CX-100968 Development of Laboratory Test Methods for Low-Cost Indoor Air Quality Sensors

Development of Laboratory Test Methods for Low-Cost Indoor Air Quality Sensors
Award Number: DE-EE0008181
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Building Technologies Office
Location(s): MD
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Newport Partners LLC to develop laboratory test methods for performance verification of low-cost indoor air quality sensors and to provide support to industry stakeholders during the development of an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard based on these test methods. Technical support, office work, and administration activities would take place at various Newport offices in Maryland, Colorado, and New York. Laboratory testing and test method development would take place at South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) laboratories in Diamond Bar, California.

All project work would be done in existing office space or a laboratory environment. No physical modifications or ground disturbing activities would be required and no change in the use of the facilities would result from project activities. No modifications to permits or new permits, additional licenses and/or authorizations would be necessary for proposed project activities. The project would involve the handling of particulate matter under laboratory conditions and could involve trace quantities of nitrogen dioxide. Handling of particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide would be managed in accordance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations. No hazardous materials are planned to be used or produced and only a small amount of particulate matter (dust) is expected as waste at the SCAQMD laboratory which would be disposed of in the local landfill. DOE does not anticipate any impacts to resources of concern due to the proposed activities of the project.