2. We want to raise awareness about air quality in
Brussels by measuring and mapping local
pollution levels (PM 2.5 & PM 10).
We aim to build a comprehensive sensor
network covering the whole Brussels region.
3. Why InfluencAir?
* Raise more awareness about air quality and its health
effects.
* Set an example of real-time open data which anyone can
freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose.
* Increase the amount of local measurements, which are
complementary to the data from official government stations.
* Demonstrate the power of citizens working together.
* Bridge the gap between science and a wider audience.
4. Citizen-driven fine dust measurements across Europe
Across Europe several
citizen science projects
are going on.
Luftdaten.info, initiated
by OK Lab Stuttgart, is the
biggest one with 3378
active sensors in 26 EU
countries, producing 4 Mio.
data pairs a day.
http://deutschland.maps.luftdaten.info/
5. Citizen-driven fine dust measurements in Belgium
Inspired by the work of
Luftdaten.info, InfluencAir
as well as Leuvenair in
Leuven launched similar
initiatives.
Currently, there are 61
sensors up and running in
Belgium.
6. Milestones InfluencAir
May 2017
Launch Civic Lab
Brussels
June 2017
First sensors up
and running
September 2017
Civic Lab Brussels
exceeds 500 members
January 2018
First 5 LoRaWAN
sensors prototyped
February 2018
Civic Lab Brussels
counts 655 members
May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
September 2017
Technical improvements
and data-drive tests
7. ● 150 active sensors
● 100% Brussels region covered
Goals
8. Who’s behind citizen-driven initiative?
Dries Van Ransbeeck
Project Coordinator
Civic Lab Brussels
& Open Knowledge
Belgium
Toon NelissenCivic Lab BXL
Technical Lead
Civic Lab Brussels
& Co-founder
AppSaloon
Open community of
653 members:
entrepreneurs, civil
society, researchers
& civil servants
https://www.meetup.com/Civic-Lab-Brussels/
9. Price per sensor:
Product cost - Makers
TOTAL PRICE PER SENSOR - INDIVIDUALS €30.52
Service cost - Plug and Play (incl. LoRaWAN)
TOTAL PRICE PER SENSOR - INDIVIDUALS €66.32
TOTAL PRICE PER SENSOR - ENTREPRISE €90.00
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qAsVI3a8EDrGYLhqO_Qj
0-0UHqhh3KOpgl8JKEVw2A8/edit?usp=sharing
10. LoRaWAN
LoRaWAN is a media access
control (MAC) protocol for
wide area networks.
It is designed to allow
low-powered devices to
communicate with
Internet-connected
applications over long
range wireless
connections.
https://github.com/CivicLabsBelgium/
Feinstaub_LoRa_ESP8266
11. How it works - next steps
Step 1
Development
LoRaWAN
Step 2
Community-driven events
(Meetups & workshops)
Step 3
Citizen-driven
measurements in
Brussels and beyond
12. Open Data Day event - Sat. 3 March
cleanairwithopendata.eventbrite.co.uk
