Since the beginning of 2000, the team Metingen en Onderzoek of the Omgevingsdienst Midden en West-Brabant (the former Environmental Measurements Bureau of the province of North Brabant) has been measuring air quality at various locations in North Brabant in order to visualise its influence on air quality at life level. Team Measurements and Research is therefore a partner of the knowledge network national air measurement network with GGD, RIVM, DCMR and the provinces of Gelderland and Limburg. The measurements are carried out on behalf of the Provincial Executive of North Brabant to monitor air quality in the residential areas around the Antwerp industrial area and Moerdijk industrial estate. These measuring stations are part of the LML (www.luchtmeetnet.nl) and their measurement results are used by RIVM for modelling the national air quality at ground level.

Besides these fixed measuring stations in the above-mentioned residential areas, two mobile measuring stations have been deployed on a rotating basis since 2021 to gain insight into local air quality for a period of six months each time. At these locations, the influence of industrial estates, livestock farms, traffic arteries, etc. on the air quality in the relevant areas at habitat level is mapped. The mobile air monitoring station measures nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5 and PM10), various hydrocarbons (BTEX) and (in agricultural environments) ammonia (NH3). By mapping actual local air quality, the monitoring stations also support the Clean Air Agreement (SLA). The SLA is a cooperation between the state, provinces and municipalities to improve air quality in the Netherlands by at least 50% in 2030 compared to the situation in 2016.

The measurements are carried out, under accreditation as an inspection body, in accordance with the most up-to-date European reference methods and analysis standards. The measurement results on this site are unvalidated measurement data. The Province of North Brabant publishes annual reports on air quality in the region based on validated measurement data. Past years' reports can be found on the Province of North Brabant website (https://www.brabant.nl/onderwerpen/milieu/luchtkwaliteit/rapportages-luchtkwaliteit).

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