Dublin City Council and Google will measure the air quality over the next couple of months.
A specially-designed Street View car will be roaming around the capital for the next year, measuring the amount of nitrogen dioxide, carbon dioxide and monoxide as well particles in the air.
The local authority hopes the initiative helps to encourage more people to join the conversation around air quality.
Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu says she is looking forward to learning more about the city: "Dublin City Council is dedicated to fulfilling its commitment to the UN Breathe Life Campaign and it is projects like this that leverage innovation and forward thinking to allow us to make informed decisions for the benefit of our city and citizens.
"Environmental air quality is an issue that affects everyone, especially people who live in cities and I look forward to learning more about how our city lives and breathes."
Delighted to partner with Google today to launch “Air View Dublin”, an initiative that will see Google’s Street View car take to the streets of Dublin to measure air quality across the city. https://t.co/c3fHJf1G3l#AirQuality #Dublin @smartdublin @SmartDocklands @LordMayorDublin pic.twitter.com/DJ32gunYm3
— Dublin City Council (@DubCityCouncil) May 10, 2021
Google and Dublin City Council are hopeful that access to this data will encourage more people to join the conversation around air quality and enable people to make small but informed daily changes to contribute to its improvement.
Paddy Flynn, Vice President of Google Geo Operations says: "Air quality is a serious concern, especially for cities, but there is a gap in terms of localised data and insights available to decision makers. As part of this project, we’re using technology to capture this important data and make it accessible so that together with Dublin City Council, we can gain a deeper understanding of air pollution locally and provide important data to help drive solution planning.
"Mapping of street-by-street air pollution has never been captured or used in Ireland before, and our ultimate goal is that they will support new actions towards a cleaner, more sustainable Dublin.”
