Worldsensing is proud to announce that the conception and design process of its upcoming G7 family of products, designed for geotechnical and environmental monitoring, has been officially validated under the European Union’s Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) principle. This pivotal validation underscores Worldsensing’s commitment to driving innovation in line with stringent environmental and sustainability standards, reinforcing the company’s role as a leader in sustainable technology.
A journey towards environmental responsibility
The ‘Do No Significant Harm’ (DNSH) principle, a cornerstone of the European Union’s Taxonomy Regulation, ensures that economic activities contribute to one or more environmental objectives without causing harm to others. By aligning its new G7 family production platform with these high standards, Worldsensing is setting a benchmark in the industrial IoT sector for environmental responsibility.
The DNSH principle evaluates a product’s lifecycle impact across six environmental objectives:
- Climate change mitigation
- Climate change adaptation
- The sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources
- The transition to a circular economy
- Pollution prevention and control
- The protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems
“Our commitment to innovation goes hand in hand with our responsibility to the planet,” said Andrea Bartoli, Chief Technology Officer of Worldsensing. “The validation of our new G7 platform under the DNSH principle highlights our dedication to developing cutting-edge technologies that meet the highest environmental standards. We are proud to take this significant step towards greener and more sustainable geotechnical monitoring solutions.”
The G7 family: setting new standards in geotechnical monitoring
Loadsensing has been in the market since 2008. It is a family of long-range, low-power devices that allow to wirelessly transmit data from sensors to information systems. The Loadsensing family includes wireless data acquisition devices that ensure accurate data collection and reliable transmission, as well as wireless sensors that can integrate into monitoring systems for accurate tilt, vibration and distance measurements.
With more than 100,000 devices deployed worldwide, Loadsensing is a key element in Worldsensing’s remote connectivity solutions, used by engineers to cover monitoring needs in a single network that can support hundreds of devices reliably and securely in the fields of geotechnical, structural and environmental monitoring.
As part of Worldsensing’s strategy to develop environmentally friendly and technologically advanced solutions, Worldsensing’s new family of edge devices, the upcoming Loadsensing G7 family, incorporates innovative designs and processes that adhere to good environmental practices.
The first two products of the new Loadsensing G7 family are the Vibration Meter, a wireless sensor that automates data collection for long term, continuous vibration monitoring, and the GNSS Meter, a wireless sensor that enables precise automated measurement of surface point movements.
DNHS compliance certified
As Worldsensing moves closer to the launch of its new-generation solutions, the company has undergone an external audit to validate that the G7 products align with EU green objectives, ensuring that they do not exacerbate climate risks, harm ecosystems, or contribute to pollution.
The Spanish Certification Agency (ACIE) has certified the European DNHS compliance of the G7 production platform.
DNSH is a principle that aims to prevent otherwise sustainable investments from having a negative impact on the environment or the society. It was first adopted by the EU regulators to prevent short-sighted investment strategies and ensure that investment processes take into account a variety of environmental and social objectives, rather than focusing solely on a single one.
This certification proves that the activity derived from Worldsensing G7 product family:
- will not lead to significant greenhouse gas emissions
- will not lead to an increased adverse impact of the current climate and the expected future climate, on the activity itself or on people, nature or assets
- is not detrimental to the good status or the good ecological potential of bodies of water, including surface water and groundwater; or to the good environmental status of marine waters
- will not lead to significant inefficiencies in the use of materials or in the direct or indirect use of natural resources such as non-renewable energy sources, raw materials, water and land at one or more stages of the life cycle of products, including in terms of durability, reparability, upgradability, reusability or recyclability of products
Financed by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
The development of the first two products of the Worldsensing G7 family, the Vibration Meter and the GNSS Meter, has been co-financed by the Spanish Center for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) under project IDI-20240187.
CDTI, an entity under the Ministry of Science and Innovation, specializes in promoting innovation and technological development across Spanish companies. Its role in financing the development of the G7 vibration and GNSS meters demonstrates their commitment to elevating the technological capabilities of Spanish enterprises. Their technical and economic evaluations, coupled with funding for R&D&I initiatives, are pivotal in fostering innovation and sustainability.
“CDTI’s support has been instrumental in enabling us to progress advanced research to propel the G7 family forward,” added Francisco Hernández, VP Compliance at Worldsensing. “Their commitment to innovation and sustainability aligns perfectly with our vision to develop technologies that protect people and the planet.”
Worldsensing has long been recognized as an innovative SME by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, and the G7 product development exemplifies its dedication to creating disruptive technologies that address global challenges. These advancements reflect Worldsensing’s ongoing mission to empower industries with solutions that anticipate events and enable smarter, more sustainable decisions. Through this DNSH validation, the company further solidifies its position as a pioneer in environmentally conscious innovation.