This page showcases the climate monitoring and control systems we've designed from the ground up specifically for wildlife enclosures in zoological park
exhibits and other applications such as "breed for release" conservation programs. We offer a range of solutions from a single stand alone datalogger to park-wide systems comprising
of numerous network connected dataloggers, each with their respective sensors. Dataloggers in networked systems are able to communicate with each other to share data, for example, one
datalogger with sensors measuring the outside climate can provide the reference external temperature and humidity values for the HVAC control systems of every enclosure on the network.
Dataloggers are able to send Email based alarm messages and can be accessed by staff via the network to view the status of any enclosure. All our systems are designed around Campbell
Scientific dataloggers and sensors with our proprietary software.
Animal welfare is paramount so all our control systems are designed to provide maximum reliability and the most natural environmental conditions possible in each animal enclosure.
For more information, please click on the "Documents" menu above for downloadable Brochures and Reference Manuals for each system.
ZooCADA-Log is a sophisticated climate monitoring system suitable for any wildlife enclosure. The base system monitors air temperature and relative humidity along with soil temperature and soil moisture. The soil moisture measurement is an average over the top 300mm of soil depth. Data is recorded and can be downloaded to a computer. Standard data files include 10 Minute Temperature and RH, 60 Minute Soil Temperature and Moisture, Daily Maximum, Minimum, and Average Temperature and RH.
ZooCADA-HVAC builds on the features of the ZooCADA-Log system by adding sophisticated HVAC control functions to maintain a healthy enclosure with the most natural atmospheric conditions possible. The enclosure temperature is automatically maintained within predetermined seasonal setpoints using a combination of fan forced ventilation from external air and air conditioning. This improves energy efficiency by prioritising ventilation and only running the air conditioning when necessary.
ZooCADA-Lab is a highly configurable system designed for breeding lab installations and animal care facilities. This system includes all the features of our ZooCADA-HVAC system, with its data acquisition and sophisticated HVAC control, and adds automatic switched lighting control that's selectable for nocturnal or diurnal operation. Natural seasonal variation of the enclosure lighting and climate is provided to maintain a healthy, more natural environment, for the animals being cared for.
ZooCADA-Life is our flagship wildlife enclosure environment control system that's purpose designed specifically to meet the needs of nocturnal and diurnal indoor wildlife exhibits in zoological parks. This system extends our ZooCADA-Lab system by adding fully automated enclosure lighting dimmers to control the moonlight, sunrise and sunset transitions, and plant growing light in addition to controlling the enclosure climate within a keeper defined range. The lighting and climate controls all feature fully automated natural seasonal variation.
ZooCADA-Store is designed to monitor up to three refrigerated and/or non-refrigerated food storage rooms, such as walk in fridges, freezers and pantrys in animal food preparation kitchens at zoological facilities. The temperature of each room is logged to support research and management tasks, a piezo alert warns staff if a door is open too long, and alarms can be raised if temperatures deviate from normal. In the event that someone becomes trapped in a refrigerated space, a safety panic alarm button is provided to enable them to summon help.
LoggerNet by Campbell Scientific Inc. provides a suite of software tools to support datalogger programming and network configuration, automatic download of data from all dataloggers on the network, data display, and various data manipulation and graphing tasks. Data can be saved in formats including CSV and XML ready for importing into third-party analysis software. Licensed per user, we recommend one license per network unless your staff need to carry out the various tasks from multiple computers. Requires Microsoft Windows.
Adena Scientific Limited
PO Box 756
Waikato Mail Centre
Hamilton 3240
+64 07 829-7063
sales@adena.co.nz
