Tag Archive for: environmental intelligence
The main sources of air pollution
Excess concentrations of foreign substances entering the atmosphere are called air pollution. This article provides an overview of harmful pollutants released by anthropogenic sources.
Traffic & Mobility
Petrol and diesel engines of…
Breeze Technologies selected for long-term deployment of wildfire and air quality sensors by US Department of Homeland Security S&T
Washington and Hamburg. After previous laboratory and field tests of Breeze's air quality sensors and its connected wildfire detection capabilities, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has…
3 truths every business owner needs to know about indoor air quality (IAQ)
Indoor air quality (IAQ) not only affects employee health, but also productivity. This, in turn, can affect the success of your business! Here’s all you need to know about the impact of indoor air quality on your employees and how to manage…
Wildfires and air pollution – How air quality sensing can help to quench wildfires
When talking about the sources of air pollution, we tend to think of man-made sources, such as transport and industry. However, the environment can be just as responsible for releasing foreign substances into the atmosphere. In this article,…
How monitoring and managing office air quality protects your co-workers from the Coronavirus
There is a reason for the work from home (WFH) movement during the Coronavirus pandemic: COVID-19 is easily transmissible in closed indoor spaces full of people, such as offices. But this work arrangement is not sustainable, as there are certain…
5 steps to make your city smarter with air quality data
Urban air pollution directly affects populations living in and around urban areas. Worldwide, 1.3 million people die every year from outdoor air pollution in urban areas. The benefits of managing this issue are endless: healthier citizens, a…
Sahara Dust In Central Europa – What Our Sensor Networks Are Saying
A dust cloud from the Sahara desert has been occupying the media in Germany and the rest of Europe for over a week. To find out more, the environmental scientists at Breeze Technologies took a closer look at the readings from our air quality…
UPDATED: The link between COVID-19 mortality and air pollution
Back in May, Breeze Technologies published an article outlining the preliminary findings linking higher COVID-19 mortality and air pollution. In this article we highlighted the limitations of the then-current research, as correlation does not…
Air Quality Academy – Breeze Technologies launches new air quality knowledge base
Hamburg, Germany. Breeze Technologies has launched a new knowledge base on air quality. "Creating awareness for the global environmental health threat that is air pollution is at the core of our mission," says Robert Heinecke, CEO at Breeze…
Breeze Technologies’ Environmental Intelligence Cloud now includes satellite-based air quality datasets
Hamburg, Germany. Starting today, Breeze Technologies is making satellite data available through their Environmental Intelligence Cloud, a cloud-based analytics platform that aggregates and analyses air quality data from thousands of sources…
Five reasons why Breeze Technologies’ air quality sensors should be your top choice for any project
Air quality sensors give cities, businesses, NGOs and other organisations a chance to monitor local air pollution in a way that was simply not feasible before, in both scale and budget. This also means that many of our customers did not have…
The advantages of cloud-enabled air quality sensors
The correct measurement method of air quality is a highly scientifically-complex subject. This is because measuring air quality does not mean measuring only a single parameter. Rather, various gas concentrations and other parameters must be…