Community Air is a family of research studies, community projects and commercial services that empower local communities to engage with, assess and tackle local air quality issues.
Community Air projects cover four themes:
- Air Aware – learning experiences to build awareness.
- Air Grid – using the latest grid monitoring technology to map air quality in fine detail.
- Air Watch – empowering the public to monitor air quality in their homes, classrooms and neighbourhoods.
- Air Action – enabling householders and building managers to trial air quality solutions.
Community Air packages can be designed for the needs of specific communities. We work with regional councils, education providers, health service providers and other researchers.
Community Air projects can range from training and activity days for schools to major, multi-year initiatives to transform air local quality.
If you’re interested in bringing any part of Community Air to your community please get in touch.
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Air Aware: Learning experiences to build awareness about air quality
Learning experiences to build awareness about air quality -
Air Grid: using grid monitoring to map air quality
Research ProjectAir quality is almost never consistent across NZ’s towns – polluted air can readily be transported on the breeze and accumulate in different locations. -
Air Action
Enabling householders and building managers to trial air quality solutions -
Community Air Watch Arrowtown
Research ProjectCommunity Air Watch Arrowtown enables members of the public to use new technologies to participate in studies of air quality. -
Community Air Watch Invercargill
Research ProjectCommunity Air Watch Invercargill enables members of the public to use new technologies to participate in studies of air quality. -
Air quality in Arrowtown - 2019 Arrowtown School project
NIWA worked with Year 8 students at Arrowtown School to analyse, visualise and communicate air quality data. -
Air quality issues in New Zealand towns: outdoor air quality animations
Research ProjectAnimations showing wind conditions and air quality over 24-hour periods across study towns during winter 2021 and 2020. -
Air quality monitoring with low-cost sensors
ServiceNIWA provides ambient air quality monitoring services using low-cost ODIN (Outdoor Dust Information Node) sensors. -
Schools Air Watch
Research ProjectSchools Air Watch enables school classes to use new technologies to participate in a study of air quality in their own community.
