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A new web-based AI tool, designed to help create air quality assessments, is receiving rave reviews from initial users. Over 20 air quality consultancies are...

Early users applaud AI air quality tool

Apr 24 2024

Air Quality Monitoring

The next stage of London’s Aberfeldy Village project has been given the go-ahead, but construction projects such as these, albeit for a planned safer, gree...

Environmental noise, dust and vibration monitoring solutions ensure envi...

Mar 13 2024

Air Quality Monitoring

We are often asked by customers whether AQMesh can operate in cold conditions. Long-term use at temperatures well below freezing, with ice and snowfall, is i...

Anodes and anemometers for harsh winter air quality monitoring

Mar 12 2024

Air Quality Monitoring

The City of Warsaw is set to implement a pioneering Clean Transport Zone in response to recommendations from Ricardo, a leading global environmental and engi...

Warsaw Clean transport zone to be introduced

Dec 21 2023

Ambient Air Quality

This year’s Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP28, proved to be quite the oddity. Only the se...

How did COP28 address air pollution?

Dec 20 2023

Air Quality Monitoring

A network of air quality monitors has been installed by West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) at key locations in Northampton, a town of nearly 250,000 inhabit...

New monitors underpin air quality strategy in English town

Dec 08 2023

Indoor Air Quality Monitoring (IAQ)

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High Standards in Indoor Air Quality Monitoring with the Fidas® Frog!

Dec 05 2023

Air Quality Monitoring

In Norway, along with its Nordic neighbours Sweden and Finland, a significant shift in home heating practices is underway. The widespread adoption of heat pu...

Heat pumps work – just ask a Norwegian

Nov 28 2023

Ambient Air Quality

In the wake of persistent and hazardous air pollution levels in Delhi, India's capital is exploring an innovative approach to mitigate this environmental cri...

Delhi to trial artificial rain solution to air pollution woes

Nov 23 2023

Air Quality Monitoring

The European Council has recently set its mandate for talks with the European Parliament on a plan to set European Union air quality standards to be reached...

Council of the European Union ready to start talks on new rules to stren...

Nov 13 2023

An air quality index (AQI) is used by government agencies^[1] to communicate to the public how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is forecast to become.^[2]^[3] AQI information is obtained by averaging readings from an air quality sensor, which can increase due to vehicle traffic, forest fires, or anything that can increase air pollution. Pollutants tested include particulates, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, among others.

Public health risks increase as the AQI rises, especially affecting children, the elderly, and individuals with respiratory or cardiovascular issues. During these times, governmental bodies generally encourage people to reduce physical activity outdoors, or even avoid going out altogether. The use of face masks such as cloth masks may also be recommended.

Different countries have their own air quality indices, corresponding to different national air quality standards. Some of these are Canada's Air Quality Health Index, Malaysia's Air Pollution Index, and Singapore's Pollutant Standards Index.