Bromsgrove-based security and monitoring company, Ecl-ips, is celebrating its win at the North Worcestershire Business Awards this year. Ecl-ips was a winner in the ‘Best use of Technology’ award category at the event at Hogarths Stone Manor near Kidderminster.
Ecl-ips beat two other finalists: Redditch-based TSR Electrical Group and StarkEV, an electrical vehicle charging point installer to win. The security installer was among the 30 local businesses that were shortlisted for an award.
The entry from Ecl-ips centred on the advanced technology that is provided by its vape detector offering, the HALO Smart Sensor manufactured by IPVideo in the USA. Ecl-ips was one of the first companies in the UK to identify the potential of the technology that provides real-time alerts of vaping as well as providing indoor air quality monitoring. With all its solutions Ecl-ips aims to find the best partners to help meet the needs of its clients.
This smart sensor has supported schools in the UK to tackle the problem of the rising numbers of young people who are vaping. Schools are finding that students are disrupting lessons by asking to go to the toilet and creating an intimidating atmosphere in the school toilets because more students are gathering in them to vape.
When combined with strengthened behaviour policies and the use of CCTV outside the toilets to confirm the identities of students, the vape detector has proved to be very effective at improving pupil behaviour and reducing vaping at school.