Enviroscope®
Enviroscope™ Overview for Clients and Professionals
What Is Enviroscope™?
Enviroscope™ is a rapid, noninvasive air quality scanning tool licensed to Building Forensics. Originally developed by the UK Ministry of Defence, it identifies biological, chemical, and organic airborne contaminants in real time, helping you detect hidden mould, bacteria, or VOCs across an entire building in minutes. Note that the Enviroscope® can be used during an Option 1 professional survey to increase the scope of risk assessment and perhaps reduce the need for sampling. The cost of Enviroscope® is reduced by 50% when used with option 1, Environmental Health survey This process serves as a risk assessment protocol, incorporating elements of hazard evaluation. Additional conventional sampling and analysis may be necessary when specific diagnoses or legally defensible evidence are required.
The Enviroscope allows real-time live monitoring of multiple risks and can track possible routes to reservoirs and causation, reducing the need for numerous samples and increasing the effectiveness of sampling locations
✅ What It Does:
– Measures airborne mould spores, bacteria, viruses, pollen, VOCs, PM2.5/PM10, CO₂, and more.
– Highlights high-risk areas through room-by-room comparison.
– Provides a data-driven assessment without waiting days for lab reports.
– Ideal for prioritising rooms for remediation or detailed lab testing.
⚠ What It Doesn’t Do:
– Does not identify mould species (e.g. Stachybotrys vs Cladosporium).
– Cannot confirm toxic hazards or health risk levels.
– It should be used as a screening tool, not as a final diagnosis.
💡 Why Use Enviroscope?
Lab tests like PCR or ERMI are costly — Enviroscope pinpoints the rooms most likely to be contaminated, saving you time and money.
It’s the ideal first step for homeowners, tenants, landlords, and health professionals dealing with suspected indoor contamination.
Note: Enviroscope report identifies elevated levels and potential risks associated with bacteria, but does not specify bacterial species or types. Specific identification can be conducted separately upon request.
Enviroscope report
The contamination component levels are displayed on the iPad screen as the unit and wand are moved around the property. This allows areas of high concentration to be further risk assessed. This reduces sampling costs, improves accuracy, and identifies possible elements of contamination and sources not easily identified by other methods.
Scan-by-Scan Mould Comparison
The Scan by Scan Mould Comparison shows all the particle readings per
cubic meter (p/m3) in one chart, for each area, and can be used to
compare rooms to each other and to the baseline scan (if present).
Scan-by-Scan Total PM Comparison
The Scan-by-Scan PM Comparison chart shows each area’s PM2.5, PM2.5
Bio, PM 10 and PM 10Bio levels as they compare in micrograms per cubic
meter (ug/m3).
All lab analysis is produced into actionable, understandable information to enable you and your healthcare professional to make sensible data.
Report Recommendations
Our recommendations will revolve around industry best practices and standards. Most importantly, as an award-winning specialist in remediation, decontamination and risk reduction, where or if necessary, we will provide you with sensible solutions
Please don’t worry about understanding the data; that’s our job, and we will interpret it into understandable actions and meanings, and we’re here to answer your questions (by email, please).