A small air quality monitoring station nestled among large companies in Jebel Ali is functioning to protect the health of the local workforce. This Dh2 million facility was launched on June 5, World Environment Day. A group of specialists from the Ports, Customs, and Free Zone Corporation will be monitoring the data gathered by the facility, which measures air every second of the day.
A pipe that collects air from outside the building is located in one of the room's corners. The air is then divided into seven sections, each of which is put into a separate sensor to measure a particular type of pollution.
Eleven sensors are layered one on top of the other to monitor the air pressure on one side. Ninety of the contaminants are measured by two of these sensors. The remaining nine each measure an additional eleven parameters. To work properly, some of them require flames, while others require water and air.
While one sensor tracks bigger dust particles, another analyses finer dust. A computer in the other corner of the centre displays the real-time pollution levels in both figures and graphs.
The station is in keeping with the Dubai Quality of Life Strategy 2033, which is a component of the larger initiatives to adopt and carry out projects aimed at enhancing the general quality of life in the emirate headed by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai.
