Axis Communications, the network video product manufacturer, has announced the company’s first environmental sensors. The sensors monitor multiple indoor air quality parameters, for response to indoor air quality issues, including vaping and smoking, and the management of air quality indoors.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that each year 3.2 million deaths are caused by indoor air pollution. The two new sensors, both developed in-house, integrate with Axis products to monitor air pollutants such as particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide, besides measuring relative humidity and temperature.
Robert Woyar, Global Product Manager at Axis, says: “Poor indoor air quality is a significant public health issue. Student vaping has reached epidemic levels within schools and needs to be detected and restricted effectively. Certain specific facilities, for example, data centers and controlled manufacturing environments, require precise control of air quality parameters, such as relative humidity, temperature, and the level of particulate matter. Our new indoor air quality sensor supports in all these areas and more.”
AXIS D6210
AXIS D6210, available in the first half of 2025, can be integrated with some other Axis IP devices, including some cameras and a strobe siren and used with Axis speakers. It is connected to compatible Axis IP devices without the need for other IP addresses, switch ports, or power.
AXIS D6310
The AXIS D6310, available by the end of 2025, offers the same air quality sensing as AXIS D6210 but is a stand-alone IP network device – and can therefore be added independently to an existing Axis product – with a multi-LED strobe function for sensor status and alerts, an integrated speaker and microphone, Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)-out, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor, and AXIS Audio Analytics.
Health and safety
The makers say that the products can help to create a healthy and safe environment for employees and visitors, improve operational efficiency and energy consumption, and create data which delivers business intelligence to further support long-term operational planning.
For instance, real-time indoor air quality monitoring enables response to air quality issues that might present a health issue. Alerts from the sensor, along with live and pre-recorded messages from IP speakers can clear specific areas of buildings before remedial action to improve air quality.
Insight into specific air quality parameters – such as temperature, relative humidity, and air pollutants – supports more precise management of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, offering energy efficiency. Over time, metadata created by the indoor air quality sensor, combined with other sensor data such as occupancy levels, can provide business intelligence for longer-term ‘smart building’ planning.
Robert Woyar adds: “AXIS D6210 and AXIS D6310 Air Quality Sensors might be our first environmental sensors but won’t be the last. The potential for connecting data from multiple different sensors in health and safety, operational efficiency, and business intelligence is obvious and almost unlimited. Our growing portfolio of IP devices, combined with the open Axis platform and innovative applications from our global partners will deliver ever-increasing value to customers.”
