{"id":38843,"date":"2026-09-05T14:19:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/projects\/urban-airq\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T15:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:21:05","slug":"urban-airq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/projects\/urban-airq\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban AirQ \/ Making Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photograph: Waag \u00b7 Urban AirQ<\/a> Open full-size image \u2197<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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In the field<\/p>\n\n\n

Measurement, at street level.<\/h2>\n\n\n

A sensor installed outside an Amsterdam home during Urban AirQ. The pilot connected environmental measurement with the people living around Valkenburgerstraat and Weesperstraat.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The question<\/h2>\n\n\n

How can people take part in understanding the air quality in their own neighbourhood? Urban AirQ brought this question to Valkenburgerstraat and Weesperstraat in central Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n

The work<\/h2>\n\n\n

The 2016 pilot, organised through Waag\u2019s Amsterdam Smart Citizens Lab, involved residents in air-quality measurement. Participants helped explore where sensors should be placed and what should be measured.<\/p>\n\n\n

Technical approach<\/h2>\n\n\n

Local sensing and citizen participation connected environmental measurements with the questions of the people living nearby. The pilot\u2019s results were shared and contributed to the wider Making Sense programme.<\/p>\n\n\n

Significance<\/h2>\n\n\n

Urban AirQ illustrates an approach to applied science in which collecting data and involving communities are part of the same process. It shows why environmental monitoring benefits from local knowledge alongside technical measurement.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Context<\/h2>\n\n\n

Citizen science \/ Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n

Period<\/h2>\n\n\n

2016<\/p>\n\n\n

Programme<\/h2>\n\n\n

Waag\u2019s Amsterdam Smart Citizens Lab
Making Sense<\/p>\n\n\n

Participants<\/h2>\n\n\n

Local residents and the Urban AirQ project team<\/p>\n\n\n

Methods<\/h2>\n\n\n

Air-quality monitoring
Environmental sensing
Participatory measurement<\/p>\n\n\n

References<\/h2>\n\n\n

Waag: Urban AirQ \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Waag: Making Sense \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Start a conversation<\/p>\n\n\n

A difficult problem is a good place to start.<\/h2>\n\n\n

Tell us what you\u2019re working on. We welcome technical challenges, research collaborations and new partnerships.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Get in touch \u2197<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Citizen participation in air-quality monitoring around two busy streets in central Amsterdam.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":38863,"parent":38839,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-project.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38870,"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38843\/revisions\/38870"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}