LARC is a state-of-the-art University of Liverpool laboratory delivering commercial air quality evidence. We combine high-performance sensing, SEM-EDX, biological sampling, field deployment and environmental data analysis so clients can measure, prove, defend and improve decisions.
Clients with active deployments can access live device data, maps, dashboards and downloads through the Liverpool Sensors platform.
LARC gives industry access to university-grade facilities, specialist scientific staff and deployable monitoring capability without needing to build an in-house air quality team. LARC leads the science, sampling strategy, field deployment, laboratory analysis, QA/QC and interpretation. Liverpool Sensors provides the enabling sensor and data platform, including the client login route for live dashboards, maps and downloads.
Freeport skills and regional growth
LARC’s dedicated air quality assessment and mitigation capability is linked directly to the Liverpool City Region Freeport agenda: cleaner port operations, digital logistics, maritime decarbonisation, green skills and practical environmental monitoring around communities close to major freight and port activity.
The Freeport Skills investment enabled new university facilities, calibration capability and regional monitoring infrastructure. LARC converts that infrastructure into training, commercial service delivery and a skills pipeline for the city region.
Training and upskilling we can provide: practical sensor deployment, air quality fieldwork, calibration and QA/QC, SEM-EDX sample interpretation, environmental data analytics, dashboard use, digital twin concepts, port emissions evidence, and CPD-style short courses for local authorities, port operators, consultants, employers and students.
Commercial value: organisations can use LARC to train staff, validate interventions, evidence clean operations, support planning or ESG requirements, and develop new services around air quality, maritime decarbonisation and environmental intelligence.
Hands-on training in sensor engineering, deployment, calibration, data analytics and environmental evidence.
Monitoring and interpretation for Freeport activity, freight corridors, shoreside power and cleaner port operations.
Dashboards, live data, mapping, downloads and digital twin-style modelling for targeted interventions.
CPD, consultancy, demonstration projects and bespoke upskilling for councils, ports, employers and firms.
What LARC does
LARC supports organisations that need credible information about air pollution, dust, biological material, exposure, emissions or site impacts. We are not just selling sensors. We sell confidence: a properly designed measurement campaign, robust data handling, laboratory analysis where required, and a report that can stand up in front of clients, regulators, boards, planning teams and communities.
That means we can help a council understand neighbourhood air quality, a developer manage dust risk, a port evaluate emissions, an airport evidence local impacts, a hospital investigate exposure pathways, or a technology company validate a new sensing product in real-world conditions.
High-density outdoor, indoor and wearable monitoring using robust field-ready sensing systems.
Particles, dust, biological material and site-specific environmental samples collected with purpose.
SEM imaging and EDX elemental analysis to understand what material is present, not just how much.
Dashboards, reports, evidence packs, product trials and partnership models that generate value.
Sensing and deployment
Our sensing offer is designed for clients who need more than a cheap monitor and a spreadsheet. We provide carefully selected sensors, calibration-aware deployment, live data infrastructure, maintenance, QA/QC and interpretation. This can be delivered as a one-off campaign, a retained monitoring service or a long-term managed network.
Outdoor sensing
Outdoor monitoring for councils, ports, airports, construction sites, schools, commercial estates and research programmes. Our systems are built for dense spatial coverage, rapid installation, live telemetry and defensible QA/QC.
Indoor sensing
Indoor sensing for homes, schools, workplaces, hospitals, care settings and public buildings. We help clients identify poor ventilation, overheating, indoor particulate sources and building-level exposure risks.
Wearable sensing
Wearable and portable sensing to understand what people are actually exposed to as they move through homes, streets, workplaces and transport environments.
Why our sensors sell
Lots of organisations can buy a sensor. Far fewer can make the data credible. LARC combines field-ready sensor platforms with university-led calibration, co-location, bias correction, environmental QA/QC and expert interpretation.
Built around real sites: weather exposure, power constraints, connectivity, access, maintenance and long-term data continuity.
We can co-locate, correct, validate and quality-flag data so clients understand uncertainty.
Spatial coverage that would be difficult or impossible using reference instruments alone.
Dashboards, APIs, alerts, data downloads and reporting pipelines turn measurements into a service.
Laboratory analysis
LARC’s SEM and EDX capability allows clients to go beyond concentration numbers and ask what particles are, what they may be made from, and whether site activity, local sources or environmental conditions may be contributing.
High-resolution particle imaging to examine morphology, surface features and sample characteristics.
