This client is a startup that uses proprietary materials in air cleaning products to capture airborne particulates, including smoke, viruses, bacteria, and VOCs. They contracted Alogus to turn their patented self-renewing air cleaning technology into their first product. The Alogus team designed and built four iterations of the ceiling-installed system that uniquely enable the self-renewal of the onboard air filter that translates into as much as 10x the filter life of a conventional filter.​

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This product is a fully connected IoT device with a full suite of environmental sensors. The cloud-based dashboard gives facility managers visibility to air quality and system performance as reported from their entire fleet of Tatama devices across many rooms, levels, buildings, and sites. The dashboard can also signal when a filter should be replaced, enable scheduling of air cleaning and filter renewal operations and provide device functionality upgrades.​

The project started as a functional proof of concept and progressed through each version to reach the final form factor. Each sub system evolved from basic functionality to a design optimized for robust function, low cost, and easy assembly. The production version is constructed almost entirely of sheet metal parts with a combination of custom and off-the-shelf electronics.​

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Alogus worked with the client based on rounds of testing to refine each iteration of hardware designs and firmware to achieve the performance goals toward a robust and cost-effective ready-for-production design.​