Axis Communications, a pioneer in network video, has announced the company’s first environmental sensors. The new sensors monitor multiple indoor air quality parameters, enabling efficient and appropriate response to indoor air quality issues, including vaping and smoking, and the proactive management and optimisation of air quality in almost any indoor environment.
The World Health Organisation estimates that each year 3.2 million deaths are caused by indoor air pollution worldwide. Axis two new sensors, both developed in-house, seamlessly integrate with existing Axis solutions to monitor air pollutants such as particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide, in addition to measuring relative humidity and temperature.
● AXIS D6210, available in the first half of 2025, can be integrated with certain other Axis IP devices, including a number of cameras and a strobe siren and used in combination with Axis speakers. It is easily connected to compatible Axis IP devices without the need for additional IP addresses, switch ports, or power to give customers a cost effective, “plug-and-play” solution to air quality monitoring and response.
● AXIS D6310, available by the end of 2025, has the same air quality sensing capabilities as AXIS D6210 but is a standalone IP network device – and can therefore be added independently to an existing Axis solution – with additional functionality. This includes 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.
Depending on the environment and use case, AXIS D6210 and AXIS D6310 will 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 immediate response to air quality issues that might present a health issue. Alerts from the sensor, along with live and prerecorded messages from IP speakers can clear specific areas of buildings until remedial action to improve air quality has been taken.
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, with the added benefit of improved energy efficiency.
Over time, metadata created by the indoor air quality sensor, combined with other sensor data such as occupancy levels, will provide business intelligence for longer-term ‘smart building’ planning and optimisation.
