Dec 5, 2022

hackAIR

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Emailkeratidis.ch@draxis.gr

What is the name of your organization?Draxis Environmental S.A.

Website/URLdraxis.gr

What best describes the type of organisation that you are representing?Private sector

Where are you based?Themistokli Sofouli 54, Thessaloniki, 546 55, GR

Name of the equipment
	PPD42N
Brand
	Shinyei
The number of these devices used in your initiative (estimation):
	100
Origin
	Commercial product
Measured parameter (you can select several)
	PM2.5 PM10

Temporal resolution
	10 minutes
Where are you measuring air quality?
	Outdoor
Device’s location
	Street – private domain
Level of expertise required to operate
	Simple if you take the time to read the documentation

What is the name of your initiative?hackAIR

How would you describe the main mission of your initiative?Measure/monitor air quality, Raise awareness/education, Air quality modelling

Please provide a short description of your initiative (What is being done? Who is participating? What are your main goals?) This text will appear on the main page.hackAIR aims to raise collective awareness about the daily conditions of air quality in Europe, leveraging the power of environmental intelligence (integration of data from multiple sources, data fusion for areas where no data exist, forecast modelling, estimation of environmental indices, personalised recommendations).
The hackAIR platform comprises of a website and a complementary mobile application. hackAIR can also integrate data from low-cost open hardware sensors.

Who is your main audience?Citizens, Schools, Non- Governmental Organisations, Cities

If possible, provide the list of partners involved in the initiative.hackAIR was initiated within the EU funded project “hacAIR”, which was implemented by Draxis Environmental S.A. in collaboration with NILU, CERTH, BUND, SMIT, and ON:SUBJECT

How is this initiative funded?Partially funded European project, Private programme

Please provide an estimation of the total budget of the initiative (in €):1 million – 5 million

What is the duration of the initiative?More than 5 years

How many participants (citizen scientists, volunteers, etc.) have been involved (approximately)?5000 – 10000

Website that presents your initiativehttps://www.hackair.eu/

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Are you using a platform for data visualisation?Yes, we have created our own data platform

Add the public URL (if any)https://platform.hackair.eu/

Is your platform open source?Yes

From 0 (the lowest) to 5 (the highest), how easily accessible and user-friendly is your platform?5

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