Children, due to their ongoing developmental processes, breathe more air per unit of body weight than adults. This makes them particularly vulnerable to the effects of air pollution. Children need safe play areas with clean air for healthy growth and development.
The changes brought by modern urban life have also transformed children’s play areas. As indoor spaces increasingly replace open parks and gardens, play areas in shopping malls have become among the most preferred venues for families. This transformation has made indoor air quality management a critical priority for children’s health.
Challenges in the shopping malls and playgrounds related to air quality management
- High User Density— The increasing number of visitors, especially during weekends and holiday periods, reduces the amount of clean air per person and causes CO2 levels to rise rapidly. This strains the capacity of ventilation systems, negatively affecting indoor air quality.
- Children’s Special Sensitivity— Children are particularly vulnerable to air pollutants due to being in their developmental stage and breathing faster than adults. High physical activity in play areas further increases this sensitivity.
- Inadequate Ventilation Systems— Existing ventilation systems in many shopping malls may be insufficient to meet the special requirements of high-activity areas such as children’s play areas. This leads to the emergence of sick building syndrome symptoms.
- Complex Pollutant Sources— The combination of VOCs emitted from cleaning products, play equipment, floor coverings and furniture, pollutants transported from the outdoor environment, and human-generated pollutants makes air quality management complex.
- Continuous Monitoring Challenge— Advanced sensor systems are required for real-time monitoring and management of indoor air quality. The installation and operating costs of these systems, along with regular maintenance needs, pose a significant challenge.
- Seasonal Variations— Increased use of air conditioning in summer months and activation of heating systems in winter months affect indoor air quality in different ways. Managing these variable conditions requires special attention.
Solution: Airqoon
Airqoon is a low-cost and easy-to-use air pollution monitoring and management solution that provides real-time, data-driven, actionable environmental intelligence to companies in shopping malls and playgrounds.
- Airqoon sensor units are backed with airqoon cloud, and their compact size allows real-time air quality monitoring at every production stage.
- Analyzing real-time and historical measurement data, Airqoon prepares monthly and annual air quality performance reports.
- The cloud-based Airqoon sensor units are energy self-sufficient and are managed remotely with minimum intervention for maintenance.
- With the help of continuous monitoring, environmental and occupational health risks are analyzed using high-resolution spatio-temporal data.
