Ongoing

Air Quality Levels

The indicator light on your IKEA VINDRIKTNING Air quality sensor should normally green. It might sometimes temporarily change to amber or red when there is some smoky air in your house, perhaps because something burned in the kitchen.
However, if it stays amber or red, you might have an indoor air quality problem.

• LED indicators for air quality (PM 2.5, ug/cm3):
  Green: 0-35 Good + Low
  Amber: 36-85 OK + Medium
  Red: 86- Not good + High

Email alerts

If poor air quality is detected (above 86 ug/cm3) or if there is a problem with your sensor, ThingSpeak will send an email to the email address associated with your ThingSpeak profile. Something like this:

From: ThingSpeak Alerts <thingspeak-alerts@mail.thingspeak.com>
Subject: Alert: Air Quality!

Air Quality is 86 ug/cm3Public ThingSpeak channel: https://thingspeak.com/channels/XXXXXXXPrivate ThingSpeak channel: https://thingspeak.com/channels/XXXXXX/private_showThingSpeak ChannelID: 1655314 Sensor MAC address: 8C:AA:B5:XX:XX:XX
Time: 2022-05-21 11-34-38.552 -06:00
You are receiving this email because a ThingSpeak Alert was requested using your ThingSpeak Alerts API key.
For more information please refer to the ThingSpeak Alerts Documentation.

To insure receiving these emails, you might to add thingspeak-alerts@mail.thingspeak.com to your addressbook.

What to do about air quality issues?

• Is there an outdoor air quality issue in your location? Refer to:

  • AirNow.gov - Boulder - Current air quality (global)

  • AQicn.org - Air Quality Data and forecast - Colorado Department of Environmental Protection

  • Purple Air - Real-time air quality map

• If your indoor air quality remains poor, consider the steps you can take using the information linked on Resources.

• How does your indoor air quality sensor level compare to other sensors developed by participants in this workshop
  that are also affected by an outdoor air quality issue?
  Review our Boulder Indoor Air Quality sensor data and map.
  If other sensors are displaying normal levels, perhaps there are steps you can take to improve your indoor air quality.
  If all the sensors are "Red," then perhaps it's time to temporarily leave the area while the air quality is poor.