Environmental Monitoring Network in the city of Porto (Air Quality, Noise & Meteorological parameters), funded by the FP7 project FutureCities

1. UrbanSense
Platform

5. Sound
Sensation of acoustic waves
If…
…unpleasant, unwanted and disturbing
Noise

7. Turn the city of
into a living lab
for the Internet of Things
in the cities of the future

8. Noise
Air quality ,
RH,
temperature
Processing,
storage and
control
Solar
Radiation
sensor
WiFi interfaces
Weather
Station

10. • Traffic
• Tourism
• Industries
• Green areas
• Sea and river fronts
19 Collection Points
Noise, Air Pollution
All sensors
Removed
Trindade
Bolhão
Casa da Música
Rua das Flores

11. Rua das Flores Bolhão Trindade Casa da Música

12. Hour Global Average Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
0 65.8 62.9 59.7 58.7 62.9 64.3 75.5 76.6
1 64.2 62.0 57.1 62.1 60.3 58.4 73.7 75.4
2 62.6 58.8 56.3 60.8 57.4 57.1 73.5 74.3
3 62.7 57.6 58.9 59.0 57.1 59.0 73.5 74.1
4 68.7 65.1 64.1 60.3 72.3 74.9 73.5 71.0
5 63.8 59.8 61.4 62.8 59.8 61.9 74.5 66.7
6 66.5 59.7 63.9 65.6 74.2 64.0 75.8 62.0
7 69.3 60.6 66.2 68.5 65.8 75.9 79.1 69.1
8 71.0 62.4 66.7 71.0 68.6 77.6 79.6 70.7
9 72.0 68.0 69.7 71.5 69.8 78.1 79.3 67.8
10 73.5 69.0 70.6 76.6 69.6 77.6 78.9 71.8
11 73.1 69.8 78.2 72.3 66.8 76.0 77.0 71.8
12 72.7 69.3 71.1 71.6 71.3 75.4 78.8 71.4
13 71.9 69.0 72.6 71.6 71.5 73.0 74.9 70.9
14 71.5 70.9 72.2 66.8 71.4 71.6 75.0 72.5
15 72.8 70.1 72.3 72.4 71.3 75.2 74.4 74.2
16 72.9 70.3 72.1 73.5 72.2 75.0 73.6 73.8
17 73.0 71.4 73.4 71.4 72.6 74.7 73.8 73.8
18 73.5 70.7 71.9 74.4 74.0 75.4 73.7 74.4
19 72.0 67.6 69.4 72.7 74.0 75.5 72.7 71.9
20 70.3 66.1 65.8 70.8 68.1 76.5 72.2 72.4
21 71.7 74.0 65.2 70.1 68.8 76.3 77.0 70.8
22 68.7 62.9 66.6 69.2 67.1 69.7 76.6 68.6
23 67.7 61.8 65.0 68.6 65.1 68.5 77.0 68.1
Hour Global Average Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
0 61.6 65.9 59.6 60.1 58.9 62.2 60.6 64.1
1 59.0 63.9 56.3 56.4 56.7 59.0 58.2 62.2
2 57.1 62.2 54.2 56.0 54.0 56.7 55.8 61.0
3 56.6 60.9 54.0 55.3 53.8 56.7 55.3 60.1
4 57.3 60.8 55.8 55.8 54.9 57.6 56.6 59.7
5 61.2 61.9 60.5 60.8 60.7 61.1 61.6 62.1
6 65.0 61.8 65.1 66.1 66.1 65.5 66.1 64.3
7 67.7 63.0 68.5 69.2 69.3 68.9 68.9 66.1
8 69.1 65.4 69.7 70.4 70.3 69.9 69.8 68.2
9 70.4 66.6 71.3 71.7 71.6 71.1 71.1 69.3
10 70.7 67.2 71.4 71.7 72.0 71.1 71.4 70.1
11 70.2 67.3 70.7 71.4 70.2 70.8 70.9 70.1
12 69.5 67.1 70.0 69.9 69.9 69.9 70.3 69.7
13 69.7 66.9 69.8 70.3 70.5 70.4 70.3 69.8
14 69.9 67.7 70.0 70.5 70.9 70.2 70.4 69.6
15 70.0 68.6 70.2 70.2 70.6 70.5 70.4 69.6
16 70.0 68.3 70.0 70.3 70.9 70.6 70.4 69.3
17 69.7 68.1 70.3 69.9 70.2 69.9 70.2 69.3
18 69.3 67.8 69.3 69.5 69.7 69.7 69.8 69.1
19 68.0 67.1 67.6 67.8 68.1 68.1 69.0 68.4
20 67.2 66.3 66.7 66.5 67.2 67.5 68.4 67.9
21 66.2 65.0 65.7 65.9 66.3 66.2 67.4 67.0
22 65.7 64.5 64.8 64.7 65.5 66.0 67.1 67.1
23 64.2 61.8 62.8 62.3 64.5 64.4 65.9 67.3
Rua das Flores Bolhão
preliminary results

