Selected work · Alarm Sekitar
Alarm Sekitar
Environmental intelligence · Coordinated response
Reimagining environmental monitoring as human-governed, AI-assisted intelligence for Malaysia’s industrial areas.
Original proposal · 2019
Reimagined by MAKMAL · 2026
01 · The context
Industrial Malaysia
Originally presented to Malaysia’s Department of Environment (Jabatan Alam Sekitar) in 2019, the Thunderworks Automation proposal explored environmental monitoring for industrial areas, with Pasir Gudang as its original context.
Alarm Sekitar is MAKMAL’s 2026 reimagining of that foundation, exploring AI-assisted investigation, coordinated response and the experience of the people making decisions.
Factories. Data centres. Workplaces. Schools. Homes.
02 · The missing layer
Signals without shared intelligence
Operations, utilities and construction activity
Local experience and public guidance
The signals exist. What is missing is a system that can continuously connect them, prepare the next move and bring people in at the right moment.
03 · The shift
Working through the signal
AI assists the continuous investigation. Accountable people make the consequential decisions.
Installed foundation · Field evidence
Thunderworks Automation
The opportunity is to connect field evidence with operational context, AI-assisted investigation and accountable human response.
From installed stations to shared environmental intelligence.
04 · The proposition
Alarm Sekitar
Fixed and mobile monitoring connect air, sound, heat, water and dust with operational context. AI-assisted analysis helps investigate change and prepare response options—while the operations centre retains authority.
Environmental, utility and operational signals
AI-assisted analysis assembles context and likely explanations
Human operators review evidence and approve action
Tasks and guidance reach the right people and channels
05 · One environment
Different decisions
One incident moves through three levels of attention: operational evidence, AI-assisted investigation and approved public guidance.
Environmental command
Data-centre construction boundary · Zone 04
Location · exposure · approved guidance
Environment near youData Centre Cluster · Zone 04
Monitoring updateYou are outside the projected corridorThe operations centre is reviewing the latest evidence.
Risk · evidence · accountable action
Operations mobile78% confidence · Construction activity aligns with wind and sensor evidence.
Inspect boundary controlsPlant manager · due now
Upload site evidenceEHS team · due in 15 min
Review public responseDuty officer · awaiting approval
Complexity stays inside the system. Clarity reaches the person who must act.
06 · The response loop
From signal to action
One incident. Six controlled transformations. Every handoff leaves evidence behind.
Two environmental vectors move beyond their local baselines.
Evidence is checked against weather, history and site activity.
Three response options are prepared with evidence and trade-offs.
An accountable operator reviews the case and decides what happens.
Approved tasks and guidance reach every affected party.
The incident strengthens the baseline and the next response playbook.
The system carries the complexity. People retain the authority.
07 · The opportunity
Across industrial areas
Across industrial estates, data-centre clusters, logistics hubs, utilities and construction zones, AI-assisted environmental intelligence can help people know sooner and respond with evidence.
08 · Behind the experience
MAKMAL / Kuala Lumpur
Independent creative practice
Maker of things. Tinker of thinks.
Maharis Azman is a creative director and design leader working across design, technology and innovation.
Through MAKMAL, he brings clarity to complex systems, with a focus on industrial UX, design for safety and applied AI.
Selected brands Maharis has worked with
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