The Use of the Internet of Things for Estimating Personal Pollution Exposure

Keith April G. Arano, Shengjing Sun, Joaquin Ordieres-Mere and and Bing Gong
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Keith April G. Arano: Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Lambruschini 4/B - (Building 26/B), 20156 Milan, Italy
Shengjing Sun: Department of Industrial Engineering, Business Administration and Statistics, E.T.S de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Calle de Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Joaquin Ordieres-Mere: Department of Industrial Engineering, Business Administration and Statistics, E.T.S de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Calle de Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
and Bing Gong: Jülich Supercomputing Center Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Wilhelm-Wohnen-Str, 52425 Jülich, Germany

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 17, 1-25

Abstract: This paper proposes a framework for an Air Quality Decision Support System (AQDSS), and as a proof of concept, develops an Internet of Things (IoT) application based on this framework. This application was assessed by means of a case study in the City of Madrid. We employed different sensors and combined outdoor and indoor data with spatiotemporal activity patterns to estimate the Personal Air Pollution Exposure (PAPE) of an individual. This pilot case study presents evidence that PAPE can be estimated by employing indoor air quality monitors and e-beacon technology that have not previously been used in similar studies and have the advantages of being low-cost and unobtrusive to the individual. In future work, our IoT application can be extended to include prediction models, enabling dynamic feedback about PAPE risks. Furthermore, PAPE data from this type of application could be useful for air quality policy development as well as in epidemiological studies that explore the effects of air pollution on certain diseases.

Keywords: Personal Air Pollution Exposure (PAPE); air pollution monitoring; IoT; Air Quality Decision Support System; health impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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