TL;DR
- Three modules in one contract: Building IAQ (per classroom + zone), Vape Guard (no camera, no audio, restrooms only), and optional Canteen HACCP (kitchen + canteen temperature).
- Pricing: Standard AED 6,500/month (IAQ + Vape), Plus AED 7,800/month (+ Canteen HACCP), Premium AED 9,800/month (+ Pool/Legionella if applicable).
- Reference configuration: 4,000 m² school · 8 IAQ zones · 6 Vape Guard restrooms · 4 Canteen HACCP sensors. Larger schools are scoped from the same per-module unit pricing.
- Regulatory anchor: KHDA (Dubai) + ADEK (Abu Dhabi) for the school operating license. DM-HSD-GU119 v4 technical guidelines for IAQ. Federal Law 15/2009 for smoking/vape regulation. Dubai Food Code 2.0 / ADAFSA for canteen food safety.
- Privacy on vape detection is non-negotiable: no camera, no microphone, no audio recording, no personally identifiable data collection. Alerts are time + location only.
Why a bundle
A private school in the UAE typically faces 3-4 separate compliance domains at any given time:
- Indoor air quality in classrooms, libraries, halls, admin offices.
- Vape and smoke detection in restrooms (especially upper-school restrooms — the Frontiers in Public Health 2025 study reported 39.6% vape prevalence among UAE youth, the highest in the Arab world).
- Canteen food safety — kitchen refrigeration, hot-holding, and HACCP records for the school cafeteria.
- Pool (where a school operates one) — chemistry monitoring under DM-HSD-GU81.
Assembled from separate vendors, this typically means:
- 3-4 contracts, 3-4 SLAs, 3-4 dashboards, 3-4 invoices, 3-4 calibration schedules.
- 3-4 vendor relationships for the Operations Manager to maintain.
- 3-4 sets of inspector questions to answer when KHDA or ADEK walks through.
- Typical aggregate cost AED 10,000-15,000+ per month at a 4,000 m² reference school.
The WOLKIS bundle is operational consolidation, not a discount play. The price is competitive but the real value is having one phone number to call when an inspector asks where the IAQ records are, where the canteen temperature logs are, and how vape incidents are detected — all in the same conversation.
Pricing tiers
All tiers are published pricing. 12-month minimum for IAQ and HACCP modules, 24-month minimum for Vape Guard hardware. Pricing is bundle packaging — not a discount on individual modules. Reference configuration: 4,000 m² school, 8 IAQ zones, 6 Vape Guard restrooms, 4 Canteen HACCP sensors.
- 8 IAQ sensors (classrooms + zones)
- 6 Vape Guard restrooms
- LoRaWAN gateway
- 24/7 monitoring + alerts
- Audit-ready PDF reports
- Quarterly calibration
- Everything in Standard
- 4 Canteen HACCP sensors
- Kitchen temperature logs
- DM + ADAFSA report format
- Fridge/freezer/hot-hold coverage
- Everything in Plus
- Pool chemistry monitoring
- DHW temperature monitoring
- DM-HSD-GU44 + GU81 reports
- For schools with on-site pool
Larger schools (e.g. 8,000 m² with 20 classrooms and 12 restrooms) are scoped from per-module unit pricing: AED 150 per additional IAQ zone, AED 450 per additional restroom, AED 350 per additional HACCP sensor. Most schools sit between Standard and Plus.
The three modules in detail
1. Building IAQ — DM-HSD-GU119 v4 aligned
One sensor per ventilation zone — not per square meter. A "zone" is a space with its own HVAC supply: one classroom, one meeting room, one library, one assembly hall. Milesight AM308 or AM319 sensors are battery-powered (5-10 year battery life), so no Wi-Fi pulls and no cabling through ceilings.
Why this matters in a school: a 20 m² classroom with 25 students has radically different CO2 than an empty corridor. ASHRAE 62.1 and DM-HSD-GU119 both specify ventilation per zone — and inspectors look at evidence per zone. Per-square-meter pricing from generic IAQ vendors typically misses this.
Reports are formatted against DM-HSD-GU119 v4 technical guidelines. For our position on what is and isn't yet statutory under Dubai Law 5/2025, see our evidence-based explainer.
