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2B Technologies has been getting schools and communities involved in air pollution monitoring since 2009, beginning with the Global Ozone (GO3) Project. In the GO3 Project, students at more than 100 schools around the world measured ground level ozone and shared their data online. The response to the GO3 Project was overwhelming, and nearly 1,000 schools signed up to participate. This incredible interest lead 2B Tech to develop AQTreks and the handheld Personal Air Monitor (PAM), under a grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
AQTreks and the PAM give participants the ability to measure air pollution wherever their imagination takes them - from the top of a mountain to the boiler room of their school. AQTreks aims to connect people to their environment in a whole new way, as participants gain an in-depth understanding of the complex variables that affect air quality in and around their schools and communities.
One PAM can transmit real-time data to over 100 smartphones via Bluetooth, allowing an entire class to actively participate in each Trek. The AQTreks app displays the data in maps and graphs and automatically uploads the data to the AQTreks database. When online, participants can view and analyze their data, along with Trek data from other schools around the country. Participants can also communicate and comment on each others’ data. Check out recent Trek data here.
After much discussion with local air agencies, government groups, and citizen groups following the launch of AQTreks, CommunityAQ and the Community Air Monitor (CAM) were launched to provide stationary community air monitoring. The program allows communities to install a network of CAMs throughout a city, school campus, or local park.
CommunityAQ focuses on hyper-local air monitoring and connects local communities with air quality data through an app that displays data from each CAM as you walk near it. The CAM can be installed virtually anywhere - on a light post or building and can be powered by a solar panel charging station. The most suitable location for a CAM can be determined by an initial study of the surrounding air quality using a PAM.
To date, 2B Tech’s outreach programs have reached approximately 200,000 students at more than 350 schools. Through these programs, students have been responsible for uploading more than 12 million ozone measurements and more than 2,000 mobile Treks. 2B Tech is committed to expanding its outreach programs and reimagining the future of air pollution monitoring by getting students and communities involved in gathering and sharing air pollution data.
AQTreks and the PAM give participants the ability to measure air pollution wherever their imagination takes them - from the top of a mountain to the boiler room of their school. AQTreks aims to connect people to their environment in a whole new way, as participants gain an in-depth understanding of the complex variables that affect air quality in and around their schools and communities.
One PAM can transmit real-time data to over 100 smartphones via Bluetooth, allowing an entire class to actively participate in each Trek. The AQTreks app displays the data in maps and graphs and automatically uploads the data to the AQTreks database. When online, participants can view and analyze their data, along with Trek data from other schools around the country. Participants can also communicate and comment on each others’ data. Check out recent Trek data here.
After much discussion with local air agencies, government groups, and citizen groups following the launch of AQTreks, CommunityAQ and the Community Air Monitor (CAM) were launched to provide stationary community air monitoring. The program allows communities to install a network of CAMs throughout a city, school campus, or local park.
CommunityAQ focuses on hyper-local air monitoring and connects local communities with air quality data through an app that displays data from each CAM as you walk near it. The CAM can be installed virtually anywhere - on a light post or building and can be powered by a solar panel charging station. The most suitable location for a CAM can be determined by an initial study of the surrounding air quality using a PAM.
To date, 2B Tech’s outreach programs have reached approximately 200,000 students at more than 350 schools. Through these programs, students have been responsible for uploading more than 12 million ozone measurements and more than 2,000 mobile Treks. 2B Tech is committed to expanding its outreach programs and reimagining the future of air pollution monitoring by getting students and communities involved in gathering and sharing air pollution data.