Seven million people die every year due to air pollution. Monitoring air quality enables people worldwide to better protect themselves.
We are on a mission to bring accurate and affordable air quality monitoring to every corner of the planet and we are supported by a community of more than 10,000 engaged citizens who have already deployed an AirGradient monitor.
To maximize our impact, we have completely open-sourced and shared our monitor design so that others can build upon it.
We are blessed to have such an active community. Read more about community engagement.
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Join Our NewsletterAirGradient monitors are fully open-source, and you can send the data to any server, i.e. Home Assistant or Homey. In case you do not have your own data platform we include access to the AirGradient dashboard - a data platform specifically made for air quality monitoring. Outdoor monitors can also be displayed on the AirGradient Map.
The powerful dashboard and map lets you immediately see the air quality and environmental status of multiple locations. Built for speed and scale.
You can set up specific alerts and are notified automatically if air quality is exceeds your defined ranges.
The air quality data is saved in 5 minute intervals and all data can be easily exported for further analysis.
Get powerful daily and weekly reports detailing the air quality of each location, providing you with a clear, concise summaries at a glance.
Achim Haug, Founder of AirGradient
This manifesto reflects our core values and the principles we stand for:
We must be bold. We always follow our convictions and call out the issues that matter, sharing our views on topics surrounding air quality and environmental responsibility. We will not compromise for profit. We believe that open, informed, and candid discussions are the catalysts for meaningful change. We will lead by example and become a driving force for environmental monitoring.
We will deliver benefits for both people and the planet. This is why we prioritise creating high-quality air quality monitors with designs that enable easy repairs and recycling, thereby extending the product’s lifespan and reducing its environmental footprint.
Our research is driven by a commitment to environmental protection, not by profits. This is why we don’t patent our air quality monitor designs but on the contrary, share them openly, allowing everyone to build them and to contribute to positive change. We do not lock users into proprietary eco-systems and we encourage sharing of air quality data and algorithms as a public good.
We want to raise awareness about air pollution through active community building with a strong focus on informing about the dangers of air pollution. We actively support environmental justice organisations and educational institutions in their missions to provide healthier environments for everyone.
To deliver positive impacts on the communities, and the environment, we must sustain our business model. However we will not prioritise profits above our convictions. We embed this rationale into our everyday decision-making processes throughout all layers of our company. (e.g. by joining 1% for the Planet).
AirGradient is built on a foundation of openness and inclusivity. We aim to make our products and services available to a wide range of users with a special focus on underrepresented communities. We strive to work with all organisations that want to make a positive contribution independent of their financial means.
100% commitment to accurate and sustainable air quality monitoring.
We are working with leading universities to achieve high levels of accuracy and for our outdoor monitor are currently running co-location testing in four continents.
All components have been selected for maximum lifetime. The monitors are easy to assemble, maintain and repair and we provide spare parts.
We actively support organizations that work towards a healthier air quality by providing open source monitor kits, workshops and donations.
We are known for giving 100% to help our customers reach their goals. Get in touch with us. We love to hear from you and how we can support you in monitoring your air quality!
The monitors are licensed under CC license with complete documentation. Our community maintains integrations to popular platforms like Home Assistant.
We actively support organizations in all parts of the world with affordable monitoring hardware and donations. Contact us to discuss how we can support your organization.
Unlike competitors, the data your monitor delivers belongs to you. Period. We support organizations with proper attribution for the networks they setup.
We design our products to have a low environmental footprint, use paper based packaging material and also request our suppliers to use environmentally-friendly packaging material.
AirGradient 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, we have worked with students and educators to building hardware to increase awareness in the area of air quality, to understand the health impacts of pollutants, and to empower the positive changes that can be made to reduce air pollution.The experience and expertise that we gained designing and manufacturing our professional AirGradient ONE RESET Air Accredited Monitor has been put into our open-source / open-hardware air quality build instructions and kits.The industry-grade sensor modules used in our open hardware monitors are the same modules found in pre-built monitors costing hundreds of dollars. As a result, you get highly accurate data quality, essential to having a reliable understanding of the air around you.
We are fortunate to have such a strong community sharing our mission to bring open, accurate and affordable air quality monitoring to everyone running thousands of open-hardware monitors in more than 70 countries around the world.
AirGradient have consistently gone above and beyond their contractual duties in order to better support the SAMHE Project. They have shown great flexibility and a genuine interest to listen to the complex needs of the project; as a result, they deliver valuable products and a friendly service, both in a manner that is timely for the project.
We built 20 DIY sensors to monitor the air quality and particularly CO2 in our nursery. The system works extremely well and the alerts from the AirGradient dashboard platform are very helpful.
Achim from AirGradient was extremely helpful to sort out a small issue I had during the building of the sensor. I compared the data of the AirGradient DIY sensor with two other air quality monitors that cost much more and the data from the Airgradient seems to be very accurate.
The San Joaquin Valley of California has extreme climate injustice and the worst air quality in the United States, yet continues poorly monitored. The SEEN Team has partnered with AirGradient to facilitate low-cost monitoring in rural disadvantaged communities, and to increase awareness and education related to air quality. We intend to provide more and better real-time air quality information for local decision makers to act in the best interest of their underserved communities.
