First Article Installation

We don’t do pilots.

Around 90% of pilots fail — and it’s almost never the technology. It’s that nobody agreed what success looked like before it started. A pilot with no KPIs is a talent show: applause, then nothing. So we do something different.

Pilot vs First Article

A pilot is for tourists. A first article is for people with a plan.

A pilot is a performance — premium-priced, open-ended, designed to impress rather than decide. It rarely turns into a rollout, because the success criteria were never set. That’s why pilots cost more and change less.

A First Article Installation is the opposite. It’s for an organisation that intends to roll out and wants proof — against numbers agreed in advance — before it commits. Bring a plan; we’ll prove it. (Still want the pilot? We’ll run one. It’s the premium option, and honestly it’s for tourists.)

Agreed First

We agree the numbers before anything goes on a wall.

Before install, we work with you to set the criteria a rollout actually depends on:

  • Cost — per unit, per site, and at portfolio scale.
  • Outcomes — the compliance, energy and air-quality results you need.
  • Training— who operates it, and how they’re brought up to speed.
  • The rollout plan — what “pass” looks like, and what happens next.
How It Works

Agree the numbers. Prove them. Sign off the rollout.

01

Agree the KPIs

Cost, outcomes, training and the success criteria for a rollout — set together, up front.

02

Install the first article

Wireless LoRaWAN sensors on one site — no wiring, no disruption, under a day.

03

Prove it against the numbers

Continuous monitoring plus an Evidence Pack, measured against the KPIs you agreed — not a highlight reel.

04

Sign off the rollout

Hit the numbers and you leave with an agreed plan to scale — not a “that was nice” and silence.

Who It's For

Built for the buildings everyone else prices out.

Social housing providers, local authorities and schools facing Awaab’s Law, excess-cold and air-quality duties — without the consultancy retainer. And because better buildings shouldn’t be a luxury, schools, registered non-profits and net-zero projects get 50% off.

Why It's Different

Physics, not sentiment. Proof, not a performance.

We don’t dance on stage hoping for applause. We work out what you actually need, prove it against numbers you set, and agree what comes next. It’s the disciplined route — and it’s why it works where pilots don’t.

Selecting First-Article Partners

Bring a plan. We’ll prove it.

Thirty minutes, no obligation — we’ll agree the KPIs that matter, and check whether your portfolio qualifies for a first-article place and the 50% pledge.