Air Quality Index Management of a Medium-Sized Community Space Through Nature-Based Solutions in Gurugram,Haryana

EasyChair Preprint 14552

Abstract

A case study details the Air Quality Index (AQI) audit and improvement conducted for office space in Gurugram, Haryana (Urban Air Labs Pvt. Ltd.). The parametric was the concentration of Particulate Matter (PM) of 2.5 (µg/m³) outdoors and indoors in the comparison. Due to the negligible presence of volatile organic compounds and other gaseous pollutants, the AQI rating was proportional to the PM2.5 concentration and directly affected the air-quality status representation of the office. The safer rating per the National Air Quality Index (NAQI) scale for AQI is 50 and for PM2.5 is 30 (µg/m³). In general, the observed AQI and PM levels at the site were 161±20 & 95±10(µg/m³) outdoors and 181 ± 20 & 115 ± 10 (µg/m³) indoors. Hence, the test location was equally polluted outdoors and indoors and needed attention for the health and safety of the employees. Urban Air Labs developed Nature-based solutions (NBS) (patent filed) such as Ubreathe Life & Ubreathe Mini on the science of Phytoremediation and biomimicry for inducting air quality control. Using the devices mentioned and a few preventive measures, the average of PM2.5 levels was tracked down to 32±10(µg/m³) in a short course of time. The followed protocol lays a benchmark for future work on reducing AQI and PM in the workspace relevant to the discussion arena. The future scope includes improving the single pass efficiency of the NBS solutions and practical analysis of air-flow patterns in the office setting to select the different device configurations for enhanced effectiveness of AQI control.

Keyphrases: AQI, Nature-based solutions, PM2.5, Phytoremediation

@booklet{EasyChair:14552,
  author    = {Vivek Jaiswal and Shubham Singh and Sanjay Maurya},
  title     = {Air Quality Index Management of a Medium-Sized Community Space Through Nature-Based Solutions in Gurugram,Haryana},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 14552},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2024}}