Location: San Diego, USA
Date: TBC – present
Customer: San Diego County Air Pollution Control District (SDAPCD)
Objective: Community monitoring of unpleasant odours (H2S) and other ambient pollutants near the border between San Diego, USA and Tijuana, Mexico caused by sewage spills, to help determine if the air pollution in the area is getting worse.
Deployment: Six AQMesh pods are currently installed near SDAPCD’s reference facilities near the Mexican border alongside a Teledyne reference analyser for H2S, along with further reference analysers for CO, VOC, PM2.5 and PM10. Four of the pods will shortly be moved to the local community, with one pod permanently remaining at the reference site and another pod moving between reference equipment to act as a ‘gold pod’ for network calibration.
Results: The monitoring is still ongoing and the SDAPCD are due to deploy further AQMesh pods around the community. The data from the pods will be used as evidence to legislators with a view that they will action a plan for clean-up and improvement.
More project information:- https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/odor-monitors-installed-in-south-bay-after-complaints-of-stinky-smells-caused-by-sewage-spills/3320826/
Location:- Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Date:- 2024
Customer:- Nazar Business and Technology, LLC (NBT)
Objective:- To be able to monitor accurate and stable air quality data in the region
Deployment:- NBT rented three AQMesh pods measuring NO2, NO, dust, PM2.5, PM10, CO, CO2, H2S, TVOC, O3, SO2, wind speed & direction. These have been used as part of various construction projects across the Navoi region to provide accurate air quality measurements
Customer comment:- “We chose AQMesh after a recommendation from an international consulting firm. AQMesh represents a premier solution for tracking air quality and emissions. The system distinguishes itself by seamlessly transmitting all collected data directly to a server in real-time. This capability allows specialists to promptly analyse the data, ensuring an efficient and effective approach to environmental monitoring.”
Customer website:- https://nbt.uz/high-quality-measurements-of-air-emissions-within-the-framework-of-the-kfw-investment-project-in-the-navoi-region/
Location: Newcastle, UK
Date: September 2018 – Present
Customer: Newcastle University / Urban Observatory
Objective: To collect information to understand the way different systems interact across the city and provide a baseline against which future cities can be developed and managed.
Deployment: 55 AQMesh pods have been deployed at different locations throughout Newcastle and Gateshead along with 6 reference stations to measure air quality as part of a wider network of over 600 sensors monitoring parameters such as water quality, noise, weather, energy use, traffic and even tweets. The AQMesh pods are also being used as part of the ‘Sense My Street’ tool box which enables local communities to deploy sensors and locate them on the streets, collecting evidence to inform or even change their communities
Results: All of the data is freely available at Newcastle University’s website and is being used by researchers, local authorities, regulators, developers, town planners, businesses and members of the public.
Project website: https://urbanobservatory.ac.uk/
Full news article: Read here.
Location: Minnesota, USA
Date: Spring 2019 – Present
Customer: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Objective: Air quality data will be collected during a two year project to determine if there are any significant differences in the concentration of pollutants between ZIP codes, if there are any areas with unusually high levels of pollution, and if technology such as AQMesh is suitable for measuring such small variations in air quality.
Deployment: 50 AQMesh pods are installed at 44 different monitoring sites throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul, reporting on levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3), nitric oxide (NO), sulphur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and corse particulate matter (PM10).
Results: Prior to being deployed, the AQMesh pods were co-located against the FEM station at Blaine airport for a number of months in order for the readings to be compared and validated. During this co-location period AQMesh showed high levels of pod-to-pod precision, with an average correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.94 for NO2, despite extreme weather conditions.
Project website: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air/assessing-urban-air-quality-project
Location: Masaya, Nicaragua
Date: March 2017 – March 2018
Customer: University of Leeds / Global Challenges Research Fund: Unseen but not unfelt: resilience to persistent volcanic emissions (UNRESP)
Objective: The aim of UNRESP project is to understand the impact of long-term elevated SO2 on the population in order to devise an early warning system for dangerously high levels of air pollution, specifically SO2 and particulate matter.“Air pollution is a chronic and serious hazard affecting many developing countries, but there is generally very limited capability to monitor and mitigate it,” commented project leader, Dr. Evgenia Ilyinskaya who is leading the project. “Real-time data on the ground is vital for quantifying and understanding the duration, peak concentration and frequency of high air pollution episodes, which are factors that directly impact human health.”
