Air Monitoring - UK Focus xv Mobile Air Monitoring Makes use of Backpacks


Data on air quality in Edinburgh is being collected by volunteers wearing special backpacks. Scientists are collecting information on the state of the air in the city through people going about their everyday lives wearing monitoring equipment in bags. The bags are worn throughout the day and are then placed by the participants’ beds while the sleep, allowing researchers to build a complete picture of Edinburgh’s air quality.


Researchers from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology have given volunteers backpacks that contain air monitoring equipment and GPS tracking technology in order to measure where there are areas that have higher levels of air pollution. The results of the equipment are analysed to assess how much each person is exposed to particulate matter.


Particulate pollution is known to be able to penetrate deeper into the body, which scientists have linked to a number of health issues, including cardiovascular and respiratory problems, and lung cancer.


Professor Dave Newby, from the University of Edinburgh and the British heart Foundation, said: “We all think that when we breathe in air pollution, it must provoke pneumonia, or asthma or lung problems. But actually, it kills far more people from heart disease.


“What we’ve found is that the biggest trigger is the particulate matter that we breathe in. In the urban environment, the biggest contributor to that is diesel engines.”


Mobile air monitoring will give a better idea of air quality in cities


Traditionally, air monitoring is performed by technology that remains at fi xed positions throughout a city, giving readings only for specifi c areas. The use of these backpacks that go to various places in a single day mean that analysis of the quality of air is more accurate and can paint a broader picture of a person’s exposure levels.


According to Dr Stefan Reis, the leader of the study, this type of mobile monitoring equipment is a more effective and cost effi cient form of air monitoring when compared to fi xed position technology that forms a network to monitor whole cities. Currently, there are fi ve fi xed monitoring stations in Edinburgh; Great Junction street, Central, Inverleith Row, Ratho station and St Johns Road.


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The Future of Monitor Labs Air Quality Analysers


SupportingU, one of the UK’s leading Air Quality Monitoring companies has recently purchased the rights to manufacture and distribute ML & CM analyser spare parts from Casella Measurement, securing the continued operation of ML & CM Analyser equipment and removing any need to unnecessarily replace existing air quality analysers with new equipment.


SupportingU are now the global manufacturer and distributor for all Monitor Labs and Casella Monitor spare parts and production will take place from a dedicated facility within their UK Headquarters in St Albans, Herts. Current users of these Air Quailty analysers are therefore safe in the knowledge that all parts will be produced using the original drawings, tooling and test procedures to the same quality standards set out by Casella Measurement and as used in the type approved analysers. The range of air quality monitors that will benefi t from this deal are the: CM2010 Ozone Analyser; CM2030 Carbon Dioxide Analyser; CM2041 Nitrogen Oxides Analyser; CM2050 Sulphur Dioxide Analyser; ML 8800; ML 9800.


“We are acutely aware of the extensive capital investment made by many local authorities into the Casella Measurement range of equipment” said David Mackay, MD SupportingU. “Casella analysers are some of the most widely used air quality monitors throughout the country being both MCertifi ed and approved for use within the AURN, which is why we were so keen to ensure their future operation.”


“Some air quality service providers have suggested that the ML range of equipment is obsolete” said David “but by investing in this new venture, SupportingU have guaranteed the future of Monitor Labs air quality monitoring equipment which means that customers should not need to replace their existing equipment for many years to come.”


With approximately 1000 ML analysers currently in use within the UK, the estimated cost saving to Local Authorities is in excess of £7 million.


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