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MIT Alumni EESN panel: New Air Monitoring for Tracking Health and Energy Benefits

June 27, 2023. 1:00pm EDT. Online.

Panel moderator: Sara Simon, MIT alum, Environmental Engineer and Chapter Director at Environmental Entrepreneurs

During the summer of 2023, HumanLogic principals Craig Newell and Karen Donoghue participated in a panel hosted by the MIT Alumni Energy, Environment and Sustainability Network (EESN). The MIT EESN is a global network of MIT alum groups concerned about improving the world’s complex environmental and energy systems, working together to solve climate, clean tech, and environmental challenges.

The panel’s title was “EESN: New Air Monitoring for Tracking Health and Energy Benefits” and featured a hosted panel discussion on the impact of new, lower-cost air quality monitors appearing ​in communities worldwide. MIT Alumni EESN member Sarah Simon, an Environmental Engineer and Chapter Director at Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), moderated the panel. 

Karen Donoghue and Craig Newell, the team behind the air quality monitoring app Local Haze, participated in the panel along with Vin Ratford, CEO of Piera Systems and Karthikeyan Kuppu, Urban Mobility Consultant at Accenture.

During the webinar, panelists discussed how innovative technology produces more information for understanding health impacts and the effects of the ongoing energy transition.

Details on the talk, slides, and video are available here.