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How to Calculate AQI and NowCast Indices
June 30, 2021 | Graham HetlandA Case Study Using the Met One Instruments BAM 1020 During Wildfire Season Introduction The Met One Instruments, Inc. BAM 1020 is used extensively in government air quality monitoring networks worldwide to measure PM2.5 and PM10. The data collected from these instruments are often reported to the public as measured PM2.5 or PM10 in micrograms…
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Smart City 101
June 24, 2021 | Graham HetlandWhat is a Smart City? You have probably heard the term “Smart City” in passing without giving it much thought. But, what do people mean when they say “Smart City,” and why is this subject important? The emergence of “Smart Cities” began in the mid-2000s. The movement was started to alleviate problems that have developed…
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Met One’s ES-405 Low-Cost Sensor Shows Great Results in AQ-SPEC Preliminary Field Evaluation
June 17, 2021 | Graham HetlandNOW AVAILABLE: South Coast AQMD Evaluates the ES-405 for their Air Quality Sensor Performance Evaluation Center (AQ-SPEC) Program South Coast AQMD has established the Air Quality Sensor Performance Evaluation Center (AQ-SPEC) program to evaluate the performance of “low-cost” air quality sensors. The ES-405 is a new near-reference air quality sensor designed to provide accurate real-time…
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Portable Particle Counters for Cleanroom Compliance
June 16, 2021 | Graham HetlandMet One Instruments, Inc. Offers a Variety of Cleanroom Air Quality Monitoring Solutions Particle Counters are used to quantify the discrete number of airborne particles in the environment. Samples are taken from an environment during a specific measurement period or continuously. They typically count and size each particle individually but simultaneously in real-time. Particle Counters…
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MAY 2021 – EPA REPORT TESTS NEW AIR POLLUTION PARTICLE SENSORS VS. MET ONE INSTRUMENTS, INC. BAM 1020 FEM PM2.5
June 15, 2021 | Graham Hetland…What you need to know about the emerging technology of low-cost particle sensors and the EPA’s finding. Air pollutant testing organizations, sensor manufacturers, and developers, such as Met One Instruments, Inc., are well aware of the increase in current demand for monitoring products to be more affordable and accessible to the public. Not every community…
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Watch Met One’s First Webinar On-Demand: IAQ & You!
March 22, 2021 | Graham HetlandA big thank you to all who attended Met One’s first webinar on IAQ & You. Didn’t get a chance to attend? You are in luck! Here is the link to the recorded webinar. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions or inquiries you may have. The friendly Met One crew is here…
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Particle Falls: An Environmental Art Installation
December 15, 2020 | Graham HetlandAndrea Polli is an Environmental Artist who has utilized a Met One Instruments product—our E-sampler—to create stunning visual art. Particle Falls, a mobile art installation projected on the sides of buildings in ten different locations so far, allows pedestrians to visualize in real-time, in a rather stunning way, the prevalence of air particles in the…
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The Alamo 5 Solar Project & Met One Instruments
December 15, 2020 | Graham HetlandThe Alamo 5 Solar project is one of the world’s largest dual-axis tracker systems. This 121.0 MWdc utility-scale solar project is located in Uvalde, TX. The station has a total of 9000 Sun Action Tracker’s and crystalline solar modules by Mission Solar, Jinko and Trina. Each tracker station contains 42 photo voltaic modules, totaling nearly 380,000 modules for the…
