Show HN: Low cost CO₂ monitoring (your office) with Prometheus and Go

Re:Show HN: Low cost CO₂ monitoring (your office) with Prome... by zokier on Saturday January 20, 2018 @05:44PM (#16195851)

> we were now able to optimize HVAC settings in our office (Well, we mainly complained to our facility management).

Time to go shop some plants?

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Re:Show HN: Low cost CO₂ monitoring (your office) with Prome... by sannee on Sunday January 21, 2018 @04:54AM (#16197471)

A random google link says that you would need hundreds of plants per person to get sufficient oxygen production [1].

And during night, the plants would just produce CO2, which would presumably get accumulated, making the whole situation worse.

[1] - https://io9.gizmodo.com/5955071/how-many-plants-would-you-ne...

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Re:Show HN: Low cost CO₂ monitoring (your office) with Prome... by ThePadawan on Sunday January 21, 2018 @09:12AM (#16198098)

Another random google link says it could be as little as four shoulder-height areca palms: http://www.secrets-of-longevity-in-humans.com/oxygen-produci...

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Re:Show HN: Low cost CO₂ monitoring (your office) with Prome... by downrightmike on Saturday January 20, 2018 @08:46PM (#16196456)

Plants have have been shown to capture other contaminants in the air as well, I haven't seen any capture capacity over any time scale. I wonder if anyone has done the metrics.

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Re:Show HN: Low cost CO₂ monitoring (your office) with Prome... by leastangle on Saturday January 20, 2018 @05:57PM (#16195896)

Plants did not get approved ;)

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