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Leveraging Citize n Sc ie nc e and the Inte rne t of T hing s to create a statewide community monitoring network. Calvin Cupini, Clean Air Carolina, Charlotte, NC Brian Magi, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, UNC Charlotte ASIC Thursday September 16, 2018

he Cloud and the Crowd he Cloud and the Crowd T T ● Clean Air Carolina’s ba c kg round ● Clean Air Carolina’s ba c kg round ● AirKe e pe rs and the Citizen Science program ● AirKe e pe rs and the Citizen Science program ● Clean Air Carolina’s participation with ● Clean Air Carolina’s participation with E E PA’s c oloc a tion g uide a nd ma c ro a na lyis PA’s c oloc a tion g uide a nd ma c ro a na lyis tool tool ● Suc c e ss storie s through Citizen Science ● Suc c e ss storie s through Citizen Science

Our Mission Our Mission

Our Programs Me dic a l Advocates for Healthy Air Cle a r the Air for the Kids! Cle a n Construction

Communic a tion Successes Pa rtic le Falls

PM 2.5 Monitors ● Fraction of the Cost ● Compact size Air Beam ● Relative Humidity , and Temperature ● Geotagged data-points ● Web-based mapping a re pla c e me nt for professional tools Purple air NOT

Collocation Guide and Ma c ro Ana lysis T ool

Collocation Guide and Ma c ro Ana lysis T ool

Collocation Guide and Ma c ro Ana lysis T ool

Our Challenge Our Challenge

Ac tion Network More than 900 members across NC

e ve l Reports County L

Statewide Pla tform

Modula r Protocols Modula r Protocols

Conference HE AT NC BRE a te Ma rc h 2019 L

ha nk You Calvin A. Cupini T Calvin@CleanAirCarolina.org

Ca rolina s He a lthCa re System

Ca nnon School

Low Cost Sensor Va lida tion Colloc a tion

The Me ssa g e The Me ssa g e No one cares No one cares how much you know how much you know until they know until they know How muc h you c a re How muc h you c a re

M Outre a c h in the West E ST

J issue s in the east E

Monitoring on Campus

Communic a tion Successes Philosophy

Philosophy Opportunity Opportunity Recognition Recognition Capacity Capacity Partnerships Partnerships

nvironme nta l Disparities E

a lls Charlotte Pa rtic le F a lls Raleigh Pa rtic le F

Monitoring Cannon School Monitoring Cannon School

Citize n Science Citize n Science ● Interested members of the general public c ontributing to the collection or analysis of data ● Participating a c tive ly or pa ssive ly. ● Citizen Science can provide e xpa nde d c a pa c ity a nd sc ope to projects with limited resources. ● The projects offer ST M le a rning opportunities E ● Dire c t public outre a c h through hands on learning, and communication

Monitoring Charlotte

Monitoring NC

Platform IoT

Citizen Science Pre se nta tions

What factors predict Our Mission success?

Success Stories of Our Mission communication?

sustained after money Our Mission How can they be is spent?

Our Mission How can the diverse partners work together to meet community needs? (MeBr)

MAHA Initia tive Clean Construction Partnership

The Me ssa g e The Me ssa g e The most important part The most important part of Crowdsourcing of Crowdsourcing is the Crowd is the Crowd

Our Challenge PM Re fe re nc e Monitors