Preserving what cannot be replaced.

Vakt provides continuous environmental monitoring and standards-based compliance documentation for galleries, museums, archives, and conservation facilities — aligned with ASHRAE Chapter 24 and CCI environmental guidelines, and built entirely in Canada.

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Built around the parameters that matter for collection environments.

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Temperature. Precision temperature monitoring across galleries, vaults, off-site storage, and travelling exhibition crates. Sub-minute granularity catches HVAC drift before it reaches collection spaces.

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Relative humidity. Continuous RH monitoring with the precision required for paper, textiles, oil paintings, photographs, and organic materials. Narrow-band tracking and seasonal-shift evaluation against ASHRAE class definitions.

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Water detection. Early warning for water ingress near galleries, vaults, and below-grade storage. Rope, pad, and spot sensors deploy along pipes, ceilings, and at-risk perimeters.

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Door and proximity events. Optional door, motion, and proximity sensors for vault and restricted-access monitoring.

Designed around the standards Canadian heritage institutions are evaluated against.

ASHRAE Chapter 24 climate classes

Vakt evaluates environmental data against the full ASHRAE Chapter 24 climate class framework — Class AA through Class D. Each climate class has specific bounds for temperature, relative humidity, short-term fluctuation, and seasonal RH change. Vakt Comply tracks all of these dimensions independently and continuously, producing a per-class compliance score that reflects how your environment actually performed against each standard's complete definition.

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Class AA — Precision control with no seasonal RH change. For chemically unstable objects, highly sensitive photographs, and certain metal artifacts.
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Class A — Small fluctuations, seasonal shifts up to 10% RH. For most general collections.
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Classes B, C, D — Progressively wider tolerance bands for robust artifacts, transitional spaces, and general storage.

Vakt helps institutions identify which zones operate at which class — and, importantly, where existing infrastructure is already meeting tighter classes than the institution is currently claiming.

Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) guidelines

CCI guidelines provide a Canadian framework for environmental control in heritage institutions, emphasizing risk-based decision-making over rigid setpoints. Vakt's continuous monitoring data supports CCI-aligned decisions by showing how your environment actually performed over time — not just where the thermostat was set.

Two audiences, one platform.

For conservators and curators

Continuous environmental records for incoming and outgoing loan agreements. Compliance documentation against ASHRAE class requirements specified by lending institutions. Exception tracking for any environmental conditions that fall outside agreed-upon ranges. Exportable PDF and CSV reports for insurance, audits, and long-term preservation planning.

For facilities and operations

Building-wide environmental visibility with zone-level and sensor-level drill-down. Early warning of HVAC drift before it affects collection spaces. Water detection across at-risk zones. Multi-site oversight for institutions with off-site storage or distributed facilities. Integration with existing BMS platforms.

Where Vakt is today.

Vakt is currently in early pilot deployment with Canadian heritage institutions. We are working closely with our pilot partners to validate platform behaviour against real-world institutional environments and reporting requirements. Reference customer relationships will be available later in 2026 as our pilot programs mature.

If you are evaluating monitoring platforms for an institution and would like to discuss Vakt's roadmap, capabilities, and pilot pathway, we welcome the conversation.

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