



En ce début d’année, je vous souhaite une excellente année 2022. Je suis très optimiste pour le futur, après ces 2 dernières années mouvementées que nous avons passées.
La crise sanitaire est omniprésente et nous fait repenser toutes nos habitudes. La logistique des personnes et des marchandises subissent désormais de nouvelles pressions. L’idée de potentiellement avoir n’importe quel objet, très rapidement, et à faible coût, nous induisait en erreur, en nous laissant penser que cela n’avait qu’un faible impact sur les ressources de notre planète.
La loi anti-gaspillage en France, est un exemple de la prise de conscience globale de notre impact sur la planète. Limiter l’usage du plastique à usage unique est une étape nécessaire. D’autres initiatives suivent. Elles contribuent à la neutralité carbone, et impacteront positivement la vie de nos enfants …
Cet avenir, nous le construisons maintenant, avec nos choix.
L’année 2021 a été particulièrement importante pour l’équipe meo grâce à l’atteinte de plusieurs objectifs :
On parle beaucoup de moniteurs, car ils deviennent un moyen simple de limiter le risque Covid*. Sont-ils tous équivalents ? Il y a en fait 2 attitudes lorsque vous achetez des moniteurs. Que souhaitez-vous faire ?
Communiquer sur le nombre de moniteurs déployés ?
> N’attendez pas grand chose des moniteurs de CO2 sans historique, ni recalibration
Communiquer sur l’amélioration de la qualité de l’air pour les utilisateurs ?
> Choisissez meo mini, pour ses historiques complets, ses analyses, et ses tableaux de bord
* La mesure du CO2 permet d’évaluer le niveau de ventilation en fonction du nombre de personnes dans une pièce.
Besoin de réduire le risque Covid ? Parlons-en, et avançons !
As 2022 starts, I would like to wish you a fantastic new year. I am very optimistic for the future, after those 2 bumpy years.
Covid crisis is affecting everybody. It is reshaping all of our ways of living. Supply chain is under pressure and logistics is quite rough: travels are subject to inbound/outbound countries regulations with sudden outbreaks, when goods have delays because of container shortage causing increased cost. The idea of potentially getting anything you want, quickly, cheaply, doesn’t factor in all the pressure on our planet’s resources.
The anti-waste law in France is one example of the action taken by the French government to tackle one the ever-growing issue of single use plastic. More initiatives and laws are coming in favor of carbon neutrality, which will positively affect our childrens’ future.
We build this future now, with all our decisions and achievements.
In this regard, meo team has achieved key milestones in 2021:
As there is a lot of buzz about air quality monitors, as it’s an easy way to limit viral propagation*, Covid included. There are 2 ways of looking at it, once you have CO2 monitors. Which one would be yours?
Communicate on the number of purchased monitors?
> Have low expectation with short-lasting CO2 monitor
Communicate on air quality improvement for occupants?
> Go for meo mini: full history and analysis available on any browser
Do you need to communicate how safe your spaces are? Let’s make it a reality, and move forward.
* Measuring CO2 is a key tool in managing ventilation level relative to the people in a room.
Tic Toc … It’s not a typo when referring to the “Tik Tok” app. It’s the French way to name the clock ticking, and time passing.
After 14 years in Hong Kong, it’s time for me and my family to move back to France.
Hong Kong is ✨magic!
We need to keep in mind that living in Hong Kong is a privilege. Hong Kong fosters successes (6 Ss) with:
Hong Kong is making our life so easy, we don’t want our ?kids to feel this is standard around the world. Because it simply isn’t the world standard. They need to feel how the real world feels like and get to appreciate it.
Supporting new ?ventures
Hong Kong was a great place for me to transition from my trading roles at Société Générale to my personal quest for cleaner air that morphed into meo. I got back to my electronic studies and soldering iron to design the 1st hardware with its embarked software. I worked with Pierre, CTO, who designed the cloud software side, with security, privacy and scalability in mind. From working in a corner of my bedroom to different offices in Sheung Wan, then in Soho.
Last September, we were selected by Hong Kong Science and Technology Park #HKSTP at the heart of the Greater Bay Area. So we moved our office to the ?“Material and Precision Engineering” cluster.
Hong Kong office will keep the responsibility of:
Meo Asian business will be supervised by Michael Horman, former Partner at Baker McKenzie. Michael has been involved in meo daily activities for the last 3 years. Michael will oversee meo business development in Asia, with the support of the current local team.
Expanding to Europe
Demand for cleaner air is increasing. This is a direct effect of ?Covid making the air we breathe a major focus.
Meo decided to #ChooseFrance for its Paris office, and answer the regional demand:
Safe air in ?schools!
How to reduce the covid risk in schools and office space?
We are launching “mini-meo” to answer this, with simple installation:
Hong Kong – Paris – Washington
Michael (michael@meo.life) is based in Hong Kong.
I (saketaram@meo.life) will be based near Paris.
Maria (maria@meo.life) is based in Washington. She handles the communication globally.
Do not hesitate to contact us about air quality in your school, office or retail space.
Contact: hello@meo.life
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