Air monitoring legislation is getting stricter. At the beginning of 2018, France made air monitoring mandatory in schools and daycares and the EU top court issued one last warning to the UK, Poland and seven other member states to respect air pollutant limits. Clearly, air monitoring is at the table now and organizations are under pressure to monitor air pollutants continuously. In this webinar, indoor and outdoor air quality experts, Malak Rizk and Jean-Philippe Monfet provide a brief overview of the state of air quality in the US and the EU and then discuss ways to measure indoor and outdoor air pollutants and EPA recommended factors to keep in mind when choosing an air monitoring device.

1. Outdoor & Indoor
Air Monitoring

2. Experts
Malak Rizk Jean Philippe Monfet

3. Agenda
● Introduction to air pollution
● Outdoor Air Monitoring and Assessment
● Indoor Air Quality
● How to choose air monitoring device
● Modern Air Monitoring Devices

4. Introduction to Air Pollution

5. Sources of Air Pollution

6. Air Pollution Effects
Health
● Respiratory
● Cardiovascular

7. Climate
Air Pollution Effects
● Acid Rain
● Radiative forcing

8. Air Pollution Effects
Ecosystem
● Soil
● Water
● Biodiversity

9. Comparison of Pollutant Limits

10. Pollutants trends: EU vs USA

11. PM2.5 Exceedance: EU vs USA

12. Pollutants Emissions

13. Industries and Outdoor
Air Quality

14. Different Approaches

15. Different Approaches

16. Regulatory Limits
Government limits releases
1. Limits at the stack
1. Ambient air quality limits

17. Regulatory Limits
Ontario vs Québec
(in ug/m3)
Pollutant Ontario Quebec Ratio
N-butyl Acetate 1000 30 33
Nickel 0.2 0.012 8
Managanese 0.4 30 75
PM Total/10 50 30 1.6
PM 2.5 30 10 3

18. Ambient Air Quality
Dispersion modeling often required to
demonstrate compliance
Ideal = Stack testing
Reality = Not always possible
Plan B = Engineering calculations

19. Dispersion Modelling Results

20. Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
Conventional Approach New
Approach

21. New Monitoring Systems

22. New Monitoring Systems

23. Outdoor Air Quality
● Identify main emission sources for a site
● Validate list of contaminants
● Verify existing issues in the community
● Prepare an emission characterization plan
● Model air dispersion in a strategic perspective
Best practices

24. Outdoor Air Quality
Evaluate solutions in this order:
● Substitute products
● Reduce usage/concentrations
● Control emissions
● Improve dispersion
● Challenge applicables limits when unrealistics
Best practices

25. Outdoor Air Quality
● Each government has its own limits, great variations for same
pollutant
● Two types of limits, stack or ambient
● Monitoring challenges, great variability over time
● Monitoring equipment, new technologies reduce costs and
accelerate the data acquisition process
Summary

26. Indoor Air Quality

27. A Major concern
Mold
Mits
Legionella
Particules
PM1,
PM2.5 and
PM10
VOCs
Formaldehy
de, toluene,
benzene...
Ozone
Carbon
dioxide
Carbon
monoxide
Radon
Fibers
(asbestos)

28. Key Parameters
Indoor pollutants sources Outdoor pollutants sources

29. French Legislation
● Labeling of construction
and decoration products
with regard to VOC
emission
● Monitoring of indoor air
quality in some
institutions

30. Continuous Air Monitoring

31. Air Monitoring Techniques
1 sec 1 min 1 h 1
day
Temporal Resolution
Different application
Different cost!
Sensors
Numberofmeasuredcompounds
Active or passive sampling
Canister Tedlar bags
Sorbent tube

32. How to Choose an Air
Monitoring Device

33. Factors to Consider

34. Ecomesure Indoor and
Outdoor Air Monitoring
Devices

35. Ecomesure Air Monitoring Device
Professional Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
connected station

36. Cartridge system allowing simple
calibration and sensors recycling
Ecomesure Air Monitoring Device

37. malak.rizk@ecomesure.com
info@nimonik.com
+1 888 608 7511
jpmonfet@alphard.com
+1 418 290 5701