13. Hour Global Average Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
0 63.6 65.9 66.3 61.0 60.6 62.5 63.9 65.0
1 61.1 64.2 64.6 59.1 57.5 59.4 60.2 62.8
2 59.3 63.0 62.6 57.8 55.9 57.1 58.2 60.4
3 58.4 62.6 62.0 56.4 55.0 55.9 56.8 60.0
4 58.0 60.8 61.6 56.1 56.4 55.3 56.4 59.6
5 61.0 63.0 62.3 60.3 59.6 60.0 60.5 61.5
6 65.1 64.1 63.9 64.6 66.3 65.5 66.2 64.8
7 67.6 65.2 64.5 69.1 69.3 69.5 69.2 66.6
8 68.4 66.6 65.1 69.6 70.0 69.8 69.5 68.1
9 68.8 67.8 66.5 69.7 70.2 69.9 69.2 68.5
10 68.6 67.6 67.2 69.3 69.3 69.3 69.1 68.5
11 68.4 67.9 67.9 68.9 68.8 68.7 69.0 67.9
12 68.0 67.4 67.1 67.9 68.8 68.4 68.4 68.1
13 68.0 67.2 68.6 68.6 68.4 67.8 68.5 66.8
14 68.6 67.5 68.4 68.4 69.0 69.3 68.9 68.6
15 68.5 67.9 68.5 69.2 68.9 67.6 69.0 68.5
16 69.1 68.2 68.6 69.0 69.0 68.7 69.6 70.5
17 69.3 67.9 69.0 69.9 69.8 70.0 70.1 68.1
18 69.1 68.7 68.6 69.2 69.1 69.6 69.4 68.8
19 68.4 68.3 67.9 67.9 68.0 68.9 69.1 68.5
20 67.5 67.2 67.0 67.2 67.1 68.0 68.2 68.2
21 66.7 66.4 65.8 66.2 66.5 66.9 67.3 67.8
22 66.3 65.5 64.9 65.2 66.4 66.9 67.1 68.3
23 65.5 64.9 62.9 64.2 65.3 66.2 67.0 67.9
Hour Global Average Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
0 62.3 65.3 61.6 61.1 60.6 61.5 61.3 64.7
1 58.8 63.5 58.9 57.9 55.8 57.1 57.4 61.3
2 56.9 60.4 57.3 57.0 54.5 55.0 55.1 59.1
3 54.9 53.2 54.6 55.9 53.5 53.7 54.8 58.6
4 57.0 58.7 55.0 57.3 55.9 56.6 56.0 59.3
5 61.6 60.3 65.0 61.8 60.1 60.6 61.7 61.8
6 66.6 62.0 70.0 67.9 66.7 66.4 68.0 65.2
7 69.8 64.0 73.5 72.1 71.3 70.6 70.7 66.5
8 71.1 66.0 73.8 72.9 72.5 72.3 71.3 68.7
9 71.7 68.8 73.7 72.7 72.2 71.9 72.0 70.4
10 71.6 69.3 73.4 72.4 71.8 71.6 72.0 70.8
11 71.3 69.9 73.3 70.8 71.6 71.5 71.4 70.8
12 71.2 69.4 72.4 71.9 71.4 71.4 71.6 70.8
13 71.3 68.3 72.9 71.6 71.8 71.6 72.0 70.8
14 71.6 69.2 72.9 71.7 72.7 72.1 71.7 71.1
15 72.0 69.9 72.8 72.4 72.9 72.5 72.0 71.3
16 72.1 70.0 72.7 72.3 73.2 72.7 72.3 71.4
17 71.8 70.1 72.8 72.0 72.1 72.3 72.1 71.1
18 71.2 69.3 71.8 71.7 71.9 71.6 71.6 70.7
19 70.6 69.7 71.0 70.5 71.1 70.8 70.8 70.0
20 69.3 68.1 69.2 69.0 69.7 69.3 70.7 69.3
21 68.2 67.8 67.6 67.8 67.5 68.7 69.2 68.7
22 66.9 66.4 65.9 67.5 65.8 66.1 68.2 68.1
23 65.0 63.6 64.0 64.1 64.4 64.6 66.6 67.6
Trindade Casa da Música
preliminary results

14. preliminary results

16. Access to data in real-time
Creating alert systems for
dangerous levels of pollution
Choice of the best pedestrian
routes with lower levels of
noise and / or air pollution
Planning:
• Adjust uses and activities in the city
• Adjust traffic routes to new
construction works inside the city,
lowering noise and air pollution
Improving our Daily Life

24. UrbanSense
Platform
Cecília Rocha
carocha@fe.up.pt