To determine the list of the places that emphasize green living and a healthy environment, NerdWallet looked at 150 of the largest cities in the country and found the ones that had low numbers on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Median
Air Quality Index.
Now, just a couple weeks later, Google Home has added another 10 or so new services, including breaking news from CNN and air quality alerts from the World
Air Quality Index Project.
The air quality index measures harmful substances in the air.
Each FCI report will give the specific property and its surrounding area a rating from the EarthSense NO2
Air Quality Index, which assesses average NO2 levels at 100m resolution as a result of vehicle emissions and other sources.
A look at the Real Time
Air Quality Index There is a big bump in the PM10 index just about at the time the video has been shot, where I have added the arrow.
For example, on bad - air days in the South Coast Air Quality District in Southern California (when
the Air Quality Index is greater than 150), all wood burning — including that of manufactured firelogs — is forbidden.
When the air quality is better but not good, as when
the Air Quality Index is between 100 and 150, the agency still discourages all wood burning, but if wood burning is to occur, suggests that burning be limited to manufactured logs.
In January, Beijing made headlines when its air quality got so bad that it went beyond the very top of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Air Quality Index.
The Chinese «airpocalypse» of 2013 peaked at what would have been
an Air Quality Index of over 800.
A single - family Passivhaus home was placed in a small biome contaminated with extreme levels of pollution (1,000 µg / m3 of PM2.5 vs. the EPA's «good»
air quality index limit of 12 µg / m3).
Health indicators and qualitative descriptions are included based on the US EPA's
air quality index (AQI) standard for 24 - hour exposure.
The second part of the exhibit showcases her series, Man Made (2013 - 15) interactive video paintings inspired during an art residency in Beijing where the World
Air Quality Index on a clear day hovers around 350 (Los Angeles is 75 on a bad day).
Boston tops the list as the city with the cleanest air and boasts the lowest
Air Quality Index score possible.
Omaha has the lowest percentage of adults with asthma at just 12.2 %, and
an Air Quality Index score of just 15.
Like Arlington, Virginia Beach has high annual precipitation at more than 45 inches, and a relatively low
Air Quality Index score at 24.
The Air Quality Index classifies scores between 1 and 50 as «good,» and scores under 50 indicate that air pollution «poses little or no risk.»
EPA has developed
an Air Quality index to help explain air pollution levels to the general public.
Not exact matches
«Even if [these
indices] are not worrying, they are significant in that they reveal the relationship existing between
air quality and motor development,» Lertxundi said in a statement.
In that brownish - yellow miasma, PM2.5 readings were off the chart and the corresponding
air -
quality index warned of «emergency conditions» that could affect the whole population.
Measures of outdoor
air quality through such well - publicized formulas as the SMOG
index and allergy alerts have served as near - constant reminders in raising awareness of how the outdoor environment could be impacting your health.
While I'd slept, across the Georgia Strait the Metro Vancouver
Air Quality Health
Index had gone to 10 + «Very High Risk».
The Suomi NPP measurements in particular show that the aerosol
index — a measure of
air quality — hit 19, a mark that denotes very dense smoke.
The fall in oil -
indexed natural gas prices, continued growth in renewables, the impact of EU
air quality directives, and the introduction of a carbon price floor in the UK have all contributed to coal generation retreating in Europe.
A more robust roster of warnings and alerts including UV
index,
air quality and suggestions are part of the new interface.