Air pollution is a major cause of disease and premature death, and it is the largest environmental health risk in Europe, causing around 400 000 premature deaths per year. The effects of air pollution also entail considerable costs, including reduced labor productivity, increased health expenditure, and crop and forest yield losses.
Health costs specifically related to air pollution have been estimated to reach €52 billion across Europe in the decade to come. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), projects that these costs will increase to reach about 2% of European gross domestic product (GDP) by 2060, leading to a reduction in capital accumulation and a slowdown in economic growth.
The emissions linked to air pollution are also the main cause of climate change and countries around the globe have joined to combat dangerous greenhouse gas emissions by signing the Paris Agreement.
The aim of EnviroLAS was the further development, certification and market entry of MIRO Analytical’s multicompound gas analyzer for air pollutants and greenhouse gases. The analyzer’s all-in-one solution will reduce cost of ownership, power consumption and space requirements of environmental monitoring stations while improving their performance and usability. Currently, such stations need a wide range of different instruments to measure air pollution and greenhouse gases because each type of gas is measured with a different technology.
EnviroLAS is the very first gas measurement solution to replace all the instruments by one compact device. Our technology uses multiple quantum cascade lasers (QCL), custom designed electronics and software to measure and analyze up to 6 different air pollutants (CO, O3, SO2, NO, NO2, NH3) and 4 greenhouse gases (H2O, CO2, CH4 and N2O) continuously, simultaneously and precisely. Our all-in-one technology does away with the need for several single gas measurement instruments to save space, gain mobility and reduce costs