Air Quality Monitoring

The Strathcona Community League has worked with the Alberta Capital Airshed and the Tomorrow Foundation to get an air quality monitor installed at the League! The Purple Air monitor measures fine (0.3 to 10 micrometer) particles in the air. These particles are the main pollutant from wildfire smoke, however other sources of fine particles are cars, industrial facilities and residential fireplaces and woodstoves, so monitoring the air quality is important year-round.

This sensor is part of a Community Science project from the Tomorrow Foundation, aiming to promote discussion about the environment.

For more information, please contact green@strathconacommunity.ca