View: implementing low cost air quality monitoring solution for urban areas
Open Access
- 5 October 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Environmental Systems Research
- Vol. 1 (1), 10
- https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-2697-1-10
Abstract
Background Air pollution represents non uniform trends particularly in dense urban areas which arises the necessity for pollution monitoring at finer resolution. Since recent advancements in electrochemical technology have made it feasible to deploy economical wireless sensor nodes for environmental monitoring, we present a bed of cost effective referential sensors which replace the role of traditional weather stations. The system is intended to target lower income nations like Pakistan, where air pollution monitoring and regulation is a crucial issue, not receiving appropriate attention. Results The project is specifically designed to be cost effective, compact, energy efficient and possesses the ability to be deployed in large numbers to overcome the limitations of conventional static environment monitoring sites. We have developed a system which aims at increasing awareness to the average citizen and policy makers regarding the prevailing environmental conditions. We go on to investigate the feasibility, reliability and accuracy of the project when deployed in an urban setting. Here we provide a brief summary on the calibration techniques we employed to achieve accurate results, along with providing details on the future research and development with respect to the project. Conclusion The model proposed, was used to pilot a venture in Lahore, Pakistan and is deployed successfully.Keywords
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