2. Vape Guard — privacy-first restroom detection
Vape Guard uses ceiling-mounted Milesight GS601 sensors in restrooms. The sensor detects vape vapor and elevated PM/VOC signatures characteristic of e-cigarette or smoke events. No camera, no microphone, no audio recording, no facial recognition, no personally identifiable data. Alerts are time + location only.
School staff manually link alerts to incidents according to school disciplinary policy. The platform does not identify any student — that judgment stays with the school, where it belongs. This separation is what makes Vape Guard compatible with UAE PDPL data protection expectations and KHDA/ADEK student privacy guidance.
The 39.6% vape prevalence figure for UAE youth (Frontiers in Public Health, 2025) is the highest reported in the Arab world. Detection alone does not solve the underlying issue, but it gives school staff the early-warning signal needed to enforce policy consistently across all restrooms — not just the ones that happen to get walked.
3. Canteen HACCP — kitchen temperature compliance
Canteen HACCP applies the same restaurant-grade temperature monitoring used in the WOLKIS HACCP module, scoped down to the school kitchen footprint. Typical 4 sensors covers: walk-in fridge, walk-in freezer, hot-holding unit, prep-area display fridge.
Real-time alerts when temperatures drift outside safe ranges. Audit-ready PDF reports formatted for Dubai Municipality (Dubai Food Code 2.0) and ADAFSA (Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority) — both regulators inspect school canteens regularly.
For larger campuses with multiple kitchens or full-service cafeterias, sensor count scales with kitchen complexity.
Why "one contract" matters at inspection time
A KHDA or ADEK inspection in 2026 typically asks for evidence on three or four compliance dimensions in the same visit:
- "Where are your IAQ monitoring records for the last academic year?"
- "How do you detect and respond to vape incidents in restrooms?"
- "Show me your canteen temperature logs for the last quarter."
- "What's your response time when a sensor alerts?"
With three separate vendors, the school Operations Manager has to log into three dashboards, export three sets of reports, and reconcile three sets of alert histories. With one dashboard, all four answers come from the same screen, with the same timestamp logic, and the same SLA backing them.
This is why we built it as a bundle rather than letting schools assemble it module-by-module. The compliance value is in the consolidation, not in the underlying sensors (which are commodity LoRaWAN parts available from multiple distributors).
Regulatory anchor for UAE private schools
| Authority | Scope | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| KHDA (Dubai) | Private school operating license, inspection regime, parent-facing ratings | khda.gov.ae |
| ADEK (Abu Dhabi) | Private school regulation in Abu Dhabi emirate | adek.gov.ae |
| Northern Emirates | Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA) and similar emirate-level bodies | Emirate-specific |
| Dubai Municipality | IAQ technical guidelines (DM-HSD-GU119 v4); food safety for canteens (Dubai Food Code 2.0) | dm.gov.ae |
| ADAFSA | Food safety in Abu Dhabi school canteens | adafsa.gov.ae |
| Federal Law 15/2009 | Anti-smoking and vape regulation (school context) | UAE federal law |
| Dubai Law No. (5) of 2025 | Public health obligations including indoor environment responsibilities | See our explainer |
Implementation timeline
- Week 0 — Free site audit (60-90 min). We walk the school with the Operations Manager and confirm sensor count: number of IAQ zones, number of vape-priority restrooms, kitchen footprint, optional pool presence.
- Week 1 — Contract signed, sensors prepared. Hardware allocated, gateway provisioned, dashboard set up for the school.
- Week 2 — Sensor installation. Vape Guard: ~30 minutes per restroom. IAQ: ~15 minutes per classroom or zone. HACCP: ~30 minutes per kitchen unit. We schedule outside academic hours where possible.
- Week 3 — Calibration and first report. Sensors stabilize over a few days; first audit-ready PDF report covers the calibration period and serves as the inspection-ready baseline.
- Month 2 onward — Operational mode. Real-time alerts via WhatsApp/email to the Operations Manager and school health team. Monthly summary reports.
Total: 2-3 weeks from contract signing to first inspector-ready report at a 4,000 m² reference school.