Air Quality Index Management of Medium-Sized Community Space in Gurugram, Haryana

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 absence of volatile organic compounds, the AQI rating and PM2.5 concentration directly affect quality status representation. The safer rating of the AQI as per the NAQI standards is 50, and for PM2.5, the average of 24 h is 30; the safer rating for 24 h, the average PM2.5 as per the WHO revised standard is 15. In general, the measured AQI and PM2.5 rates of the site were 161 ± 20 and 85 ± 10 outdoors and 181 ± 20 and 105 ± 10 indoors. Hence, the test location was equally polluted outdoors and indoors and needed attention. With Urban Air Labs (patent applied) novel devices UBreathe Life and UBreathe Mini, it uses nature-based solutions (NBS) such as phytoremediation and other bio-mimicked tech stacks for inducting air quality control. Using the mentioned equipment(s) and a few preventive measures, the AQI indoors was tracked down to ± 50, with single-pass efficiency being ~ 65%. 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 efficiency with a multi-pass system and better regulating AQI with different devices suitable for various configurations.