The BERNARD Gruppe, an internationally active family-owned engineering services company, has acquired the product portfolio of Hawa Dawa as of March 1. From now on, the technology and know-how for monitoring air quality are part of the specialized solutions of the BERNARD Gruppe. Read more
A short while ago, our Sentience System went through one of its toughest challenges: We had just won a tender in one of Europe’s largest capitals. In the next phase, our solution was benchmarked against competitive hardware products from two traditional hardware manufacturers. Both are big players in the industry with a combined existence of nearly 250 years, around 400.000 employees and multi-billion dollars in revenue. Read more
The German Digital Gipfel (digital summit) is the central platform for shaping the digital endeavour with all those involved. Representatives of the federal government and key companies of the digital economy will meet at the Digital Summit 2022 on 8 and 9 December. Our CEO, Karim Tarraf, is there together with the other members of the Beirat Junge Digital Wirtschaft.
The focus of this year’s summit is the topic of data economy. This year, the Digital Gipfel, with its extensive network, will focus on the question of how the data economy, as a driver of digital transformation, can increase the opportunities of digitalisation. Events, exhibits and showcases will inspire stakeholders to make the world more efficient and sustainable with the help of digital technologies and data-based applications.
With the mission of “Creating digital value together”, the potential of networked data is to be used for the challenges of our time – from innovation and competitiveness to smart, safe and sustainable mobility to the working world of tomorrow.
We are proud to have our first Sentience Measurement Device installed in the USA (Sacramento). It is a significant step to enter business in a country on another continent.
Additionally, the installation and deployment of the device provided evidence that our processes and technology are professionally defined and elaborated. So, in California, it was a true plug-and-play installation: The customer followed the steps in our installation manual, and the Sentience device just started working and provided data.
The Sentence device was installed and deployed thousands of miles from our home base with zero issues. This demonstrates that our hardware, connectivity options, and processes are robust and 100% ready for standard field roll-out:
Hawa Dawa now offers an integration of the collected environmental data into Esri ArcGIS. For Esri users, this is a convenient way to use this data in the familiar Esri environment. Read more
The advisory board “Junge Digitale Wirtschaft “(Young Digital Economy) provides first-hand advice to the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection on current issues of digital transformation. The focus is on the development and potential of the young digital economy and new digital technologies in Germany. Because of the dynamics of the digital economy, the advisory board is designed to be flexible and open. The goal: a direct and practice-oriented dialogue between the young German digital and startup scene and politics.
The board, which renews itself yearly, is staffed with founders, business leaders, investors and digital associations. Hawa Dawa is proud to announce that Robert Habeck appointed CEO and co-founder Karim Tarraf to the advisory board as one of a total of 29 members.
The current advisory board will focus on key areas:
To this end, the board has organised itself into eight chapters. Karim Tarraf has taken over the lead of the “Startup Competencies for Public Procurement” chapter. Together with Anne Kjær Bathel, he will work on finding holistic ways for startups to be involved in larger public sector contracts.
The focus will be on digital startups as well as social startups. Because even though the business models are different, both struggle with the same challenges. On the one hand, Karim Tarraf can contribute his first-hand experience of Hawa Dawa as a startup whose solution is primarily aimed at public clients. On the other hand, he is intensively networked in the German startup ecosystem. He invites startups to send their input on this topic to him or Anna Kjær Bathel via LinkedIn. Lastly, Karim Tarraf also has insights into how similar issues are dealt with abroad.
You can find out more about the advisory board “Junge Digitale Wirtschaft” here
Proven regulatory-grade accuracy of the digital method of measuring air quality opens up new opportunities for public services
Hawa Dawa has been confirmed by TÜV Süd to apply a digital measurement method, which is suitable for carrying out measurements according to the German Federal Immission Control Act (39th BImSchV – the German national legislation enforcing EU Directive 2008/50/EC). TÜV Süd evaluated the Hawa Dawa method based on a comparison with suitability-tested measuring equipment.
Hawa Dawa is the first provider of so-called low-cost measurement methods confirmed to carry out measurements according to regulatory standards. This is particularly important because the application of low-cost sensors for measuring air pollution is new. There are still no guidelines for quality requirements, quality assurance and application. The scope of testing for the qualification of air quality measuring instruments based on electrochemical sensors is currently still being discussed and coordinated in VDI committees. Here, too, Hawa Dawa is involved. Read more
Hawa Dawa enters into a partnership with Swisscom, one of Switzerland’s largest integrated ICT providers headquartered in Ittigen, close to the capital city, Bern. We will cooperate with Swisscom to offer regulatory-grade air quality monitoring networks to Swiss customers. Read more
Hawa Dawa will establish AI-based IoT measurement networks in two European capitals. Both orders were placed in March.
