Professor Juha Vinha and his research colleagues developed a smart dry-keeping heating controller that can be used to reduce the relative humidity of spaces by heating. The heat energy consumption can be optimally adjusted with the help of a smart controller. The building is kept dry by adjusting the indoor temperature to a few degrees higher than the outdoor temperature, when necessary. The greatest energy savings can be achieved if the indoor temperature can drop below zero in cold weather.
MoistMaster is especially intended for buildings and spaces that are occasionally or completely out of use during the cold season and where there are no water pipes or water pipes are emptied for the winter. The controller is suitable for summer cottages, meeting rooms, outdoor storage rooms, outbuildings, basements, attics, motorhomes, caravans and uninhabited houses with an electricity connection, for example.
Juha Vinha, Juhani Heljo and Juho Kantanen founded MoistMaster in 2021. The first regulator hit the market in March 2022. The new regulator MoistMaster E 10 LD was launched in October 2023. A remote control option is planned for the regulator. In addition, a solar panel powered regulator that would control a heating device powered by other fuels in buildings without electricity is being planned. MoistMaster is applying for capital funding to enter the international market.
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