News & Projects
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IAQ 101: INDOOR AIR QUALITY
July 22, 2021 | Graham HetlandEVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ) You have probably heard about the Air Quality Index (AQI). You can readily see the latest information regarding ambient air quality levels in your community and many cities worldwide listed alongside the weather report. With increasingly destructive and lengthening wildfire seasons, most of us have been concerned…
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Particles Matter
July 14, 2021 | Graham HetlandLearn the Difference Between a Particle Counter and a Nephelometer, and Why Monitoring Indoor Air Quality is Important We can all recall our mothers telling us as children to go outside and get some fresh air. Who would have known just how important this statement was and is today? Unfortunately, air pollution affects the entire…
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How Do Heatwaves Affect Air Quality?
July 8, 2021 | Graham HetlandLearn about the most extreme heatwave in modern history recorded in June 2021 & how heatwaves create air pollution… A historic heatwave accounting for at least 600 known deaths due to heat exposure plagued the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada last week. It was reported that this extreme heatwave is so rare,…
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How to Calculate AQI and NowCast Indices
June 30, 2021 | Graham HetlandA Case Study Using the Met One Instruments, Inc. 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…
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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…