The product is the AirAdvice IAQ monitor, produced by AirAdvice Inc., Portland, Ore. Its origins are rooted in one man's quest to find a healthy indoor environment for his family.
"The founder of a group who did research for respiratory-impaired children had his own children who were suffering from asthma - and they literally had to move around the country until they found an environment where the kids could live comfortably," said Jim Crowder, president and CEO of AirAdvice. "They settled in the Northwest, and the man built a model that could give consumers quantitative data on their indoor air on a daily basis.