Deployment: Six AQMesh pods were installed at locations around the volcano. Although there is no reference station at the site, diffusion tubes have been used to take measurements which can be compared to the real-time readings from AQMesh.
Results: Currently, data is not being made publicly available, but AQMesh readings were compared to predictions from a pollution dispersion model, which has been successfully used for air pollution forecasting at other volcanic sites. The collaboration with AQMesh has also identified ways of improving the equipment for monitoring volcanogenic pollution which tends to be much more corrosive than ‘typical’ urban pollution.
Project website: https://twitter.com/UNRESPproject
Full news article: Read here.
Location: Marseille, France
Date: February 2019 – Present
Customer: AtmoSud (AirPACA) / CETU (Tunnel Studies Centre)
Objective: To determine the link between ventilation and dispersion of the pollution at the end of the tunnel and to determine the most effective protocol for activation of the ventilation systems based on real-time air quality levels, inside and outside the tunnel.
Deployment: Eight AQMesh pods were installed in February 2019, monitoring nitrogen oxides NO and NO2, in an innovative experiment in one of the covered sections of the L2 ring road in Marseille. Called “Boreas project”, after legendary ‘dispersing’ winds, this study aims to use pollution measurements near tunnel entrances to activate in-tunnel fans.
Results: The L2 ring road in Marseille consists of a succession of covered tunnels over 12Km in dense urban areas. The phased project at the Montolivet South tunnel heads will implement a system for the conditional triggering of in-tunnel fans to evaluate its impact on air quality in the zones adjacent to the nearest residents. This approach was tested in 2018, with micro-sensor readings compared at the AirPACA Kaddouze monitoring station. A first phase analyses the pollution without activation of the ventilation system, then a second phase with ventilation.
Project website: https://www.atmosud.org/actualite/projet-boree-experimenter-un-dispositif-doptimisation-de-la-ventilation-pour-preserver-les
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Location: London, UK
Date: July 2018 – October 2020
Customer: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group / Environmental Defense Fund Europe
Objective: To map air pollution at an unprecedented level by collecting real-time air quality data throughout London, enabling authorities to evaluate the impact of air quality and climate change policies and develop responsive interventions. The outcome of the project will be a “revolutionary air monitoring model and intervention approach that can be replicated cost-effectively across other UK cities and globally.”
Deployment: 100 AQMesh pods are installed at different locations throughout London monitoring levels of key air pollutants including nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in near real-time, in addition to two Google Streetview cars equipped with air monitoring equipment. The data being collected is being published by the Breathe London project on their live interactive map of pollution levels across London.
Results: The EDF used this pilot study & the AQMesh results to develop a blueprint for deploying city-wide networks of small sensor air quality monitoring systems.
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Get in touchLocation: Keflavik, Iceland
Date: October 2021 – Present
Customer: Verkfræðistofan Vista / Isavia
Objective: The pods were deployed as part of a collaborative project between Isavia, the Icelandic Environment Agency, Suðurnesjabær and AQMesh distributor for Iceland, Verkfræðistofan Vista, in line with Isavia’s sustainability strategy to ensure good air quality for Isavia staff as well as users of the airport and local residents.
Deployment: Five AQMesh pods were installed in autumn 2021, monitoring NO2, SO2 and H2S. Three pods are located at Keflavic airport, with two others installed in the nearby towns of Sandgerði and in Garður to monitor air quality in the local community.
Results: Data from the AQMesh pods will be made available to the public on the Environment Agency’s website, using API to integrate air quality readings into a real-time colour-coded map of the local area.
Customer comment: “The reason we picked AQMesh as the supplier for this project was for the good accuracy of the pods and their ease to setup and operate. AQMesh have proven that they are able to meet our needs in terms of quick response and technical know-how when it comes to delivering accurate and reliable air quality measurements in a demanding environment.”