their
compliance and
achieve a
measurable return
on investment. More
and more companies
are being driven by
data, including the
industries we come from.
BluezoneTemp and
BluezoneFlo can be installed in
new builds and retrofi tted with minimal
intrusion and without any required
access to buildings’ IT data networks,
and those who are responsible for
environmental or Legionella in their
building will now have a wealth of data
– delivered right to their mobile phones
if needed – to support or guide their
decision making.”
Recent concerns
The latest releases coincide with recent
concerns from the Health and Safety
Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI)
over a potential increase in Legionnaires’
Disease, an illness caused by the growth
of Legionella bacteria in water systems
not adequately managed. BluezoneTemp
operates on the basis that managing
Legionella risks is best achieved through
monitoring and controlling the
temperature in water.
During the Covid-19 pandemic many
buildings were closed or largely unused
for an extended period of time allowing
water systems to
become stagnated.
Stagnated water is a
potential breeding
ground for
Legionella and is
prevented by running
water outlets in a
process known as
fl ushing. BluezoneFlo
automates this process.
Explaining how Bluezone24 works
Adrian Byrne, CEO said, “At a minimum,
BluezoneTemp captures daily
temperatures and transmits the data via
the world’s largest IoT network to the
cloud hosted Bluezone24 platform. It is
here the true intelligence and effi ciencies
of the platform are seen. Property and
facilities managers can clearly see out of
range temperatures and can plan any
remedial work they may need to carry out.
Coincidentally, they can do this through
other add-on modules in the same
platform including assigning contractors
to a task.”
“We were already in the latter stages
of R&D with an automatic fl ushing unit
in early 2020, but following the
coronavirus outbreak, the need for such
a device, and the technology to support
it, accelerated. The BluezoneFlo device
complements its temperature-taking
counterpart by automatically fl ushing an
outlet and reporting back to the
platform, creating true autonomy.
Vitally, the platform
records these events in
digital form with a
complete asset history,
and perhaps more
importantly during
these times, there is no
physical visit required
to that asset or site.”
For industries wishing
to ensure a world-class
legionella monitoring
programme, Bluezone24
off ers the next stage in
digital transformation
across their operations.
Existing clients include
local authorities,
fi nancial institutions,
and pharmaceutical
companies. One of
Bluezone24’s fi rst
clients, AIB, installed
the sensors across its
branches for guaranteed
compliance, reliability
and security. MADE
The ‘no touch’
Legionella
management system
consists of
BluezoneTemp and
BluezoneFlo, which
sit on the company’s
IoT platform
Bluezone24
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