Environment monitoring and management systems and methods

Abstract

A method for managing air quality may include, at one or more processors, receiving sensor data comprising a plurality of air quality parameters for an environment, wherein the sensor data is generated by one or more environment quality monitoring devices located in the environment, predicting an adverse air quality event based on the sensor data, and automatically controlling one or more devices to mitigate the adverse air quality event. An environment quality monitoring device may include a housing, a plurality of sensors in the housing and configured to generate sensor data comprising a plurality of environment quality parameters, a network communication device configured to communicate the sensor data over a network, and an alert configured to indicate an environment quality score of the ambient environment, where the environment quality score is based on at least a portion of the sensor data.

1 . A method for managing air quality, comprising:
 at one or more processors:   receiving sensor data comprising a plurality of air quality parameters for an environment, wherein the sensor data is generated by one or more environment quality monitoring devices located in the environment;   predicting an adverse air quality event based on the sensor data; and   automatically controlling one or more devices to mitigate the adverse air quality event.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of air quality parameters comprises an amount of particulate matter in the environment. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the adverse air quality event comprises an amount of particulate matter above a predetermined threshold level, and wherein automatically controlling one or more devices to mitigate the adverse air quality event comprises automatically activating one or more air filtering devices. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of air quality parameters comprises an amount of a gas in the environment. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the gas comprises at least one of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and a volatile organic compound (VOC). 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the adverse air quality event comprises an amount of the gas above a predetermined threshold level, and wherein automatically controlling one or more devices to mitigate the adverse air quality event comprises automatically activating one or more air purification devices. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of air quality parameters comprises one or more of temperature, humidity, and pressure in the environment. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the adverse air quality event comprises at least one of temperature, humidity, and pressure outside a predetermined range, and wherein automatically controlling one or more devices to mitigate the adverse air quality event comprises automatically activating at least one of an HVAC system, a humidifier, and a dehumidifier. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising generating an air quality score based on at least a portion of the air quality parameters. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein generating the air quality score is based on a plurality of weighted factors applied to at least a portion of the air quality parameters. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the adverse air quality event is based at least in part on the air quality score. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving sensor data comprises receiving sensor data from the one or more environment quality monitoring devices over a wireless communication network. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the wireless communication network is a cellular network. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more environment quality monitoring devices and the one or more devices to mitigate the adverse air quality event are communicatively coupled to a common cloud network. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the one or more devices to mitigate the adverse air quality event is configured to communicate to the cloud network via an application programming interface (API). 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing an alert regarding the predicted adverse air quality event. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the alert comprises a visual or audible alert on the one or more environment quality monitoring devices. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the alert comprises a notification on a remote computing device. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the environment quality monitoring devices is located indoors. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the environment quality monitoring devices is located outdoors.