Awair Element

At a glance

• In its favour
• Plain fact
• Worth knowing
• Not stated by the maker

• In its favour: Import whole nights from its CSV
• Plain fact: Needs a plug
• Worth knowing: Self-calibration on; no off switch documented
• Not stated by the maker: Altitude correction not stated

With HouseExhale

The app looks at your bedroom’s CO₂ across the night and checks it against the 800 ppm goal. Here’s how this monitor’s nights get in.

Finding last night’s high

Open the Awair Home app each morning and look at last night’s CO₂ history. Note the highest point while people were asleep, and type it in the app.

Its export is a CSV the app can import, so you can bring in whole nights instead of typing.

Where to put it: about head height, at least 2 ft from anyone’s face, away from windows, doors and vents, and in the same spot every night. More on placement

Calibrating it

• Worth knowing: Self-calibration on; no off switch documentedOn; the maker doesn’t say whether it can be turned off (it treats each day’s low as fresh air; Awair asks for fresh air at least weekly)

Outdoor air is about 425 ppm. Outside in the shade, a good monitor settles between about 400 and 450 within 15 to 30 minutes. Many monitors treat fresh air as 400, so 400 to 420 is normal. Can I trust my monitor?

Specs

Sensor and accuracy

True CO₂ (NDIR, Telaire T6703), ±75 ppm or 10%, whichever is greater

Self-calibration

On; the maker doesn’t say whether it can be turned off (it treats each day’s low as fresh air; Awair asks for fresh air at least weekly)

Corrects for altitude

Not stated by the maker

Also measures

Temperature, humidity, VOCs and PM2.5

CO₂ range

400–5,000 ppm

How often it updates

Awair says the monitor updates its values every 10 seconds. Home Assistant reads it every 30 seconds on the home network, or gets 5-minute summaries from the cloud.

Power

Plug-in only

Screen

Shows its score on the device

History

The Awair Home app exports the last 30 days as a CSV

App

Awair Home app for iPhone and Android

Exports a CSV

Yes

Connects by

Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz only), Bluetooth LE 4.1 and a sub-1 GHz radio (915 MHz in the US). Setup needs the Awair Home app, an Awair account and a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network.

Alarm

No sound alarm found. A colored light shows the overall air score. The app can notify you when CO₂ or VOCs spike and lets you set alerts.

Smart home

Awair lists Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and IFTTT. Home Assistant: the official Awair integration works locally, checking every 30 seconds, once “Local API” is turned on in the Awair Home app (Awair calls this beta for the Element). It also works through the cloud with a developer token. No Apple Home or Matter support found.

Size

6.1 × 3.3 × 1.8 in, per a reviewer; Awair’s page shows its dimensions only in an image

Weight

1.15 lb, per a reviewer

Works in

−10 to 50 °C (14–122 °F), 10–80% humidity, non-condensing

In the box

The monitor, a USB power cable and a power adapter (a reviewer adds a manual)

Warranty

1 year, per a reviewer; no Awair page found that states it

Specs from the maker’s own pages, checked October 12 and October 17, 2026. “Not stated by the maker” means no maker page we could open says.

Turning ventilation up

Home Assistant’s Awair integration reads it on your own network every 30 seconds once Local API is turned on in the Awair Home app (Awair calls this beta for the Element). Home Assistant: Awair integration

With a smart-home relay on a ventilator’s high-speed input, that reading can turn an HRV or ERV up at 750 ppm and back down at 650. Ventilator makers don’t document this, so check your unit’s manual first, and keep to low-voltage inputs.

CO₂ controls · Make the system you have turn up by itself

Before you buy

• Worth knowing: Check the price before buyingWe couldn’t confirm a current store price, or it was out of stock, when we checked.
• Plain fact: About $299 before tax and shippingListed at $299 on Awair’s site; reported gone from Amazon since April 2026.

About $299, checked October 2026; check before buying. Prices change often; we checked at the maker’s store and large US retailers. Any monitor that measures true CO₂ works with HouseExhale, and one is enough: move it between rooms.

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