Elemental characterisation to support source investigation, dust analysis, site comparison and product assessment.
Sampling plans, contextual metadata, QA/QC, imagery, elemental results and interpretation packaged for clients.
Sampling services
For some questions, a sensor alone is not enough. LARC can design sampling campaigns that bring together air quality monitoring, environmental sampling and lab analysis.
Sampling strategies for airborne biological material, including bacteria and microbial signals in indoor or outdoor environments.
Perimeter monitoring, particulate sampling, event investigation, SEM-EDX analysis and reporting.
Support for homes, workplaces, schools, healthcare settings and public buildings.
Integrated measurement and laboratory analysis for ports, roads, airports, industrial sites and hotspots.
Commercial routes
LARC is built to generate value for external partners while bringing commercial income into the university. We can deliver direct services, retained monitoring, specialist analysis, product validation, collaborative R&D and strategic partnerships.
Managed monitoring
Recurring revenue through managed indoor, outdoor or wearable monitoring packages.
Laboratory services
Chargeable laboratory analysis for dust, particles, filters, deposition samples and suspected source material.
Product validation
Companies developing sensors, filters, ventilation systems or environmental products need credible third-party evaluation.
Strategic partnerships
LARC can work with industry through consultancy, contract research, Innovate UK projects, KTPs, PhD sponsorship, testbed access and co-developed services.
Proven delivery
LARC is built from active work with public sector, health, airport, city-region and international partners.
LARC works with health-facing partners to connect air quality measurement with exposure, vulnerable populations and practical public health questions.
For NHS-linked work, LARC can provide sensing packages, indoor assessment, wearable exposure monitoring, interpretation and evidence packs.
LARC has delivered airport-facing air quality monitoring and evidence generation for Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
This demonstrates support for airports and transport operators with monitoring design, deployment, QA/QC, interpretation and reporting.
LARC’s Freeport-linked capability is designed for portside air quality, freight corridors, maritime emissions and communities living close to logistics activity.
This creates a commercial route for port operators, logistics firms, local authorities and technology companies needing defensible monitoring and upskilling.
LARC has supported local authority air quality activity through city-focused monitoring, interpretation and evidence generation.
For councils and public bodies, LARC can deliver dense monitoring, dashboards, policy-ready reporting, public engagement and intervention evaluation.
LARC’s work extends beyond Liverpool through Clean Air Africa and partnerships including KEMRI, supporting large-scale sensing activity in Kenya.
This strengthens LARC’s commercial offer: practical deployment in challenging environments, scalable networks, partner training and data infrastructure.
Use cases
LARC supports compliance, planning, reputation, product development, occupational health, estate management and investment decisions.
Dust, PM, boundary monitoring, complaints investigation, particle composition analysis and evidence packs.
Neighbourhood networks, schools, traffic interventions, hotspot mapping and public-facing evidence.
Portside monitoring, freight corridors, shipping-related emissions, Freeport evidence and community exposure.
Indoor/outdoor exposure, vulnerable settings, clinical research partnerships and health-linked monitoring.
Ventilation, overheating, CO₂, damp-linked concerns and indoor particulate exposure.
Independent trials, co-location, calibration, performance summaries and field-testing of new technologies.
How projects work
1. Scope the question. We identify the site, pollutants, samples, receptors, likely sources, timeline and decision.
2. Design the plan. We choose the right mix of sensors, wearables, sampling methods and laboratory analysis.
3. Deploy and collect evidence. We install equipment, collect samples, manage field notes and maintain QA/QC.
4. Analyse and interpret. We combine sensor data, SEM-EDX, biological sampling, weather and site context.
5. Report what matters. We deliver reports, dashboards, data files, figures, recommendations and stakeholder summaries.
Team
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Director
Air quality monitoring, sensing networks, environmental data science and commercial translation.
Technical Lead
Field systems, deployment support, hardware integration and operational delivery.
Director of Ports and Environment
Ports, coastal systems, maritime environments and place-based environmental research.
Director of Global Partnerships
Public health, international collaboration and exposure-focused environmental research.
PhD Researcher
Air quality campaigns, sampling, monitoring and environmental analysis.
PhD Researcher
Field monitoring, research support, data analysis and deployment activity.
Contact
Use this page for commercial sensing jobs, retained monitoring contracts, biological sampling, SEM-EDX analysis, indoor studies, construction monitoring, product validation, consultancy or R&D.
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