2B Buzz Newsletters

Summer 2023

  • News from 2B Tech:  FEM temperature range extended for ozone, NO2 instruments
  • More News: Solar powering of our AQLite, AQSync systems
  • Progress in China on PM2.5 Pollution
  • The AQEarth Project:  Measuring Air Quality in Communities from Alaska to Mexico and Points In Between
  • Meet Our Manufacturing Assistant: Major Reis

Spring 2023

  • Change is in the Air!  2B Tech rebranding and location change
  • Air Pollution and the Impressionist Artists: The Intersection of Art and Environmental Reality?
  • A Tribute to Paul Crutzen (1933-2021)
  • Meet Our Manufacturing Assistant: Lupita Ortega

Winter 2023

  • Launch of Our New Social Network: CommunityAQ.com
  • Raising a More Climate-Friendly Cow
  • The Human Body as an Air Pollution Detector
  • Meet Our Manufacturing Assistant: Sheldon Hackler

Fall 2022

  • John Birks Awarded 2022 Future of Life Award
  • Wildfires Are Getting Taller -- And Why that Matters
  • 2B Tech Ozone Monitors Cost Effective in the Long Run for Studies in Remote Forests
  • Meet Our Shipping and Manufacturing Assistant: Andrew McCullough

Summer 2022

  • Upcoming Conferences
  • Rural Network of Sensors Led by Citizens to Pinpoint Fracking Pollution
  • Indoor Air Quality and the Role of People As Emitters (!)
  • Meet our Mechanical Engineer: Luke Greenidge

Spring 2022

  • Upcoming Conferences - Visit Us at Our Booth
  • The Long Reach of Wildfires--Depletion of the Stratospheric Ozone Layer
  • Sensor Longevity Study: The Need for Reference Verification
  • Employee Spotlight: Cisco Manzo

Winter 2022

  • 2B Tech and the World of Multi-Pollutant Monitoring
  • Declining U.S. Vehicle Emissions Translate into Saved Lives
  • Studying Rainforest Emissions in... Arizona?
  • Employee Spotlight:  Morgan Johnston

Fall 2021

  • Introducing the AQSync: Revolutionize Your Air Quality Monitoring
  • Wildfires Sparking More Cases of COVID
  • First Published Papers Using Our Model 714 Calibrator
  • Employee Spotlight:  Austin Bailly

Summer 2021

  • Global Poisoning by Carbon Dioxide?
  • AQLite Air Monitoring Packages: Summer Promotional Offer
  • 2B Tech's Personal Ozone Monitor (POM) Case Study: Travel Modes and Personal Pollutant Exposure
  • Employee Spotlight: Jonathan Beall

Spring 2021

  • Spring Promotion: Model 108-L Ozone Monitor
  • Air Pollution News: Microplastics in the Atmosphere
  • Case Study: Two 2B Tech Monitors Deployed by Bicycle (MOBAIR)
  • Employee Spotlight: Tommy Kopala

Winter 2021

  • ​Air Quality Sensors Catch a Ride in 2B Tech's Car Topper (click on picture at right to see a video!)
  • The Coronavirus "Air Quality Experiment"- Only Modest Ozone Declines
  • 2B Tech Wins a 2020 Tibbetts Award for Its SBIR Research
  • A Bare-Bones Ozone Monitor for Disinfection/Sanitization Applications

Fall 2020

  • How Ozone Can Help the Airline Industry During the Pandemic
  • A Lesser Known Player in the Wildfires/Air Quality Story (Nitrous Acid)
  • 2B Tech's Instrument / Sensor Packages
  • Two New Videos from 2B Tech:  Model 106 Ozone Monitors, 2B Data Display
  • 2B Tech Research Preview: Humidifying Classrooms Would Help Schools Reopen More Safely!

