#25 - Achim Haug & Anika Krause: Open-Source Air Quality Monitoring and Community Engagement

Send us a textAchim Haug and Anika KrauseAchim is an ex senior Seimans exec of some two decades with a masters in science who now lives in Thialand and founded Air Gradient, an air quality monitor with a unique approach in the sector. That started as a volunteer project to help a school in Northern Thailand monitor the air quality in classrooms during the highly polluted “burning season”. From the beginning he put a strong focus on open designs, robust and long-lasting hardware and a strong desire to support people from all around the world with affordable and effective air quality solutions. Anika is Air Gradients scientific advisor and lives in Italy. With a  Masters in science and a PhD in philosophy and atmospheric sciences from Cambridge, an expert in air pollution exposure science and data analysis. She has spent several years in research and industry Before joining Air Grandient last year.AirGradient is currently the only global air quality monitoring company that makes all its hardware design available for free under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license. This means that all electronic schematics, firmware code, CAD files are openly available and allow (and encourage) other organizations to use them. They openly publish all their research and algorithms so that others can benefit from the extensive work they are doing.Its a fascinating approach that cuts against the mainstream and opens up all sorts of potential, risk, challenges and benefits.At a time when the air quality community and particularly the low cost sensor sector is figuring out the what next, Air Grandient is forging a unique path. And one I was fascinated to discuss.Achim Haug - Linkedin Anika Krause - LinkedinAirGradient Support the showCheck out the Air Quality Matters website for more information, updates and more. And the YouTube Channel The Air Quality Matters Podcast is brought to you in partnership with. Eurovent Farmwood Aereco Aico Ultra Protect Zehnder Group The One Take Podcast is brought to you in partnership with. SafeTraces & InBiot All great companies that share the podcast's passion for better air quality in the built environment. Supporting them helps support the show.