With vaping in UK secondary schools a real issue, the Meraki MT15 IoT sensor monitors CO2 and various other environmental metrics to improve indoor air quality. Meraki's air quality sensors help ensure a healthy school for students and staff, especially in classrooms where chemicals could be present. The MT15 IoT sensors can be connected to your school's cloud-managed environment to reduce vaping and monitor the school environment and IT equipment.
Overview
The Meraki MT15 IoT Sensor is designed to monitor and enhance indoor air quality with CO2 sensor by continuously tracking CO2 levels. This device goes beyond just measuring CO2 levels; it also tracks other critical environmental metrics, making it an invaluable tool for maintaining healthy indoor environments.
The versatility of the Meraki MT15 makes it suitable for a range of settings, including classrooms, offices, and meeting spaces. Whether you need to ensure optimal air quality for students, employees, or meeting participants, this sensor is designed to meet the diverse needs of different indoor environments.
Key Features
The Meraki MT15 is equipped with a range of features that make it an essential tool for monitoring indoor air quality. It monitors a variety of environmental metrics, such as CO2, TVOC (total volatile organic compounds), PM2.5 (particulate matter found in vaping), temperature, humidity, and ambient noise. This multi-faceted approach ensures a comprehensive understanding of your indoor environment, allowing for better management and response strategies.
An LED indicator ring offers visual feedback on air quality status and alerts. Additionally, the MT15 supports flexible power options, including USB-C and Power over Ethernet (PoE), making it adaptable to different installation scenarios.
Benefits of Monitoring Air Quality with Meraki MT15
Monitoring air quality with the Meraki MT15 offers numerous benefits that extend beyond just maintaining a healthy environment. The sensor provides continuous monitoring of CO2 , temperature, humidity and other air quality metrics, enabling organisations to make informed decisions and maintain optimal indoor conditions. This proactive monitoring capability is crucial for enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring a comfortable environment for students.
Leveraging real-time data, the Meraki MT15 enhances productivity and overall comfort for students, staff and business employees as maintaining high indoor air quality can significantly impact performance and well-being.
Enhancing Operational Efficiency
Operational efficiency is boosted as the Meraki MT15 transmits data to the gateway every 20 minutes or immediately when configured threshold violations are detected. Real-time data transmission ensures immediate awareness of environmental conditions, enabling prompt corrective actions. Users can configure alerts based on various environmental conditions to be notified promptly when thresholds are crossed.
Timely alerts and real-time data from the MT15 reduce equipment failures and unnecessary site visits, thereby increasing operational efficiency. This not only saves time and resources but also ensures that the environment remains safe and comfortable for occupants.
Promoting Healthy Environments
The Meraki MT15 promotes healthy environments through continuous monitoring of critical air quality metrics. Users can access real-time indoor environmental data through the centralized Meraki dashboard, ensuring that air quality standards are met. Centralised access facilitates seamless monitoring and management of indoor air quality.
In educational settings, the MT sensors maintain optimal air quality in classrooms, enhancing student focus and performance. The sensor’s tamper-resistant design makes it suitable for sensitive environments like schools, ensuring reliable data collection and promoting better concentration and health among students.
Integration with the Meraki Ecosystem
The Meraki MT15 seamlessly integrates with the Meraki ecosystem, offering a unified solution for environmental monitoring. Combining the MT15 with other Meraki devices enhances both network and environmental monitoring, creating a cohesive system that supports overall operational efficiency.
Advanced Bluetooth Low Energy technology ensures efficient communication with gateways, guaranteeing reliable data transmission and integration with existing digital systems. This integration allows for centralized management and monitoring through the Meraki dashboard, making it easier to maintain optimal indoor air quality.
Supported IoT Gateway Devices
Meraki gateway devices are required for the MT15 to communicate with the cloud, ensuring seamless integration with existing digital systems. It can connect wirelessly to Meraki MR and MV gateways, facilitating easy integration into existing systems. The MT15 can be powered through Power over Ethernet (PoE) or via a USB-C port, providing flexibility in installation and operation.
The sensor connects wirelessly to Meraki gateways using Bluetooth Low Energy technology, ensuring stable and efficient communication. This wireless connectivity allows the mt sensors communicate seamlessly with other Meraki devices, promoting effective environmental monitoring.
Compatibility with Existing Meraki Dashboard
The Meraki MT15 can be managed alongside other Meraki devices from the same dashboard interface, offering a streamlined user experience. Users can monitor multiple devices from a single interface, simplifying the management of environmental and network conditions.
Deployment and configuration of the MT15 are straightforward via the Meraki dashboard, minimizing the need for complex setups. Alerts can be configured to provide notifications through multiple channels, including SMS and email, ensuring that users are always informed of air quality issues.
Technical specifications
Sophisticated sensor monitoring combined technology in the Meraki sensors ensures high fidelity in environmental monitoring. Your school or business can benefit from real-time monitoring of CO2 levels, temperature, humidity, and other critical air quality metrics, ensuring that indoor environments remain safe and healthy. Continuous data sampling provides accurate monitoring of environmental conditions, enabling timely interventions when needed.
Continuous data sampling provides accurate monitoring of environmental conditions, enabling timely interventions when needed.
