Presentation by Evelyn De Wachter and Dries Van Ransbeeck at the OpenDataDay event 'Towards Clean Air with Open Data'. The event took place at BeCentral in Brussels on Saturday 3 March 2018.

1. InfluencAir
Citizens measuring air quality
Project by
#InfluencAir
http://influencair.be/

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. luftdaten.info
Citizen-driven PM measurements across Europe

4. Citizen-driven PM measurements across Europe
● Instructions to install self-built PM sensors
● Continuous updated PM map from transmitted data
luftdaten.info

5. 3844 sensors worldwide
2306 in Europe
maps.luftdaten.info
Citizen-driven PM measurements across Europe

6. Citizen-driven PM measurements in Belgium
Citizens groups:
● Dustcube (Antwerp)
● Leuvenair
● Ecofablab Brugge
● InfluencAir
110 sensors in Belgium

7. Citizen-driven PM measurements in Belgium
Citizens groups:
● Dustcube (Antwerp)
● Leuvenair
● Ecofablab Brugge
● InfluencAir
110 sensors in Belgium

8. Civic Lab BXL
Open community of entrepreneurs, researchers,
grassroot members & civil servants
https://www.meetup.com/Civic-Lab-Brussels/
Who’s behind this citizen-driven initiative?

9. 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 714 members
May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
September 2017
Technical improvements
and data-driven tests

10. Goals:
● 150 active sensors
● 100% Brussels region covered

11. How it works
Way of working
Improvements and
analyses
By doing
Community-driven
gatherings
Towards our final goal
Citizen-driven
measurements in
Brussels and beyond

12. Community-driven way of working
https://schoolofdata.org/methodology/

13. Website : www.influencair.be
map.influencair.be

14. Analysis

15. Development
SDS011 sensor

16. Development Lorawan-sensor
SDS011 sensor

17. 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.

18. InfluencAir
Project by
Contact details
Want to partner up or get more information?
dries@openknowledge.be
Influencair.be
#InfluencAir
http://influencair.be/

19. SDS011 PM sensor

20. LoRaWAN
Is a wireless communication
standard.
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

21. 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
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