In addition to its disruptive energy management business model, energy management company Minimise USA is now offering its customers an air quality monitoring service and 90-day sanitizing, both to help schools, restaurants and offices stay open as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Company founder and CEO Daniel Badran said Minimise, based in Tampa, is in talks with the Florida Department of Education to put this new system in place, which will be in addition to the energy management that is its core business.
Badran said he will soon announce the 23 school districts the company will serve.
“We are wrapping this into our energy savings,” Badran said. Minimise installs energy monitoring equipment on site at no cost to the customer, then splits the energy cost savings. In light of the school shutdowns in March, he said, the company sought out its own response to COVID-19, which is to monitor indoor air quality and provide sanitation services that are only required every 90 days. There is also no cost to the customer for these services.
“We looked at how we could bring peace of mind to building inhabitants in schools, businesses and restaurants. What could we do to help our clients? We are helping them deal with what is going to be the new normal.”
If its monitoring program determines, for example, that there is too much CO2 in the air, Minimise can suggest solutions, such as opening windows, reducing occupancy or spreading people out. Those are instant solutions, Badran said. Minimise will then work on finding long-term solutions.