Summer 2020

  • COVID-19 Impacts as Viewed from Space
  • What to Do When Your Long-Term Monitoring Site Might Have to Move
  • High School Students Motivate School's Air Quality Improvements
  • Another Patent for 2B Tech: Folded Tubular Photometer

Spring 2020

  • On One of the Front Lines of the Virus Wars
  • An Unintentional Experiment in Air Quality
  • John Birks Honored with CARB's Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award
  • New 2B Tech Peer Reviewed Publication on Versatile Model 714 NO2/NO/O3 Calibration Source

Winter 2020

  • Announcement:  2B Tech's Model 405 nm NO2/NO/NOx Monitor Earns European Certification
  • Case Study:  Is the Indoors a Refuge from Air Pollution?
  • Air Pollution News:  Nanoparticles and Human Health
  • 2B Tech Receives Phase II NSF Grant to Develop "AQSync"
  • More Than 1000 Publications Have Cited Use of 2B Tech Instruments
  • Meet Our Product Manager: Brian Carpenter

Fall 2019

  • Case Study:  What Happens to Ozone Inside a Ship Plume?
  • Air Pollution News:  High Sensitivity of Corn Varieties to Ozone
  • 2B Tech's New Paper on Our 10-plus Years of Outreach and Education Work
  • Meet Our Repair Specialist: Ryan Murphy

Summer 2019

  • Portable Mercury Monitor for Oil and Gas Industry
  • Air Pollution News: Pollution Progress is Lifting the Famed "Tule Fog" in California
  • Case Studies: 2B Tech Monitors at Work in CABOTS, FIREX-AQ
  • Meet Our Director of Educational Outreach: Jessa Ellenburg
  • Trickle Up:  Kids' Climate Education Reaches Parents
  • See 2B Tech at these Upcoming Conferences in 2019
Spring 2019
  • Promotion: Model 405 nm NO2/NO/NOx Monitor
  • Air Pollution News:  Black Carbon in the Arctic
  • Case Studies: 2B Tech Ozone Monitors Used in Food Industry, Personal Exposure Studies
  • Meet the Technical Sales Rep of 2B Tech: Hayden Aubermann
  • 2B Tech's Portable Nitric Oxide Source Receives Patent
  • See 2B Tech at these Conferences in 2019

Winter 2019

  • Promotion: Model 714 NO2/NO/O3 Calibration Source
  • Air Pollution News:  Reducing Particle Pollution Could Cause Ozone to Go Up
  • Case Study: 2B Tech Ozone Monitors Catch the Light Rail in Salt Lake City
  • Meet the Calibration Specialist of 2B Tech: Stanley Strunk
  • Over 900 Publications Cite Use of 2B Technologies Instruments

Fall 2018

  • Promotion: Multi-Channel Model 106 Ozone Monitors
  • Air Pollution News: Aclima, Google Street View Partnership for Air Quality Mapping
  • Case Study: 2B Tech Monitors Ideal for Tower Study of Air Quality in Beijing
  • Meet the Production Manager of 2B Tech: Jackie Falkenstein
  • Recently Published by 2B Technologies
Summer 2018
  • Introducing 2B Tech's "CommunityAQ"
  • Air Pollution News: Progress and Challenges in U.S. Air Pollution
  • Case Study: A UAV Study of Ozone Above China with 2B Tech's Personal Ozone Monitor (POM)
  • Meet the President of 2B Tech:  John Birks
  • 2B Tech at Upcoming Conferences

Spring 2018

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  • 2B Tech's Newest Product: The Model 211-G for FEM Ozone Monitoring
  • Air Pollution News: Household Products Overtaking Vehicles as Air Pollution Source
  • Coming Soon:  The Model 714 NO/NO2/O3 Calibrator Does it All!
  • Case Study:  Students at Dine College Using 2B's Personal Ozone Monitor for Balloon Sampling
  • Meet 2B Tech Research Scientist Andrew Turnipseed
  • 2B Tech at Upcoming Conferences

 Winter 2018

  • Extended 2017 Pricing Through 2 February 2018
  • A Quick Primer on Ozone Transfer Standards
  • Air Pollution News:  Particle Pollution, Arctic Clouds, and Climate 
  • South Korean Distributors Visit 2B Tech
  • 2B Tech Awarded NSF SBIR Phase I Grant for Black Carbon Photometer
  • Meet 2B Tech's Director of Product Development: Peter Andersen
  • 2B Tech at the National Air Quality Conference in Austin, Texas
Fall 2017
  • New Multi-Channel Option for the Model 106-L, -M, and -MH Ozone Monitors
  • AQTreks is Launched in U.S. Schools!
  • Air Pollution News:  Of Ships and Thunderstorms
  • Case Study:  Model 405 nm NO2/NO/NOx Monitors in Health Canada's Indoor Air Quality Research
  • Meet 2B Tech's VP of Finance: Shannon Rodriguez
  • 2B Tech at the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) Annual Meeting
  • 2B Tech at the AWMA specialty conference on Air Quality Measurement: Methods and Technology

