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Our blog is a guide, a reference, and an information source all in one. Here you’ll find well-grounded knowledge, practical tips and current studies about air quality and a healthy indoor climate.

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Air quality 08/08/2019

Childhood Asthma: Preventing 190,000 Asthma Cases Through Less Particulate Matter

The link to childhood asthma is clear: one in ten new asthma cases in Europe could be prevented if countries complied with the WHO's PM2.5 thresholds. With truly clean air, even one in three.

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Dark alley lined by house walls on the left and right, particulate matter appears to hang in the air, accelerating lung aging.

Studies 07/18/2019

New Long-Term Study: Particulate Matter Makes People Age Faster

Permanently breathing poor air carries significant health risks that vary by income and gender, according to the central finding of a new study from Imperial College London.

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Red roof tiles of a house with a thin chimney. A symbol of the looming risk of carbon monoxide poisoning when using gas heating or a gas boiler.

Air quality 07/03/2019

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: How Can I Minimize the Risk?

Carbon monoxide is a tricky gas because it's colorless and odorless. The trend toward wood stoves and heavily insulated homes increases the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. This article covers causes, symptoms, and treatment — and introduces the air-Q CO detector and air analyzer.

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Updates 05/31/2019

How to Support air-Q on Kickstarter

What exactly does crowdfunding mean? And what advantages does Kickstarter offer providers and backers? Below you'll learn what crowdfunding is all about, why we chose this model, and how you can support us.

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Street with a car on the left and a row of buildings on the right, the air is full of nitrogen oxide car exhaust, making the health danger from air pollution visible.

Air quality 04/30/2019

Nitrogen Oxides: How They Form and What Makes Them So Dangerous

The ongoing discussion about traffic-related air pollution has put nitrogen oxides on everyone's lips. But high concentrations of nitrogen dioxide can also occur indoors, which can additionally lead to serious health problems.

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Office with a long workstation where two men are each working at a laptop. In the background is a large window, through which the office is regularly aired out for good air quality.

Test measurements 02/28/2019

Surprisingly Efficient – How Much Airing Out the Workplace Really Helps

Headaches, fatigue and difficulty concentrating – indoors, one substance in particular is responsible for this: carbon dioxide. Even in small amounts, it leads to performance deficits and only becomes noticeable once the substance load is too high.

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Classroom with a bright table and two wooden chairs in the foreground, posters hanging on the green wall in the background.

Test measurements 12/04/2018

Poor Air in Classrooms Leads to Concentration Problems

To test the qualities of our air-Q in practice, we conducted test measurements in an elementary school in June 2018. During the measurement period from June 18 to 19, 2018, the air-Q accompanied classroom instruction on those hot summer days, out of reach of children's hands.

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