Air quality IoT sensor

If we had to choose, I think we would all prefer fresh air to city haze. But unless the sky is darkened by pollution, it’s not easy to know the quality of the air around you. At least that’s how it used to be. Today, the Air quality iot sensor, combined with an easy-to-access digital dashboard online and on smartphone apps, provides a clearer picture of global air quality.

With the World Health Organization raising the “safe level,” governments and communities are eager to determine pollution concentrations. It is estimated that 10 million deaths per year are linked to poor air quality, and technologies that can help reduce this number are becoming attractive.

There is evidence that having a denser network of IoT air quality sensors can accelerate the rate of positive change. Since 2019, Jakarta, Lisbon, London, and Warsaw, cities that are well-equipped to monitor pollution, have seen a 16% improvement in overall air quality. In contrast, cities with lower sensor coverage have seen only a 5% rise.

For example, the project in the Polish capital lasts until the end of 2023 and monitors concentrations of PM1, PM2.5, PM10, and the most harmful particles such as nitrogen dioxide and ozone. Citizens can benefit from alerts when conditions worsen. City officials can use the data to better understand the main sources of pollution and take action as needed.