Content to: Air Quality

Sustainable Biocomposite Material Component Creates Potential for Healthy Indoor Climates

Researchers searching for construction materials that address both climate and health challenges have stumbled upon a new, exciting biocomposite material.

Das AirBeam-Device in einer Hand.
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Portable Sensor AirBeam Measures Air Quality—and Shares Its Open-Source Data

Are we really breathing clean air when we sit in our garden or local park? The portable measuring device AirBeam can answer this question—and thanks to its open-source data—also protects other people from the impact of air pollution.

Cheap Sensors Provide Missing Air Quality Data in African Cities

Calibrated low-cost sensors in Kinshasa and Brazzaville provide new information on pollution and help scientists model a way to improve access to air quality data.

CityTree: a Moss Wall with the Pollution Fighting Power of 275 Trees

CityTree is smart urban furniture that makes a powerful difference in combating urban air pollution in cities.

This Living Building Material Could Help Turn London Into a National Park City

A team of landscape designers have come up with the Green Block, a living building material that could help London become a National Park City, the first of its kind.