A typical classroom with normal airflow can be monitored with a single unit. Larger rooms such as a cafeteria or gymnasium may need multiple units because air quality may vary significantly across the room.

Because the temperature of outside walls are somewhat affected by outside air temperature, it's best to locate Aircense monitors on an inside wall. Select a location close to where people are seated but do not position the monitor directly below an air inlet. Given even modest air movement, the height of the outlet above the floor will not significantly affect IAQ measurements.

Data can be transferred to the cloud using either WiFi or LoRaWAN. If WiFi is selected, monitors will are configured to securely access the school's WiFi network. Data traffic is extremely low so normal WiFi usage is not impacted. The Aircense monitor also has Bluetooth connectivity which is used during the installation and configuration process.

During the system configuration process, individuals with various levels of data access are specified. For instance, a superintendent may have access to data from all district schools, whereas a principal may have data access only for his specific school. Anonymized data reports may also be provided to state and federal agencies tracking IAQ statistics.

Hazardous sound detection is performed locally within each Aircense monitor, and live audio is not streamed. Once an emergency has been detected, then specified individuals (including safety officers) can listen to live classroom audio to identify the nature of the threat and location of any perpetrator(s). Live audio streaming is only available when WiFi connectivity is used.

Aircense monitors connected via WiFi can have automatic software and configuration updates via the network. However, monitors using LoRaWAN connectivity must be individually updated via Bluetooth using a smartphone held next to each monitor.