Consumer grade indoor air quality sensors, what are they good for? A thread... 1/7
When I was in highschool I walked to school. In the winter had the choice to walk ~1 km around a small lake or ~0.5 km across the lake. The big unknown was always was the ice thick enough to make sure I did not fall in. 2/7
I had several sources of data I could use to help me make that decision. 1) The imediate temperature, 2) the historical temperature, 3) if there were cars on the lake (ice fishing). 3/7
I always chose option 3 (car) for the first time I walked acorss the lake each year. That was the gold standard. But after I saw a car each year I relied on temperature trends (below freezing since I last saw a car). And I never fell in. 4/7
Consumer grade indoor air quality sensors are much the same. They aren't the gold standard (research grade monitors) on which you can compare results to health effects values. But the trends they show allow people to take ownership of their indoor IAQ space. 5/
Examining trends from consumer grade indoor air quailty monitors allow you decide if you need to remove a contaminant source, add filtration or increase ventilation (like when cooking). 6/
Consumer grade indoor air quailty monitors are awesome education/decision making tools, espcially when they are used to monitor trends as opposed to delivering single point values. Just don't relie on them to keep you from falling through the ice. 7/7
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