IoT Air Quality and Environmental Monitoring for Smart Cities
Bettair provides an IoT layer for distributed urban environmental monitoring, combining configurable gases, particles, noise and environmental variables with centralized data visualization. Networks can be scaled across locations and integrated into digital ecosystems, helping cities improve spatial coverage, identify trends, investigate episodes and transform environmental measurements into usable operational information.
Environmental Monitoring Challenges in Smart Cities
Smart Cities need distributed environmental information that combines spatial coverage with continuous time-series data. NO2, PM10, PM2.5, O3, CO, noise and meteorological variables can vary significantly between locations. Fragmented datasets make comparison difficult, reduce operational visibility and limit the ability to integrate environmental information into urban digital platforms and decisions.
Smart Cities need distributed environmental information that combines spatial coverage with continuous time-series data. NO2, PM10, PM2.5, O3, CO, noise and meteorological variables can vary significantly between locations. Fragmented datasets make comparison difficult, reduce operational visibility and limit the ability to integrate environmental information into urban digital platforms and decisions.
Changing environmental conditions
Environmental conditions can vary by activity, location and meteorology, making isolated measurements difficult to interpret.
Complex operational environments
Smart Cities sites can contain multiple sources, receptors and operating conditions that require distributed visibility.
Need for continuous evidence
Time-linked data helps investigate episodes, compare locations and support environmental management with traceable evidence.
What to Monitor
Configure the monitoring network around the environmental objectives of the smart cities project.
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Particulate Matter
PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 measurements provide continuous visibility into particulate conditions across different urban locations, supporting comparison of environmental conditions within a distributed monitoring network.
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Gases & Urban Air Quality
Configurable gas measurements can complement particulate monitoring and provide additional information about urban air-quality conditions across traffic corridors, public spaces and other relevant locations.
3
Environmental Noise
Continuous acoustic monitoring adds an additional environmental dimension to Smart City networks, helping characterize noise conditions across mobility corridors and urban areas.
4
Environmental Conditions
Temperature, humidity, pressure and wind measurements provide contextual data that helps interpret changes in urban environmental conditions across different monitoring locations.
How Bettair Works
Bettair provides an IoT layer for distributed urban environmental monitoring, combining configurable gases, particles, noise and environmental variables with centralized data visualization. Networks can be scaled across locations and integrated into digital ecosystems, helping cities improve spatial coverage, identify trends, investigate episodes and transform environmental measurements into usable operational information.
Distributed nodes
Place nodes at operational areas, boundaries and sensitive locations according to the monitoring objective for smart cities.
Continuous measurements
Collect time-series environmental data to identify changes, compare locations and investigate episodes.
Contextual environmental data
Combine particles, selected gases, noise and environmental variables where relevant.
Continuous Environmental Monitoring
Scalable network; centralized data; integration possibilities; spatial and temporal environmental intelligence.
See changes over time
Compare locations
Investigate episodes
Bettair Platform
Centralize and visualize environmental measurements from distributed Bettair nodes.
Georeferenced data
Visualize measurements by location to understand spatial differences.
Historical trends
Use time-series information to review changes and investigate episodes.
API integration
Platform and API capabilities support integration with wider digital environments.
Why Bettair for Smart Cities
Scalable network; centralized data; integration possibilities; spatial and temporal environmental intelligence.
Continuous data
Build a time-linked environmental record.
Distributed coverage
Place monitoring where conditions and concerns vary.
Multiparameter monitoring
Combine particles, gases, noise and environmental variables.
Actionable evidence
Support investigation and environmental management.
Applications for Smart Cities
Use Bettair where smart cities operations require continuous environmental visibility.
Smart City Environmental Monitoring
Air Quality Monitoring Networks
Environmental Data Integration
Environmental Noise Monitoring
Technical Parameters
Select parameters according to the environmental objectives of the smart cities project.
Particles
✓ PM1
✓ PM2.5
✓ PM10
Particles
Gases
✓ NO2 ✓ NO ✓ CO
✓ CO2 ✓ O3 ✓ SO2
✓ VOC and more
Gases
Meteorology
✓ Temperature
✓ Humidity
✓ Pressure
✓ Wind Speed
✓ Wind Direction
and more
Meteorology
Environmental Noise
✓ Environmental Noise
✓ Continuous acoustic monitoring
✓ Environmental noise analysis
Environmental Noise
✓ PM1
✓ PM2.5
✓ PM10
✓ NO2 ✓ NO ✓ CO
✓ CO2 ✓ O3 ✓ SO2
✓ VOC and more
✓ Temperature
✓ Humidity
✓ Pressure
✓ Wind Speed
✓ Wind Direction
and more
✓ Environmental Noise
✓ Continuous acoustic monitoring
✓ Environmental noise analysis
Available parameters depend on the selected Bettair configuration and the monitoring objectives of the project.
Monitoring Strategy for Smart Cities
Define objectives, parameters, locations and the evidence required before deployment.
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Define objectives
Identify the environmental questions and operating conditions relevant to smart cities.
2
Select parameters
Choose particles, gases, noise and environmental variables according to the monitoring objective.
3
Plan locations
Position nodes across operational areas, boundaries and sensitive receptors.
4
Review and act
Use trends and episode information to support investigation and environmental-management decisions.
The result is a monitoring strategy designed around
the project’s real environmental challenges.
Evidence for Environmental Management
Continuous monitoring creates traceable environmental information for investigation and management.
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Continuous monitoring
Time-series measurements provide a persistent environmental record.
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Gas selection
Bettair configurations can select multiple gases according to project needs.
API
Data integration
Platform and API capabilities support integration with digital environments.
Technical Evidence
Bettair technical monitoring evidence
Use documented Bettair technical evidence to support the monitoring approach; sector-specific project claims should only be added when independently verified.
Bettair devices
38 Nodes
Project location
Metropolitan Barcelona
Stakeholder
ATM · Municipalities
Project date
2025 · 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions About Smart Cities
Common questions about environmental monitoring in smart cities projects.
Can Bettair be integrated into Smart City platforms?
Bettair is designed as an IoT monitoring system and can provide environmental data for visualization and integration into wider digital ecosystems. Integration requirements depend on the architecture and interfaces of the specific Smart City project.
Which parameters can a Smart City monitor with Bettair?
Depending on the configuration, a network can monitor PM1, PM2.5, PM10, selected gases, noise and environmental variables. Additional meteorological measurements can be incorporated when required by the project.
Can Bettair be integrated into Smart City platforms?
Which parameters can a Smart City monitor with Bettair?
Which parameters can a Smart City monitor with Bettair?
Depending on the configuration, a network can monitor PM1, PM2.5, PM10, selected gases, noise and environmental variables. Additional meteorological measurements can be incorporated when required by the project.
Can Bettair support distributed environmental monitoring across a city?
Yes. Bettair can be deployed as a distributed network with monitoring nodes located at different urban sites, helping cities compare environmental conditions spatially and over time.
Can Bettair data be used alongside other Smart City data?
Yes. Bettair provides environmental data and API capabilities that can support integration with wider digital ecosystems, including platforms and systems used for urban data management.
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