IESR 130 - Indigenous Environmental Stewardship and Reclamation

IESR 130: AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND IMPROVEMENT
3 CREDITS

This course focuses on managing and monitoring the quality of the air we breathe. Air pollution control equipment and pollution abatement techniques for the control of point source gas/vapor and particulate emissions - including the effectiveness and operational limitations - are therefore examined in this course. Air dispersion modelling, point source, fugitive emissions, and ambient air monitoring methods are also a point of focus. Because many of the methods used to monitor ambient air quality are similar to those used to assess indoor air quality, a portion of the course is devoted to techniques used to monitor indoor (e.g. workplace/residential) air quality as well. Laboratory exercises introduce point source manual monitoring, fugitive emissions monitoring, air emission assessments, operation and calibration of continuous analysers and indoor air sampling techniques.

Prerequisites: CHEM 90, ENGL 90, and MATH 90