Enhancing Air Quality and Building Health With VOC Sensors
Ensuring the workplace has excellent air quality and ventilation is something building and facility managers have been aware of since the 1990s. Sick building syndrome was identified as a critical issue for employee health over 30 years ago, but still today many indoor work environments lack proper air quality systems. Managing and ensuring fresh, healthy air for any work environment is critical, but even more with increasing emphasis on healthy buildings, energy-efficient ventilation and indoor environmental quality.
The Challenge of Indoor Air Quality
According to the International WELL Building Institute, which evaluates buildings across a range of concepts including Air, Water, Thermal Comfort, Light and Mind can affect people more than they realise. In enclosed spaces, the build-up of harmful volatile organic compounds(VOCs) can happen quickly, dissipate slowly, and have long term effects on health and wellbeing. As people return to offices and enclosed public spaces, there is more awareness than ever of the quality of the air we breathe. Fortunately, there are many ways to monitor your indoor air quality and effectively detect VOCs.
High-Sensitivity Solutions for Indoor Spaces
As OEM suppliers to some of the most hazardous industries and sectors around the world, ION SENSE has been able to test and refine our photoionisation detection (PID) technology in the toughest environments. As a result, we’ve developed a range of VOC sensors designed to ensure superior air quality wherever you are.
For high-sensitivity indoor VOC monitoring, ION SENSE offers the miniPID 2 HS VOC Sensor. Designed to provide accurate sub-ppb detection limits it offers significantly higher sensitivity than many conventional PID sensors. VOC concentrations can increase in poorly ventilated indoor environments, potentially affecting comfort, cognitive performance and, depending on the compounds present and concentration, health. By capturing these trace level threats before they accumulate, the sensor provides the vital, early-stage data needed to keep occupants safe.
Reliable and Trusted Sensor Technology
The MiniPID 2 range delivers accurate high sensitivity VOC readings in a range of environments. Able to withstand humidity at 0-99%, temperatures of -40 to +65 °C, and with an anti-contamination design, the MiniPID 2 range offers 10,000 hours of highly accurate continuous running, ideal for long term monitoring. For whatever sensitivity you need, whether it’s in ppm or ppb, over a wide or narrow range, the MiniPID 2 range can help monitor and help control air quality indoors and out.
The MiniPID 2 PPB XF and 10.0 eV VOC Gas Sensors can detect the widest range of compounds and with low ionisation energies respectively. VOC monitoring can be valuable where solvent emissions, fuel vapours or industrial processes contribute to local air pollution. When assessing roadside air quality, VOC measurements are often used alongside particulate matter monitoring.
Integrating Sensors for Smarter Environments
VOC sensors are increasingly integrated into fixed air quality stations, HVAC systems, industrial hygiene instruments, and portable gas detection equipment. High-sensitivity PID sensors enable rapid detection of changing VOC concentrations, helping operators optimise ventilation, investigate emissions, and protect personnel. As a trusted partner in the industry, ION SENSE develops OEM photoionisation detector (PID) sensors specifically for manufacturers of these air quality and monitoring systems. Visitors to AQE can meet our team to learn how this high-performance sensing technology can elevate indoor air quality, environmental measurements, and industrial safety applications.
Contact +44 (0) 1763 208 503 or email sensors@ionsense.com
