Mar 30, 2024 | Air Monitoring, Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality
Low-cost air monitoring is a rapidly evolving field with the acceleration of new and modified products. One monitor which performed well in a study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab is the PurpleAir PA-II Dual Laser Air Sensor. This laboratory analysis provided...
Mar 30, 2024 | Air Monitoring, Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality
“Weather inversions don’t inherently stink. It’s the pollution trapped by inversions that stinks.” —Mark Dixon Smoke has been a fixture in the coal-rich inversion-prone Pittsburgh region for centuries. Only in the 1900s did community members finally come together to...
Mar 30, 2024 | Presentations, Stakeholder Meetings
Next Steps: Western PA Initiatives to Reduce Outdoor Contaminants in Indoor Spaces Our stakeholder meetings are some of the most energizing experiences that we have in our work. This meeting was an opportunity to identify others in our region who share specific common...
Mar 30, 2024 | Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality, Presentations, Solutions
Creating Healthy Places: Protecting Indoor Spaces from Outdoor Pollution ROCIS was proud to bring together the knowledge, creativity, connections, and insight of our local community and beyond for a forum on the impact of outdoor pollution on indoor air quality. On...
Mar 30, 2024 | Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality, Presentations, Solutions
ROCIS focuses a lot on the particles in our air. Several of the monitors used in the Low Cost Monitoring Project (LCMP) produce data about the particle levels, and we’ve designed numerous interventions that specifically target particulate matter. Why are we so fixated...
