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The H-Fog unit is wallmounted. H-fog has already won several accolades: selected by the ADI Index 2021 and exhibited at the Compasso d’Oro museum in Milano, it also won the IDA Design Award Gold 2021 in the USA
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A BREATH OF FRESH AIR When need meets inspiration, innovative projects are the result. One of these is H-Fog, a product that is revolutionising the world of environmental sanitisation by Marta Bernasconi - photo courtesy by Simple
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lthough over the past two years the lockdown caused by the pandemic meant many sectors
had to shut down operations, companies working in creativity and innovation took advantage of the situation to dedicate time to the research and development of new products. One of these is H-Fog, an appliance that rethinks the way sanitisation of interiors is carried out. Alberto Vuan, an entrepreneur who has extensive experience in domotic systems applied to the hospitality and residential industries, explains H-Fog in more detail: “Simple Fabrica, based in Pordenone, is a new enterprise that exploits the knowledge acquired over the past thirty years in the smart buildings and domotics sector, using it to drive innovation in sanitisation and bio-safety. The idea behind H-Fog developed during the first lockdown in early 2022, with the aim of taking advantage of technical expertise to create the world’s first blockchain certified sanitiser. A certified appliance and process are a guarantee of safety for operators and users, and that was missing during the emergency, a period when there was a lot of improvisation in this field.” Essentially, Alberto Vuan of Simple Fabrica and designer Jodorsi (Giuseppe D’Orsi) have developed an appliance that can initiate the sanitisation process independently during the night, when nobody is present. “We’ve digitalised an analogue process traditionally carried out manually, and not certifiable, transforming it into a machine-to-machine process
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H-Fog is based on the digital transformation of a manual procedure, providing credibility for a process previously carried out using traditional methods that cannot be fully certified. And with a drastic reduction in cost
that entirely avoids any risk of human error”. The product’s rapid development was made possible by experience and background of the company and its founder. For thirty years Alberto Vuan has been CEO of the company he founded, which is a leader in the design and construction of domotic systems for the hospitality sector, also called “Intelligent Rooms”. It then developed a new generation of smart switches called IoT (Internet of Things), winning a special mention at the Compasso d’Oro event alongside Vitrum in 2010. Now, Simple and H-Fog have opened up new opportunities for smart domotics. The next development of the appliance, H-Fog combo, is set for launch this autumn. It will activate two sanitisation processes in sequence – during the day it will sanitise the air and during the night, when noone is present, the surfaces. The bespoke nature of the product applies to its functioning and aesthetics – the glass front panel has an elegant, personalisable finish. www.simplegroup.ch
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