In order to remind people of self-protection and raise public awareness of air pollution and reduce air pollution in the community, this project employs two approaches: - Enhancing the functions of community-based IoT system: the project has completed the following tasks: upgrading and maintaining the existing monitoring points; deploying 30 new monitoring points, constructing four VOCs monitoring points in the campus of Tunghai University; planning a mobile detection system composed of people’s smart phones; enriching the content of the local air quality map; predicting PM2.5 level in the next 4 hours and conducting sensor calibration with the big data platform and the Self-Organization Map; developing a city-wide APP to link all the people in the community; and developing iOS local air quality APP, etc. - Developing and promoting volunteerism: the project has completed following tasks: promoting exchanges between the volunteers in Zhushan and Puli areas; holding volunteer and air pollution campaigns in Zhushan; holding at least 18 promotion activities (with at least 2,880 people attending); developing air pollution education materials with local government’s education divisions and teachers in Zhanghua County; encouraging everybody to be a scientist; developing an air experiment box to enhance promotional effects, etc.

Air Pollutants, Particulate Matter2.5, Low-cost Monitoring, Volunteer Program, the Middle Region of Taiwan