Index of Air Quality Projects

[HiGregory]

An index of all air quality monitoring projects in the network. Spreadsheet list via @jess

Brigades

1. Open Oakland — woaq.org
2. Code for South Florida — localair.org

Cities

1. Louisville — airlouisville.com
2. Denver — www.denveraq.com
3. NYC — statescoop.com/nyc-cityscanner-mobile-air-quality-sensors

Research

• Bay Area Pollutant Levels Drop for Second Week — https://blog.aclima.io/bay-area-pollutant-levels-drop-for-second-week-b51be2dc5677
• Greater Boston Resident of Color More Likely To Live Near High Polluting Highways — https://www.mapc.org/planning101/greater-boston-residents-color-pollution/

Join the Open Source Movement and learn how to get air quality sensors in your city. Email --> Team@CodeforSouth.com

[jhibbets]

Some of you might enjoy this video from teh Red Hat Open Source Stories team that highlights how citizen scientist are using open hardware to monitor air quality – https://www.redhat.com/en/open-source-stories/collective-discovery

[jess]

Here’s a running list of AQ data related projects I’ve compiled over the past year (should be editable to add to; I’ll check to confirm that the links above are included): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zp-w2MLP2D0P4Z41g_MpbstnqqsEosr-r8nbZ3V8cYA/edit

[nFlourish]

I helped build “aqdatacommons.org” which is a clearinghouse for AQ projects by the Environmental Defense Fund.

[chris]

Some unshipped old Code for Philly efforts in this space that would-be hackers might find some useful scraps in:

• https://codeforphilly.org/projects/Mobile_pollution_and_heat_island_data_collection_and_mapping
  • designed a custom low-cost PCB for sensors
• https://github.com/CodeForPhilly/vehicle-mounted-sensors
  • prototyped Arduino+LoRaWAN sensor reporting to a map+time dashboard

[jess]

@nFlourish Wow, this is new to me! Who did you work with at EDF? We’re working with some folks from there and I’m surprised no one’s mentioned it!