This is an open source community effort to develop a range of low-cost air quality monitoring and remediation tools. Welcome! **Join in by:** * Reading about goals and asking great questions * Trying (and critiquing) our community-made how-to guides * Posting your own how-to guides and mods * Building on others’ work; hack and remix the kits to refine and expand them * Submit your improvements for inclusion in an upcoming starter kit release or add-on * Serving on a Research Review Group for a 3 month period **** ##Resources [State-by-state](https://publiclab.org/wiki/state-by-state-info-sheets-on-indoor-air-quality) info sheets on indoor air quality assistance and governance (work in progress!) **** ##Activities [activities:open-air] **** ##Frequently Asked Questions about air quality [questions:air-quality] **** Also see http://publiclab.org/wiki/air-quality ##Additional media By @zengirl2: https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/08/09/how-to-purify-your-air-with-hacked-plants-publiclab-citizenscience/ ...
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| stevie | "@bostonfern and I were wondering what the purpose of the gravel is here. What function does it serve ? " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
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| satgaibm | "I'll try this and let you all know about the progress . " | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
| deeptalaxmibharadwaj | "Building Snake Plant Air Remediation Kit in Bangalore, India " | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
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| hannanahmad | "Your points make sense, but still there are only a few building management systems that can comply with old HVAC equipment. Timing of pumps can be ..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | " Noting someone emailed me with this post: https://www.tipsbulletin.com/plants-that-clean-the-air/ " | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "We built one in China, and I'lll upload info soon - soaking the rocks and charcoal took an hour but other than that, it took us maybe 30 mins more,..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| nshapiro | "Hi @nickyname sorry for the delay! you can use many different size pots for this from about 6 inches to 18ish inches. In out kits we use 9.6 ounces..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "How long would you estimate it would take someone to do this who hasn't done it before (Assuming we've gathered all the materials)? " | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| NickyName | "Is there any chance to know the exact proportion of the diameter/size of the planter/jar and the amount of activated charcoal to make it work? Tha..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| localman | "@nshapiro I went the lazy route and grabbed a few of the Plant Air Purifiers I'd be down to measure my levels - will likely revisit building my ow..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| nshapiro | "Hi @localman, apologies for any confusion. Vertical (facing upwards close to the rootball) is ideal. It depends on how big your planter is whether ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| localman | "@nshapiro - Thanks for getting back to us! To clarify: a vertical (outflow facing upwards) or horizontal (outflow facing toward the root ball) are ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| nshapiro | "Thanks all! Looks like I'm late to some important comments. Thanks, @warren. I've updated the note per both of your requests. @Odie91that's a gre..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| localman | "Excellent project! I've been diving into Wolverton's studies (alongside all other phyto-remediation studies) to get an idea of what options I have ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, Nick, can you post the total estimated cost? Thanks!! " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| nshapiro | "Hi @indy if you're based in Indiana, as your name hints, you can report your symptoms to the stat DOH and they might come out and test for free. In..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| Odie91 | "Hi, this is an interesting project. I'm curious, do you think it's really necessary to convert the aquarium pump from blower to suction? If you b..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| Indy | "Hi, my search for formaldehyde testing brought me to this article. I'm wondering if you could help me with some advice - I'd appreciate it. I'm ve..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Oh, also just for ref, the idea i posted is here: https://publiclab.org/notes/warren/02-09-2017/a-kit-to-design-your-own-formaldehyde-experiment " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| Dave-O | "You're welcome, @nshapiro ! Is this the same EPA approved method that you used? https://www3.epa.gov/ttnamti1/files/ambient/airtox/to-11ar.pdf And ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago |