Tag: air quality monitor
The Hot New Back-to-School Accessory? An Air Quality Monitor.
When Lizzie Rothwell, an architect in Philadelphia, sent her son to third grade this fall, she stocked his blue L.L. Bean backpack with pencils, wide-ruled paper — and a portable carbon dioxide monitor. The device gave her a quick way to assess how much fresh air was flowing through the school. Low levels of CO2…
Air Quality Monitoring Systems Market worth $5.9 billion by 2026
The growth of this market is majorly driven by factors such as rising levels of air pollution, supportive government regulations for effective air pollution monitoring and control, and ongoing initiatives toward the development of environment-friendly industries. Adding to this, increasing public-private funding for effective air pollution monitoring, and the increasing public awareness related to the…
The best air quality monitor
Air quality monitors can all detect a range of pollutants in the air, but not every model can pick up the same substances. Check the pollutants a monitor can detect before buying to make sure it can pick up those you’re most concerned about. Some common pollutants include: CO2 (carbon dioxide) and CO (carbon monoxide):…
Solar-powered air quality monitor installed at Oregon Tech
A fully solar-powered air monitoring station has been installed on the Oregon Institute of Technology’s (Oregon Tech) Klamath Falls campus, complementing the work currently being done by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to monitor air quality in the Klamath Basin. The Oregon Tech Solar-Powered Air Quality Monitoring Station (SPAQMS) will monitor PM2.5 in…
US Embassy installs air quality monitor
Embassy of the United States installed a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-approved air quality monitor at the Embassy complex. The EPA currently posts real-time data from the monitor on its AirNow website. “This air monitor is part of a larger effort by the United States to support efforts to improve air quality and the environment. We…
Air quality monitor measuring SO2 emissions installed in West Mifflin
A new air quality monitor has been installed in West Mifflin, the Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday. The monitor, which was installed at the New Emerson Elementary School on Pennsylvania Avenue, will measure sulfur dioxide, or SO2, emissions from the U.S. Steel Irvin Works facility. Residents and air quality advocates have been calling for…
New air quality monitor added in Clairton
The first of two new air quality monitors in Clairton is operational this week. Located at the Clairton Education Center, the new monitor will also measure sulfur dioxide, or SO 2 , emissions, according to an update provided by the Allegheny County Department of Health. Residents have been calling for increased monitoring and oversight of…
Hot and hazy: Smoke from B.C. fires will hang around Seattle
Where there’s smoke, there’s usually fire, they say. Not quite, in the case of Seattle’s dose of campfire-scented haze. The smoke that enveloped the region (almost entirely except for the upper reaches of the Cascades and the Olympics) didn’t come from any fires in Seattle or even in Washington state. Instead, north winds carried smoke…
Quirky monitor set up at school
An extra-terrestrial presence has arrived at Alexandra Primary School, pupils say. An Otago Regional Council (ORC) air quality monitor installed at the school looked like an alien or satellite, some pupils said. Others compared it to a weather monitor, lamp-post or fridge. The state-of-the art monitor was at another site in Ventry St and was…
