EcoHome Lab: DIY Internal Air Quality Monitoring with AirGradient
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We're delighted to be joined by Achim Haug, Founder & CEO of AirGradient ( https://www.airgradient.com ), an indoor air quality monitoring hardware and software solution.
Being affected by high seasonal air pollution in Thailand, and seeing how it impacted his children's school, Achim focuses on creating awareness and helping students (and adults) building open source and open hardware air quality sensors (see https://www.airgradient.com/diy/).
Achim will share his journey of AirGradient and his work with the community as well as his knowledge about important aspects of indoor air quality and the best ways to measure and improve it.
If there's enough interest we'll do a follow up practical session on building the sensors and gaining local access to the data.
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Now in our regular monthly slot - every second Thursday of the month. A hangout for people taking control of their home energy usage and generation. We use open-source hardware and software to gain a better understanding of energy in our homes, how to make the best use of the energy we generate and reduce energy wasted.
This is a CarbonCo-op (http://carbon.coop/) initiative working close together with OpenEnergyMonitor (https://openenergymonitor.org).
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Topics will include:
• Home energy monitoring.
• House energy performance assessment
• Sensors - electricity, gas, temperature, humidity, air quality...
• User interfaces, dashboards
• Smart houses and automation
• Aggregation of data sources
• Taking the power back! - Making better use of the surplus power we generate
Who is it for?
• Anyone with skills in physical electronics, web development or programming who wants to use that knowledge to reduce energy and carbon!
• There will be open space for small groups to focus on adding new sensors or hacking the user interface, there will always be a 'newbies' group for people interested in finding out more.