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The IAQ MAX Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Device

New Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Monitoring Device

Florida-based CO2Meter Inc recently released its portable new air quality monitor, the IAQ MAX Monitor and Data Logger. This new indoor air quality instrument allows users to perform indoor pollution monitoring over time. This indoor air quality instrument is the latest addition to CO2Meter Inc’s line of air quality monitoring products. Earlier indoor air quality instrument by CO2Meter Inc includes the AZ-0004.

According to a study by Ambibus, an interior landscaping company, poor air quality has made 40% of US office workers ill. Poor air quality can cause headaches, dizziness, dry throat, and congestion, among other afflictions. Therefore, it is important to have quality air in offices to boost workers’ productivity. Click here to check out our detailed review of indoor air quality monitors.

Since we tend to spend more time in our homes than our offices, it is more important to also ensure that the air quality in our homes is good.

The ways to ensure better air quality are:

  • Increasing the level of humidity
  • Reducing the level of CO2 through proper ventilation
  • Keeping the ambient temperature at a comfortable level

The IAQ Max is a sleek, portable, indoor air quality monitor that allows you to measure:

  • Carbon dioxide range (0 – 5000 ppm range Accuracy: ± 50 ppm ±5% reading value)
  • Temperature (14 – 122°F)
  • Relative Humidity (0-90% RH)
  • Barometric Pressure

This portable air quality monitor has a size of 5.5 x 3 x 5.75 in (139.7 mm x 76.2 mm x 146 mm).

It also has an LCD screen that displays visual alarm for poor air quality. The CO2 levels that correspond to different air quality windows are shown below:

aiq air quality monitor portable visual alarm

This indoor air quality monitor can be USB powered or battery powered. It has rechargeable batteries that can last for up to 3 hours. It also comes with a data logger software that allows you to dump data to a computer for further analysis.

The IAQ Max portable indoor air quality monitor costs $149.

Monitoring and regulating indoor air quality of a building (home or office) is important because for these reasons:

  • It makes the building occupants comfortable
  • Increases productivity of occupants
  • Increases focus
  • Air monitoring gives indications on how to properly ventilate a space, thereby increasing the energy efficiency of the building.