Indoor plants can quietly reshape the health and quality of homes and workplaces
Houseplants and more advanced plant systems, such as indoor living walls and hydroponic towers, have the potential to raise indoor humidity, boost thermal comfort...
Pollution sensing is prêt a porter
The notion of a sensitive, wearable gas sensor - equipped to perform environmental and human health monitoring - has been a technological grail for...
Sponsored Content: Proprietary tech for affordable clean air
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Treat citizens as partners, not participants, to improve air quality research
Encouraging citizens to take part in almost every step of scientific air quality research improves their understanding of how air pollution affects their health,...
Customisable air pollution alerts now available for monitor series
Air quality specialist EarthSense released live ambient air pollution alerting capabilities to its MyAir® web application on 25 May, "enabling prompt action against thresholds...
Counting the microns
Now considered the world's leading environmental risk factor, the striking fact about PM2.5 is how little of the world's populace manages to escape seemingly...
Clean Shipping Alliance criticises move to restrict use of scrubbers in ports
The Clean Shipping Alliance, a representative body within the shipping industry, has criticised a decision last week by North Atlantic marine protection body OSPAR...
Nosing out the controversy over AD plant emissions
IN March local campaigners succeeded in blocking plans to build an energy-from-waste plant in Ramsbottom in the Greater Manchester area.
Concern over the smell...
GMB calls for action over urban air
A study conducted for the GMB Union has highlighted the "dangerous" pollution levels to which some UK workers are being exposed, prompting the organisation...
High sensitivity monitoring of indoor VOCs
Highly sensitive version of sensor capable of monitoring trace levels of VOCs over a long period of time making it ideal for air quality...
Study links fine particles to death rates
Exposure to toxic air pollutants is linked to increased cardiovascular and respiratory death rates, according to a new, international study
Odour control system combines neutralisation with fragrance design
A new product offering in the odour control space appears unusual in its combination of industrial odour neutralisation with deliberately designed “mood-enhancing” fragrances.
The AiroVive®...
Emissions monitoring event announces conference programme
The organisers of CEM 2016, the international emissions monitoring event, have published details of the conference that will run over three days in Lisbon...
Optical aerosol analyzer provides real-time particulate matter monitoring
Instrumentation firm ENVEA has launched an Optical Aerosol Spectrometer designed for real-time particulate matter (PM) monitoring, delivering "ultra-precise data in any environment".
The OPM250...
Funding for early detection
Berlin-based start-up Dryad has secured e10.5 million in new funding to help commercialise its solar-powered sensor network for early detection of wildfires.
Describing pollutant distribution in 3d
A team led by environmental physicist Stefan Schreier at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna is attempting to build up a better picture of nitrogen dioxide pollution in the city. The work includes the first attempts to describe how this pollution is distributed in the vertical axis, from street-level upwards, as well as the use of data from satellite measurements.
Odour-free AD
SIMDEAN Group has installed an odour control system at one of the UK’s most advanced anaerobic digestion plants in Dungannon, Northern Ireland.
The plant, built...
Conference seminar to focus on Clean Air Zones
AQE 2018 (Telford, 21+22 Nov), the Air Quality & Emissions event, will include a seminar organised by the EIC on 21st November focusing on...
Sensing evolution
Last month we looked at global sensors leader Alphasense and their work within the Gas Safety sector. This month we take a closer look at the steps they are taking to support the global drive to improve air quality.
Sorex Sensors launch first dust sensor based on film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) technology
The University of Cambridge spin-out has launched its first product based on its seemingly breakthrough sensor technology
