Carnegie Mellon to Make IAQ Monitors Available at Public Libraries Nationwide
Sensor data will enable people to improve the indoor air they breathe
PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon University researchers believe that learning about the quality of the air you breathe should be as easy and inexpensive as borrowing a book from a library, and that’s why they plan to provide free Speck air quality monitors to 100 public libraries nationwide.
The Speck monitors, which detect particulates in the home, already are being used by patrons of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab, which developed Speck, and spinoff company Airviz, which makes and markets the device, are now offering three free Specks, informational materials, and training to public libraries that agree to make them available to their patrons.