Indoor Air Quality
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What is TVOC?
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are airborne chemicals that can come from both natural and manmade sources. Monitoring VOCs is essential b...
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What is mold risk and how do you track it?
Our mold risk calculation takes the values of relative humidity, temperature, and the amount of exposure at certain levels, giving you a sco...
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What is thermal comfort and how do you track it?
Thermal comfort means feeling just right in terms of temperature. Our app uses an algorithm based on ASHRAE's Standard 55 to measure thermal...
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What does calibrating mean? How long does the calibration period take?
Your IAQ device will calibrate for the first four days of its life. Once it finishes calibrating, you will see your TVOC score.
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Where do VOCs come from?
VOCs come from everyday items like paints, varnishes, wax, cosmetics, cleaning products, and even cooking. These gases accumulate indoors an...
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I notice that the indoor air quality readings displayed in the Kidde app are not matching with other indoor air quality monitors in my home. Why is that?
It is important when comparing readings between different devices that the comparison is truly under the same conditions. Placement of the d...
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I don’t believe the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) readings displayed in the app, is there a way to validate that the IAQ sensor is working?
If IAQ readings are stagnant for a longer period, and/or you want to ensure that the IAQ sensor is working:Double check that the Kidde devic...
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What is the Healthy Air Score?
The Healthy Air Score is a real-time analysis of the air around your IAQ devices. Using our advanced calculations, we take scores from multi...