Vertical: Smart Cities
Smart City project in Serbia for environmental monitoring by Public Transportation
The EkoBus system was developed in collaboration with Ericsson and deployed in the cities of Belgrade and Pancevo. Several Waspmotes were installed on public transportation vehicles to monitor a set of environmental parameters over a large area as well as to provide additional information for the end-user like the location of the buses and estimated arrival times to bus stops. The GPS and 3G/GPRS modules allowed the Waspmotes to work as autonomous sensor collectors.
Smart City project in Salamanca to monitor Air Quality and Urban Traffic
This project has been developed by several companies and leaded by “Fundación CARTIF”. Its main goal was to achieve sustainable management of the traffic in the city of Salamanca by using two key-elements: a pervasive air-quality sensor network along with prediction models. The project required the measurement of 7 parameters: CO, NO2, O3, temperature, humidity, dust particles (PM-10) and noise. The flexibility of Waspmote allowed to integrate all of them in the same sensor node, making the most of each point of the the network deployed.
Smart Cities platform from Libelium allows system integrators to monitor noise, pollution, structural health and waste management
<p>Libelium, a technology leader in wireless sensor networks, announces the completion of its <a href="https://www.libelium.com/libeliumworld/libelium-releases-new-iot-smart-cities-platform-enhancing-accuracy-in-noise-level-and-air-quality-pollution-sensors/">Smart Cities</a> platform. A new sensor board measures noise pollution, dust quantities, structural health and garbage levels.</p> <p>This board may be combined in a network with previously available sensor boards - for <a href=https://www.libelium.com/calibrated-air-quality-gas-dust-particle-matter-pm10-smart-cities/">gas monitoring</a>, radiation detection and Smart Parking. System integrators can now create a comprehensive range of services based on the <strong>Smart Cities </strong>platform.</p>
Monitoring indoor air quality with Waspmote to prevent accidents and improve production processes
<p>Many production processes in industry, agriculture, viticulture and livestock require specific environmental conditions to be monitored at all times. Sometimes the process can generate air pollutants that can be harmful and even deadly to workers in certain concentrations. The fact of having a monitoring system with <a href="https://www.libelium.com/iot-products/waspmote/">Waspmote</a> allows to control the parameters of a production process, send alerts via GPRS and even activate mechanisms through the relay actuator included in the prototype board. </p> <p> </p>
Sensor networks to monitor air pollution in cities
<p><a href="https://www.ecologistasenaccion.org">Studies</a><span id="result_box" lang="en"><span> show that more than 16,000 people die prematurely in Spain by breathing polluted air, being the </span></span><span id="result_box" lang="en"><span>traffic</span></span><span id="result_box" lang="en"><span> responsible for up to 80% of that pollution. </span><span>This figure is 4 times greater than the number of annual traffic accident victims. </span><span>In Europe, <strong>CO2 </strong>emissions from <span style="text-decoration: underline;">road transport</span> (half of them come from urban transport) have increased by 32% since 1990. </span><span>Each liter of fuel burnt is issuing up to 2.3 kg of CO2. </span><span>Thus, each person who uses the car for journeys to work (with an average distance of approximately 15 km) emits about 2 tonnes of CO2 a year. </span><span>The increase also generates more traffic jams, which cause a loss of 100,000€ million per year in the European Union. </span><span><strong>Monitor pollution</strong> levels in central cities is key to provide adequate information to citizens and <strong>take actions</strong> to reduce it.</p>