Summer 2017

  • Model 405 nm NO2/NO/NOx Monitor Gains FEM Status
  • 2B Tech Launches Free App for Ozone Calculations and Conversions
  • Air Pollution News:  Particle Pollution Crimps Efficiency of Solar Cells
  • Summer Interns Help Advance 2B Tech's AQTreks Education Project
  • 2B Tech Gets Phase I SBIR Grant: HERMES Personal Mercury Monitor
  • Case Study: New System for Remote Monitoring of Gas Leaks, AQ
  • 2B Tech Reaches Milestone: 5000th Instrument Sold
  • 2B Publishes Paper in AMT: Graphite Scrubber Reduces Interferences in Ozone Monitoring

Spring 2017

  • Model 405 nm NO2/NO/NOx Monitor: FEM pending, 10% discount offer through May 31, 2017
  • AQTreks Program Launch and Indiegogo Campaign: Donate to make this happen at a school near you
  • NASA's Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom): 2B Tech on board
  • Employee Spotlight:  Morgan Allers, Customer Relations Manager at 2B Tech

Winter 2017

  • Demo:  The DewLine eliminates water vapor interferences in ozone measurements
  • Case Study, Indoor Air:  Ozone exposure from home appliances
  • Air Pollution News: Impacts of oil & gas exploration in the Bakken
  • Coming Soon:  2B Tech's Black Carbon Analyzer
  • Meet 2B Tech's VP of Operations: Craig Williford

Fall 2016

  • New Patent: 2B Tech's Model UV-106-W Aqueous Ozone Monitor
  • Air Pollution News: Air pollution particles invade the human brain
  • Case Study: Multiple researchers use three of 2B Tech's Model 205 Dual Beam Ozone Monitors in California ozone study
  • The 2016 Best of Both Worlds Conference declared a success by environmental education attendees

Summer 2016

  • Air Pollution News: Fires, Air Quality, and Climate
  • Promotion: Model 306 Ozone Calibration Source
  • The 2016 Best of Both Worlds Conference

Spring 2016

  • Air Pollution News: Imported Ozone: Challenges for Meeting the New Federal Ozone Standard
  • Promotion: Model 405 nm NO2/NO/NOx Monitor
  • Case Study: Roadside NOx Monitoring with the Model 405 nm

Winter 2016

  • Promotion: Model UV-106-W Aqueous Ozone Monitor
  • Air Pollution News: Aliso Canyon Methane Leak
  • Featured Product: Model 408 Nitric Oxide Calibration Source
  • Monitoring Tip: Vertical Profiling to High Altitudes Using 2B Tech Monitors
  • Opinion: Water Vapor Interferences in Ozone and NOx Measurements and Inconsistencies in National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

Fall 2015

  • Personal Ozone Monitor(POM) Approved as Federal Equivalent Method (FEM)
  • Featured Application: Measurements of Residual Ozone in a Wastewater Reuse Project Using the New Model UV-106-W Aqueous Ozone Monitor
  • Monitoring Tip: Cold Weather Upgrades for Model 202 and 205 Ozone Monitors
  • New EPA Ozone Rule
  • Featured Journal Article: "Enhanced Light Absorption by Mixed Source Black and Brown Carbon Particles in UK Winter"

Summer 2015

  • Case Study: Comparison of Ozone in the Mountains and Plains of Colorado
  • 2B Tech Receives $1M NIH/NIEHS Grant
  • Introducing 2B Tech's Summer Interns
  • Featured Instrument: Model 405 nm NO2/NO/NOx Monitor
  • Air Pollution News: Peat Fires and Haze in Southeast Asia
  • Monitoring Tip: Pressure and Temperature Corrections to Ozone Measurements

