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Our Story

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 start, we worked with students and educators to not only increase awareness in the area of air quality by building monitors but also in understanding the health impacts of air pollution, and the positive changes that can be made to reducing air pollution.

So from the beginning we put a strong focus on open designs, robust and long-lasting hardware and a strong desire to support people from all around the world with affordable and effective air quality solutions. We believe companies like ours need to act responsible and work towards a healthier and more sustainable environment. As a result joined the 1% for the Planet movement where we pledge to donate 1% of our sales to organizations protecting our planet.

AirGradient is currently the only global air quality monitoring company that makes all its hardware design available for free under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license. This means that all electronic schematics, firmware code, CAD files are openly available and we allow (and encourage) other organizations to use them. We also openly publish all our research and algorithms so that others can benefit from the extensive research we are doing.

We live in a world on the brink of climate collapse which will lead to more and more hazardous air-pollution through increased wildfires and heat waves. We want to enable -especially disadvantaged countries and communities- to get access to reliable air quality information by offering affordable air quality monitors on a large scale. Our community of people operating AirGradient indoor and outdoor monitors already consists of thousands in more than 70 countries. They all share the belief that air quality monitoring should be affordable, open and accessible.

Cover Our Maverick Mindset…

At AirGradient, we take pride in our unconventional approach. We don’t follow trends that are bad for customers and the planet; we’re here to lead with openness!

Impact Over Profit

We’re all about maximizing social and environmental impact.

No Trade Secrets Here

We have an Open Source Mindset. We freely share our designs and algorithms, rejecting patents and trade secrets.

Optional Subscriptions: You choose!

We won’t lock you into subscriptions or exclusive platforms.

Repair-Friendly Products

Our monitors are built for sustainability. Repair, don’t replace! Screwdriver included.

Community Minded

We give back. Monitors to those in need, and 1% for the Planet.

We Share, Not Monetize

We’re all about sharing! Air quality data goes to OpenAQ for research and public awareness.

Interested to learn more about our mindset? Read our Manifesto.

“It’s paradox that countries with the highest air pollution often can’t afford high density air quality monitoring. We work hard to provide open, accurate and affordable monitors so that people can protect themselves against harmful pollution.”

Achim Haug, Founder of AirGradient

Major Successes

Open Hardware

Most popular open-hardware air quality monitors with more than 10.000 units sold to more than 75 countries.

SAMHE Project

Supplier of 2000 air quality monitors to the largest study on indoor classroom air quality in the world. Close co-operation with Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, University of York.

Open Air Co-Location

Leading the most geographically distributed co-location testing of an air quality monitor with 25 research partners on four continents.

AirGradient Featured on BBC Newsround

AirGradient has been selected to provide air quality monitors for the biggest study of air quality in schools anywhere in the world (the SAMHE Project). The objective is to understand classroom air in UK schools post-covid, building an unparalleled data set of air quality in classrooms across the country and improve long-term air quality for all schools.

We Make Your Life Easy Because We Have a Lot of Great Things to Share!

Our commitment to making a meaningful impact, rather than simply chasing profits, might limit our marketing efforts, but it shapes an intriguing profile. We’re deeply involved in significant air quality research initiatives, shedding light on communities struggling with air pollution, all while collaborating with NGOs and charitable organizations. This often means we avoid extensive paid marketing and rely on the authentic narratives rooted in AirGradient’s core values.

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