The technical specifications of the Meraki MT15 are impressive. It detects temperature using a temperature sensor in a range from 0°C to 55°C with an accuracy of +/- 0.5°C, and humidity sensor ranges from 0 to 95% RH with an accuracy of +/- 3% RH. It measures CO2 levels from 400 ppm to 5,000 ppm, providing precise monitoring capabilities.
The MT15 also quantifies TVOC in the range of 1 to 2,000 µg/m³ and PM2.5 from 0 to 1,000 µg/m³, ensuring a thorough assessment of air quality sensor. The device dimensions are compact, measuring 115mm x 125mm x 33.5mm and weighing 216 grams, making it easy to install in various settings.
The Meraki MT15 IoT Sensor monitors multiple indoor air quality metrics, including CO2, TVOC, PM2.5, temperature, and humidity, making it vital for diverse environments like schools and offices.
Real-time data transmission and configurable alerts from the MT15 enhance operational efficiency and promote healthier environments by allowing for prompt corrective actions when air quality metrics exceed thresholds. The MT15 seamlessly integrates with the Meraki ecosystem, enabling centralized management of environmental monitoring and simplifying deployment through flexible power and connectivity options.
Multi-Metric Environmental Sensors
The MT15 monitors a range of environmental parameters, including real-time CO2, humidity, and temperature levels. This comprehensive monitoring capability is crucial for maintaining optimal indoor air quality and enhancing overall occupant health and comfort. Combining various environmental metrics offers a detailed understanding of indoor conditions, promoting better management and response strategies.
A tamper-resistant design ensures reliable data collection in sensitive environments. This design feature makes it suitable for a wide range of settings, from schools to healthcare facilities, where accurate and reliable data is essential.
Real-Time Data and Alerts
Environmental data is sampled every 30 seconds to ensure real-time monitoring. Frequent data sampling minimizes downtime and reduces maintenance costs by providing timely alerts for air quality issues. Users can receive alerts from the MT15 when air quality changes, allowing for prompt corrective actions.
Real-time data from the MT15 minimizes service disruptions and equipment breakdowns by offering alerts that inform maintenance needs before critical failures occur. This proactive approach helps maintain a safe and healthy indoor environment.
Installation and configuration is straightforward, making the sensors deployable easily in various environments, whether it's a school or office the MT15 can be installed with minimal disruption to normal operations. Flexible installation ensures the sensors can be placed in optimal locations for accurate data collection. The sensors can be mounted on walls or ceilings, ensuring optimal data collection. A mounting plate provides stability and security, regardless of the orientation. This flexibility in mounting options makes the MT15 adaptable to different installation scenarios, ensuring that it meets the needs of various environments. Multiple power options offer further flexibility in installation and operation. The sensors include a battery backup feature to ensure reliable operation even during power outages. This ensures continuous monitoring and data collection, even in the event of power disruptions.
School Use Cases
Schools can use the MT15 to track CO2 levels in classrooms, ensuring optimal learning conditions for students. By offering carbon dioxide monitoring CO2 levels, schools can identify and mitigate poor air quality with co2, including vape particles to reduce and eradicate the problem of vaping on school premises. The sensors help foster a healthier and more conducive learning environment, essential for student performance and well-being.
Find out how we helped Chaucer School eradicate vaping on school site and create a healthy environment for students and staff.
Office Use Cases
In corporate office settings, the sensors can improve employee productivity by monitoring air quality and ensuring a healthier workspace, addressing issues like CO2 build-up. Tracking air quality metrics helps ensure a healthier work environment, potentially boosting employee productivity and overall well-being.
The Meraki MT15 IoT Sensor offers a sophisticated solution for enhancing indoor air quality through continuous CO2 monitoring and other critical environmental metrics. Its integration with the Meraki ecosystem ensures seamless management and monitoring, while its advanced sensor technology provides real-time data and alerts, promoting both operational efficiency and healthy environments.
The MT15 proves to be an invaluable tool for maintaining optimal air quality in schools and offices. By leveraging its features and capabilities, you can ensure a safe, healthy, and productive environment for all occupants, underscoring the importance of proactive air quality monitoring.
Frequently Asked Questions
What environmental metrics does the Meraki MT15 monitor?
The Meraki MT15 monitors key environmental metrics including CO2 levels, total volatile organic compounds (TVOC), PM2.5 particulates (vaping) temperature, humidity, and ambient noise levels. This comprehensive monitoring helps ensure a healthier and more comfortable environment.
How does MT15 enhance operational efficiency?
The sensors enhance operational efficiency by delivering real-time data and alerts, which minimises equipment failures and reduces the need for unnecessary site visits.
Can the MT15 be integrated with the existing Meraki dashboard?
Yes, the sensors can be integrated easily with the Meraki dashboard, enabling users to monitor and manage multiple devices from one interface effectively.
What gateway do you need for the MT15s?
You will need a Meraki access point or Meraki MV camera.
In which environment is the MT15 particularly effective?
The sensors are particularly effective in schools where they can ensure optimal air quality and reduce the current issue with vaping in UK secondary schools, providing optimal air quality which is essential for students' performance and well-being.
