Method and system for determining allergenic particles in air

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and system for determining allergenic particles in an air of a building. The method includes collecting (202) a volume of air, counting (206) particles in the air, filtering the air, measuring (210) an amount of the collected air, calculating (212) a particle concentration in the collected volume of air based on particle quantity and the amount of the collected air, dissolving the collected particles in a solvent to obtain dissolved particles, separating a first volume and a second volume from the dissolved particles for decomposing the dissolved particles, measuring (218) a glucose concentration in the first volume, facilitate coupling of the decomposed particles in the second volume to fluorophore tracers and measuring fluorescent emission from the decomposed particles by exposing the decomposed particles to fluorophore tracers, and determining (226) allergenic particles in the collected air based on the glucose concentration, the fluorescent emission, and reference data.