Recently picked up an air quality sensor from AirGradient. Fun kit with out-of-the-box data viz. Can see where I had the window open in the morning which resulted in a significant increase in particulates in the air. AC system later filtered them out.
Having tested numerous air quality sensors for the projects we are doing I found myself extremely impressed with AirGradient. Not only are they technically first class with their product, they have a level of engagement and adaptability which makes working with them very easy. A welcome element to this is their clear commitment to the importance of environmental issues, showing itself in their interest in the details of our projects - all this helps them to deliver…!
I was part of the pilot. The build was very easy and the plastic enclosure of the Pro version very nice. I first connected it to Home Assistant on my Pi but then found the dedicated data platform from AirGradient a much better fit.
AirGradient has helped us to gain valuable insights into the air quality in each of our classrooms. AirGradient’s dedication to this mission has made it possible for any school or center to monitor their air quality in a cost effective way.
Having used the AirGradient indoor DIY kits as well as the commercial AirGradient ONE in awareness projects with schools and universities here in Thailand, I am very keen on piloting this new outdoor monitor. I am also interested in exchanging ideas and resources for student engagement with this open source project.
My son has asthma. And I am trying to pass on my love of DYI electronics to him. So I thought we’d build it together to help him track if conditions might be of concern to his health. I’m not sure if Luxembourg’s air is bad, but I wouldn’t call Central Europe exactly good. And with our own sensor we can also track traffic influences etc.
We have had the opportunity to utilise AirGradient’s sensors in a variety of indoor air quality projects. Through these diverse projects, we have consistently been impressed with the sensors’ performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. The wide-ranging scale and unique requirements of many of our projects demand a high degree of adaptability and support from the technical team, and in this regard, AirGradient has been instrumental in ensuring successful project delivery.
We are very thankful for the overwhelming support we get for the AirGradient air quality monitors and are especially thankful for people that write about their experiences using the monitors. Below is a wide range of reviews from AirGradient users!
Irish Tech News discusses how a combination of the AirGradient ONE and Open Air allowed them to take actionable steps to improve the air quality in their office.
The team at PcDeMaNo recently tried both the AirGradient ONE and Open Air, going so far as to say that ‘AirGradient + HomeAssistant is the perfect match’. They also awarded the monitors a 9.75/10 rating.
With the official release of Home Assistant integration on AirGradient monitors, Simon delves into the powers of the platform, showing the capabilities of the AirGradient Open Air when combined with the home automation platform.
BBC Newsround featured our indoor monitor that is used in the SAMHE project (Schools’ Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education). The video report provides exhaustive information on the project itself and AirGradient monitors role in it.
An article analysing the accuracy of monitors from USD 100 to a few thousand got featured by Hackaday: The Questionable Benefits of Paying More for Air Quality Monitors.
Our monitors were selected to be the core part of the SAMHE project, the largest study on classroom air in the world. A big part of this project is to increase the awareness of healthy air among primary and secondary students.
Ethan from BreatheSafeAir wrote a very comprehensive review of the AirGradient Open Air, where he compared different monitors models.
See the conversation Jeff has with his dad about the importance of indoor air quality monitoring and their opinion of the AirGradient monitor: An ACTUALLY smart air quality monitor (it’s open) .
Tyler built the AirGradient to measure smoke from the Canadian Wildfires and also makes has some interesting links in his article, e.g. how air pollution makes chess players make more errors.
In his in-depth review on our indoor DIY kit Igor highlights its affordability, accuracy, and open-source nature. Reading this review is a delight thanks to the author’s engaging style, coupled with the informative content and great images.
We are a huge fan of Jeff Geerling YouTube Videos, and he made a fantastic video review when we had only our first air quality kit, the Basic kit. It’s great that he also talks what actually made him want to know more about the air quality in his basement office.
Igor purchased and reviewed our indoor DIY kit and we liked his unbiased review on our indoor monitor so much that we gave him two outdoor monitors with the hope that he would also write about them. And it actually happened!
Very in-depth review of the new AirGradient ONE kit with the ESP32-C3 microcontroller: AirGradient ONE Kit Review – An open-source indoor air quality monitor.
Many thanks to Nicholas who reviewed our indoor and outdoor open hardware kits and wrote about his reasons to know about the air he breathes. By the way, we made some changes on the outdoor enclosure and the assembly is much easier now.
Sotirios not only wrote about our basic kit but also about our open sourced small information display that is particularly popular with student projects in schools.
Daniel Persson talks about how he build an AirGradient and could actually now see how fast CO2 increases indoors.
This is a great technical review how Yosua setup our open hardware indoor monitor with his own server based on home assistant.
There are some great programming notes on Thatcher’s blog that covers also his ESPHome installation.
We are proud being official partner to OpenAQ and they wrote about our partnership on their blog.
We talked about the importance of monitoring air quality and the work we do at AirGradient with the Stockholm Environment Institute Asia Centre.
Andrej has a small home office (14 square meters) and build an AirGradient to find out how is the air quality in his home office.
If you like our open hardware monitors please spread the news and consider writing a review about them! Since our monitor designs are open and under Creative Common license, and we want honest and unbiased reviews it is against our ethos to pay for reviews. But we would be very happy to support in other ways.
World Health Organization
