Now, Miqyas the smart detector will gauge work environment
dubai — In line with UAE Innovation Week, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) launched a smart detector on Wednesday to help regulate the work environment.
The device, under the name Miqyas (“measure” in Arabic), provides readings of temperature, sound, illuminance and humidity via a smart app.
Installed during its trial phase at the Ministry, Khalifa Al Ketbi, head of service department and the health and safety team at MOHRE, told Khaleej Times that it increased the employee satisfaction level by 15 per cent.
Miqyas allows us to control external factors of the working environment like lighting, humidity and disturbance, to provide the best environment for increased productivity.” Khalifa Al Ketbi, head of service department and health and safety team, MOHRE
“It allows us to control external factors of the working environment like lighting, humidity and disturbance, to provide the best environment for increased productivity,” said Al Ketbi.
The device, with its core made of a vacuum cleaner, is meant to promote sustainability. Al Ketbi said: “Such readings were previously provided by four different machines. Miqyas also provides history and alerts if the levels exceed normal rates.”
While it is currently used at the ministry, Al Ketbi said it can be used in repair workshops and labour accommodations, and also other private firms in the future.
Al Ketbi noted that the device’s benefits draws attention to problems that employers were not aware of.
“We want business owners to be able to adjust their working environments without receiving complaints or asking for the ministry’s interference.”
Future phases will see the device adjusting readings automatically, while adding more features that could monitor up to 11 more categories, such as pollution rates and gas emissions.
With the ministry having implemented the device, Al Ketbi said the plan is to introduce it in other federal government departments soon.
sherouk@khaleejtimes.com