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Open Air

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This is an open source community effort to develop a range of low-cost air quality monitoring and remediation tools. Welcome!

Join in by:

  • Reading about goals and asking great questions
  • Trying (and critiquing) our community-made how-to guides
  • Posting your own how-to guides and mods
  • Building on others’ work; hack and remix the kits to refine and expand them
  • Submit your improvements for inclusion in an upcoming starter kit release or add-on
  • Serving on a Research Review Group for a 3 month period

Resources

State-by-state info sheets on indoor air quality assistance and governance (work in progress!)


Activities


Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.


Frequently Asked Questions about air quality

Title Author Updated Likes Comments
Looking for recommendations of how to obtain air quality samples around a fracked gas compressor station @SBucic over 2 years ago 3
Does this plume count as a violation under Method 9 Opacity? (photos) @eustatic over 2 years ago 3
What are some good trouble shooting tips for installing/maintaining a PurpleAir? @stevie over 2 years ago 4
Does keeping a bucket sample cold extend the time you have to get it to a lab for testing? @stevie almost 3 years ago 1
What is the most accurate low-cost VOC monitoring method? @tylerknight almost 3 years ago 3
How to find/request an air emissions permit for a facility in Quebec? @Fleer almost 3 years ago 1
How long do you need to co-locate an air quality tool to get what you need to calibrate or "ground truth" another tool? @stevie almost 3 years ago 5
Is there an easy way (app?) to find my elevation above sea level? @stevie about 3 years ago 3
What are health and environmental concerns for sewage smell in a home? @stevie about 3 years ago 3
What are ways to alert residents to air quality concerns without using cell phones or wifi? @bhamster about 3 years ago 2
What are some of the first things you do with air quality monitoring data to better understand it? @bhamster about 3 years ago 7
What are ways to monitor for ethylene oxide? @stevie over 3 years ago 1
What are air quality indicators you should watch for around a landfill that indicate you should take a grab sample? @stevie over 3 years ago 3
Is there a correlation between humidity and particulates in the air? @sarasage over 3 years ago 3
How to connect an anemometer to an air particulate monitor? @crispinpierce over 3 years ago 0
How subsurface gasses migrate and what allows them to dissipate? Landfill gasses @denissebn_06 over 3 years ago 4
HOW do i find testing for air quality in my home - specifically for silica? @MaryBandy almost 4 years ago 2
What are some affordable methods of air quality monitoring in New Orleans? @purl almost 4 years ago 4
Chevron is up for a permit renewal again (under title 5 of the Clean Air Act), we have a 4800 page report on the company, how can we get through it and pull out the valuable info? @stevie almost 4 years ago 20
What are your experiences using low-cost VOC sensors outdoors? And other questions about accuracy. @bhamster about 4 years ago 4
Can a successful heavy metal analysis using moss samples be designed for community partners? @stevie about 4 years ago 2
For the Bucket Monitor, how many tedlar bags do you need per-sampling? @mimiss about 4 years ago 2
What causes shimmering air above flares? @kgradow1 over 4 years ago 4
Where is non-compliance reported for fencline monitoring? @A_SCH over 4 years ago 1


Also see http://publiclab.org/wiki/air-quality

Additional media

By @zengirl2: https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/08/09/how-to-purify-your-air-with-hacked-plants-publiclab-citizenscience/