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UK firm presents “game-changing” solution to monitoring indoor air quality

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Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a global concern for health, wellbeing and productivity as people spend 90% of their time indoors, where IAQ can be up to 7 times worse than outdoor air quality. million UK homes are hazardous to health, with a cost to the NHS of more than £1 billion per year.

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London sees 60 percent spike in e-bike fires

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These dangers are also present in electric car batteries. Key to addressing this risk is proper EV battery maintenance and effective health monitoring technologies. Protecting against thermal runaway in electric vehicle batteries is crucial to helping keep people safe. “As

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Learn how to monitor EV charging infrastructure in real-time with UNITE (free demo)

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Sponsored by Franklin Electric. However, these systems can be vulnerable to communication failures, power outages, and software bugs. In addition to the inconvenience caused to EV drivers, the widespread nature of public EV chargers also presents challenges for the CPOs tasked with maintenance of the charging infrastructure.

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Water challenge presents opportunity for cross-sector innovators

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Innovators from multiple sectors including energy, manufacturing, transport and food and beverage, could have the opportunity to share their condition monitoring solutions with every water company in the UK and Ireland. As such, the sector represents a major market for innovators. “We

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Study establishes £37 million saving from pollution measures

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EarthSense Zephyr monitors were employed in the study. The results were presented to Sandwell Council by Enjoy the Air Founder and CEO, Kate Barnard, who intends to extend the methodology used in the study to other councils, offering support in combating air pollution.

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Are you looking to improve your gas detector design?

Envirotec Magazine

Infrared spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique that has revolutionized the fields of chemistry, biology, and materials science. Non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas measurement is an important application of infrared spectroscopy that has found widespread use in environmental monitoring, industrial safety, and scientific research.

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Seeking clarity

Envirotec Magazine

Late August saw the release of “Air Quality and Health In Cities”, the latest edition of The State of Global Air report, produced annually by the US Health Effects Institute. It attempts a snapshot of air pollution exposure in over 7000 cities worldwide, and its impact on health. Between NO2 and PM2.5, Emerging from the murk.