Monitoring local air quality in municipalities
Explore our air quality monitoring projects with municipalities and citizens
Air quality monitoring with residents in Land van Cuijk
Citizen participation: learning while informing
Together with residents we monitor particulate matter at 150 locations. Both in public spaces and at people’s homes. What was once invisible becomes visible.
Wood burning and busy roads are common sources of air pollution in many municipalities. Interest from residents was high from the start, with more than enough participants volunteering to host sensors. During four well-attended information sessions, participants were guided to set everything up. After that, monitoring began.
Read the interview with Coen Graat, sustainability and environment officer at the municipality of Land van Cuijk.
- Citizen participation: measuring together with residents
- Raising awareness and collecting data
- Information sessions on setting up the sensors
- Translated -
“Many companies mainly focus on selling equipment, or fail to approach participation effectively. Letting citizens assemble equipment themselves may seem engaging, but results in less reliable data."
Measuring NO₂ along busy roads in Nijmegen
How long are NO₂ concentrations elevated?
AeroCount monitors traffic-related air pollution at eight locations along busy roads in Nijmegen. This provides detailed insight into local variations in NO₂ concentrations.
Nijmegen has a dense traffic network. Nearly 100,000 motor vehicles cross the two Waal bridges each day. Combined with inland shipping, construction activities and industry, this highlights the importance of local monitoring.
The RIVM already measures at two locations: the busy Graafseweg and the nearby Ruyterstraat. Just 200 metres apart, yet, the average NO₂ concentration differs by 25%.
A local monitoring network provides a much more detailed picture of air pollution, enabling municipalities to make better-informed decisions on traffic and spatial planning.
- Measure NO₂ along busy roads
- Real-time, local and continuous monitoring
- All data available in a clear dashboard
Een fijnmazig luchtmeetnetwerk biedt lokaal inzicht in de luchtkwaliteit, precies op de plek waar u zich bevindt.
- Lokaal inzicht - waar je ook bent
- Real-time - op elk moment
- Continu - iedere minuut een update
Meet lokaal de luchtkwaliteit. Beperk je kennis niet tot modelgemiddelden en één of twee meetpunten.
Een fijnmazig luchtmeetnetwerk in Brummen
Wat ademen inwoners eigenlijk in?
Ook de gemeente Brummen wil de (on)gezondheid van de lokale luchten in kaart brengen. Wat ademen (onze) inwoners eigenlijk in?
In overleg met inwoners en gemeente zetten wij een fijnmazig luchtmeetnetwerk op. Want élke adem telt. Lees er meer over op brummensnieuws.nl.
- Fijnstof en NO₂ meetpunten
- Versleutelde data op Nederlandse servers
- Inwoners actief betrokken bij lucht meten