Readiness check

Is your air quality monitoring driving action or just a screen?

Indoor air quality monitoring only matters if someone acts on it, ventilating, filtering, or investigating. A wall of readings nobody responds to is just a screen. Answer for how your monitoring is actually set up and used. This is general guidance; confirm with ASHRAE and the sensor manufacturer. The score stays on your device; enter an email only if you want the IAQ monitoring checklist sent over.

1. Does a high reading trigger a real response (ventilate, filter, investigate)?Yes, data is tied to an actionWe look at it but rarely actIt is just numbers on a screen

2. Do you monitor CO2 as the proxy for whether ventilation is keeping up with people?Yes, CO2 drives ventilation decisionsWe monitor it but do not use it that wayNo CO2 monitoring

3. Are you measuring the parameters that matter for the building (PM, TVOC, humidity, CO as needed)?Yes, the right parameters for the spaceOnly one or twoNot really measuring

4. Are the sensors a quality grade, not cheap consumer units that drift and lie?Yes, building-grade sensors (NDIR CO2, etc.)A mixCheap sensors we trust blindly

5. Are the sensors calibrated and maintained (calibration drifts over time)?Yes, calibration is trackedInstalled and forgottenNo calibration plan

6. Are sensors placed in the breathing zone, not by a door or a vent?Yes, representative breathing-zone placementWherever was convenientBy the vents and doors

7. Is the data tied to the BAS so high CO2 brings in more outdoor air automatically?Yes, demand-control ventilation closes the loopManual response onlyNo connection to the controls

8. Do you treat monitoring as flagging, not diagnosis (an investigation diagnoses the cause)?Yes, we investigate when the monitor flagsWe assume the monitor tells the whole storyNo follow-up either way