A Monitoring Framework to Assess Air Quality on Car Parks

Looking for free parking places in cities is an increasing concern impacting drivers in terms of time, costs and health and also environment in terms of gas emissions and air quality. To contribute to improve this scenario, it is proposed framework to collect data from sensors in order to report the available parking places and air pollution information. An application was developed as a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) collecting data from sensors to for air quality analysis. This application will report the parking lot locations and their respective air quality data by taking into account the respiratory conditions of each individual. This work can contribute to the air quality in parks and respiratory health of the population. It’s also important to highlight improvements in mental health, often affected by the stress and frustration associated with the inability to find parking spaces.