Spring 2015

  • Case Study: USFS Regional Ozone Monitoring
  • Introducing Ahmad Nabiyar, 2B Tech's New Global Sales Manager
  • Featured Instrument: Model UV-106-W
  • Air Pollution News: Common Allergens Strengthened by Ground-Level Ozone & Nitrogen Dioxide
  • Monitoring Tip: UV-Absorbing Interferences in Ozone Monitors

Winter 2015

  • Case Study: EPA Village Green Project
  • Featured Product: Model 106-L Designated by EPA as a New Federal Equivalent Method (FEM)
  • Air Pollution News: Air Pollution Kills More People than AIDS, Diabetes and Road Injuries Combined
  • Monitoring Tip: Wireless Transmission from 2B Tech Instruments

Fall 2014

  • Case Study: GO3 Treks
  • Featured Product: Personal Ozone Monitor™ (POM™)
  • Monitoring Tip: Noise, Precision and Negative Values
  • Air Pollution News: Mapping Urban Pipeline Leaks

Summer 2014

  • Federal Equivalent Method (FEM) Designation of Model 211 Scrubberless Ozone Monitor™
  • New Product: Model UV-106-W Aqueous Ozone Monitor™
  • Case Study: Quadracopter Profiling of Ozone and Meteorological Parameters by T&B Systems
  • Air Pollution News: Ethanol Fuels Ozone Pollution
  • Announcing GO3 Treks

Spring 2014

  • Case Study: Airborne Observations of Stratospheric Intrusions Using Model 205 Ozone Monitor
  • Air Pollution News: Unmanned Aircraft in Antarctica
  • Monitoring Tip: DewLine for Eliminating Interference from Water Vapor in Ozone Monitors
  • Featured Product: GPT Scrubberless Module
  • Model 211 Promotion
  • The GO3 Project in Peru

Winter 2014

  • Case Study: Cloud Lab
  • Monitoring Tip: Using an Inlet Filter
  • Air Pollution News: China's Air Pollution Reaches Record Levels
  • Featured Product: Model 306 Ozone Calibration Source
  • Symposium on the Anthropocene: Celebration of Paul Crutzen's 80th Birthday

Fall 2013

  • Case Study: St. Louis Ozone Gardens
  • Monitoring Tip: Is Your Ozone Monitor Lamp Noisy?
  • Air Pollution News: Ozone Linked to Heart Disease
  • New Product: Model 405 nm NO2/NO/NOx Monitor for Direct Measurement of NO2 by Absorbance
  • GO3 Project Newsletter

Summer 2013

  • Case Study: O-Buoy - Network of Arctic Ocean Chemical Sensors
  • Monitoring Tip: Startup Time Required for Operation of Ozone Monitors at Low Temperatures
  • Air Pollution News: Over 2 Million People are Dying Annually
  • Featured Product: Model 205 Dual Beam Ozone Monitor™
  • CO2 Experiment

Spring 2013

  • Monitoring Tip: Effect of Flow Rate on Ozone Measurements - Correction Factors for Slow Flow Applications
  • Case Study: Testing of the Personal Ozone Monitor™
    (POM™)
  • Air Pollution News: Recent NASA Ozone Study May Benefit Air Standards
  • Featured Product: Model 306 Ozone Calibration Source
  • Black Carbon Experiment: Students Visualize and Quantify this Important air Pollutan

Winter 2013

  • Big Order: 95 Ozone Monitors Shipped to China!
  • Monitoring Tip: Cleaning Your Ozone Monitor
  • Case Study: Microenvironmental Ozone Monitoring in Durham, NC
  • Air Pollution News: Winter Ozone Phenomenon in Utah
  • Featured Product: Model 211 Scrubberless Ozone Monitor
  • Launch of AtmoChem.com

Fall 2012

  • Monitoring Tip: Use of Inlet Tubing
  • Case Study: Aerial Ozone Monitoring in Washington
  • Air Pollution News: Ocean Acidification: Acceleration Observed Due to CO2 Emissions
  • Featured Product: Personal Ozone Monitor (POM)

Summer 2012

  • Case Study: Aircraft Studies by NOAA/ESRL/GMD
  • Air Pollution News: Stressed Out Trees Contribute to Forest Haze
  • Global Ozone Project