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UNEP’s Air Quality Monitoring System
UN Environment Assembly Adopts Resolution to strengthen UNEP’s Air Quality work
June 2014 - Governments Adopt UNEA Resolution #7: Strengthening the role of the United Nations Environment Programme in promoting air quality
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Air Quality Data currently available uneplive.unep.org
HUGE GAPS!
Air Quality Monitors: High cost to Low Cost
Reference Air Quality Monitoring Station -High accuracy -High Costs ($150,000-$200,000) -High installation costs -High operation costs
Low cost Air Quality Monitor -Low accuracy -Low Cost (~few $100-$1000) -Low installation costs -Low operation costs
$200,000
To design, build and test a low-cost (<$1500) robust, reliable and reasonably accurate remote outdoor air quality monitoring device, suitable for use in a wide range of cities in the developing world, that transmits data securely to a server.
Goal
Blueprints
What can this data be used for?
- Compliance? - Pollution Management Plans - Civic Awareness - Source Apportionment
http://eoe.airscapes.io/index.html
Pilot network in Nairobi
Slide Credit: Professor Rod Jones
Nairobi PM2.5
Nairobi PM2.5 scaled
Sample Site: Kibera Girls Soccer Academy
Sample Site: Kibera Girls Soccer Academy
Sample Site: Kibera Girls Soccer Academy
NO2 SO2
PM1 PM 2.5 PM 10
Sample Site: Kibera Girls Soccer Academy
Sample Site: Kibera Girls Soccer Academy