2023-11-25 09:13:55
Congratulations, the results have been announced!!???????????? International air quality measurement performance testing project “2023 AIRLAB Microsensors Challenge”
Last November 23, 2023, Airparif, an air quality monitoring agency from France, and Airlab (AIRLAB), an affiliated laboratory, Held a closing event for the international air quality measurement performance testing project “2023 AIRLAB Microsensors Challenge” and announced the results of the project’s judging. at Alliance Française Bangkok The event was broadcast live to Airparif’s headquarters in Paris, with the honor of Mr. Jean-Claude Poimbœuf, Ambassador of France to Thailand, and Mr. Chatchart Sitthiphan, Governor. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and Mr. Philippe Quénel, President of Airparif, came to open the event.
The “AIRLAB Microsensors Challenge” project is held every year. This year 2023 is the 4th time. This time it is part of the celebration of the activities of the France-Thailand Year of Innovation 2023, with the project being carried out both in France. and Thailand This is the first time such a project has been implemented simultaneously in two countries.
Testing and performance evaluation of air quality monitors participating in the project were conducted both inside and outside the building. In France, it was carried out in the city of Tourcoing (Tourcoing) in the northern region of France. and Airparif’s laboratory space in Paris. In Thailand, work was done on the rooftop of the Alliance Française Bangkok office building. There were 33 air quality measurement manufacturers from 13 countries, including Thailand, sending a total of 59 air quality measurement devices to join the project.
Test results show that Participating air quality monitors have different air quality measurement reliability depending on the manufacturer. Pollutant type and usage patterns. Overall, the air quality monitors participating in the project can measure dust particles in the air with full efficiency in environments with high pollution and large dust particles. They can work efficiently in Bangkok. more than in France Due to the environmental conditions in Bangkok There is a higher concentration of particulate matter than in France. Most air quality monitors provide low reliability in detecting gaseous pollutants such as ozone and nitrogen dioxide. Some of them gave accurate test results for the first time in measuring ozone gas and black carbon in the outside air. Air quality monitors used to measure gaseous pollutants Poor efficiency in adapting to climate change between France and Thailand The measurement accuracy decreases when changing test locations from one location to another. This is because algorithms that improve measurement accuracy struggle to cope with changes in temperature and humidity. Affects the working efficiency of the machine.
For this project It has been decided to award awards to manufacturers of air quality measurement devices that have the highest performance in various fields. The Special Jury Prize is awarded to the ACOEM C-12 Carbon Sensor from France. In terms of air quality monitors from Thailand, they received 3 awards:
– Outdoor Air Award in the Awareness category (Test results in Thailand) given to AirGradient Outdoor.
– The award for Most accurate multi-pollutant sensor in the Indoor under €500 category (test results in France) and the Best accuracy award in the PM2.5 – Indoor under €500 category (test results in France) were given to AirGradient ONE.
All judgment results are as follows.
• Special Jury Prize awarded to ACOEM C-12 Carbon Sensor from France.
• Most accurate multi-pollutant sensor award
– Outdoor category awarded to Bettair Static Node from Spain. (Test results in both France and Thailand)
– Indoor category awarded to Ethera Mini XT basic from France. (Test results in France)
– Indoor category under €500 awarded to AirGradient ONE from Thailand (test results in France)
• Outdoor Air Awards
– Monitoring category awarded to Magnasci SMOGGIE from Romania. (test results in France) and Ethera NEMo from France (Test results in Thailand and test results in both France and Thailand)
– Awareness category awarded to Magnasci SMOGGIE from Romania. (Test results in France and test results in both France and Thailand) and AirGradient Outdoor from Thailand (test results in Thailand)
• Indoor Air (Monitoring & Awareness & Piloting) award given to Atmotech Atmotube from the United States. (Test results in France)
• Best accuracy award
– Category PM2.5 – Outdoor awarded to Airly PM-NO2-O3 from the United States. (Test results in both France and Thailand)
– PM2.5 – Indoor category given to Kunak Air Lite from Spain. (Test results in France)
– Category PM2.5 – Indoor under €500 awarded to AirGradient ONE from Thailand (test results in France)
– Category O3 awarded to Bettair Static Node from Spain. (Test results in both France and Thailand)
– Type CO2 – Indoor given to Zaack QAI® from France. (Test results in France)
– CO2 category – Indoor under €500 awarded to Envira NANOENVI IAQ from Spain. (Test results in France)
– VOCs – Indoor category awarded to IQ-Air AirVisual Flex from Switzerland. (Test results in France)
– VOCs category – Indoor under €500 awarded to Atmotech Atmotube from USA. (Test results in France)
Information regarding the performance tests of all award-winning air quality monitors is published on AIRLAB’s website in English and French. Through an interactive platform So that users can study and choose to use an air quality measurement device according to their needs.
Origin of the project “AIRLAB Microsensors Challenge”
As air quality measurement technology improves each year, Airparif, an independent agency accredited by the French government, monitors air quality in Paris and surrounding cities. Therefore joins with Airlab (AIRLAB), an innovation laboratory under the agency. Organized the international project “AIRLAB Microsensors Challenge” since 2018 to test and evaluate the performance of air quality monitors from around the world. A committee of experts from different countries took part to rigorously and independently evaluate the machine’s performance under real-world operating conditions.
The organization of the “2023 AIRLAB Microsensors Challenge” project in 2023 is supported by the Clean Air Fund, French Development Cooperation Agency (Agence française de développement: AFD), Agence de la Transition Ecologique (ADEME), France. Bloomberg Philanthropies United States French Embassy in Thailand and the Bangkok French Association Including receiving technical cooperation from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Atmo Hauts-de-France France Bangkok, Center scientifique et technique du bâtiment / Observatoire de la qualité de l’air intérieur, France, EMPA, Switzerland FIMEA agency France National Institute of Metrology and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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