Last March, the University of Valencia completed the installation and configuration of the C02 concentration measurement and monitoring systems in all its centres.

The director of electronic management of the University of Valencia, Pedro Morillo, professor at the School of Engineering (ETSE-UV) has presented, together with the principal of the University of Valencia, Maria Vicenta Mestre, this system to the media.

The installed systems are based on around 14000 devices from three different technological suppliers, selected according to the characteristics of the spaces, which have been configured to send the collected information to the Data Processing Centre of the University of Valencia (CPD). The University of Valencia has developed the system for processing the data collected and displaying it in real time, as well as the alarm mechanisms to monitor and control the temperature, humidity and air quality in each of the university spaces where important activity takes place.

Due to the diversity of the more than one hundred buildings that make up the three campuses of the University of Valencia (Blasco Ibáñez, Burjassot-Paterna and Tarongers), as well as the Ontinyent Campus, modules and sensors have been integrated into buildings that already had smart control systems.

In this way, the University of Valencia knows, in real time, the air quality of all its classrooms and teaching, research, cultural and administrative spaces.

In addition to this air quality control systems, there are air purification systems, with an efficiency of more than 99% in elimination of viruses, particles and dust, totally effective in closed spaces.

The principal of the University of Valencia, Maria Vicenta Mestre, thanked the collaboration and participation of all the university services involved in these control systems, with an outstanding participation of the management of the centres. This way, it becomes a key tool not only in times of pandemic, but permanently throughout the University of Valencia.