Environmental justice / air qualityenvironmental justice and air quality advocacyParticipation documented

Community-Empowered Air Quality Monitoring System

Pittsburgh, United States

The system was developed with a pollution-affected community to gather evidence, support advocacy, and rebalance power between residents and regulators.

data justiceenvironmental justicecitizen scienceproblem formulationdata collectionsystem designdeploymentevaluationgovernance
Overview
Region
North America
Lead organization
Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute / CREATE Lab
Organization type
university / research lab
Technology group
computer vision + sensing + predictive analytics
Activity status
published_case
Start year
2017
Last updated
Mar 25, 2026
Participation documentation
Participation mode
community collaboration + citizen sensing + data integration
Participants
Residents; community advocates; researchers; regulators
Methods
co-design; citizen sensing; crowdsourced reporting; data sharing; evaluation
AI lifecycle stages
problem formulation; data collection; system design; deployment; evaluation; governance
Evidence summary
The system was developed with a pollution-affected community to gather evidence, support advocacy, and rebalance power between residents and regulators.
Atlas assessment
Core · High confidence · evidence grade A
Uncertainty
Public evidence indicates that stakeholders directly shaped AI design, data, deployment, evaluation, or oversight; residual uncertainty concerns the exact degree of shared decision power rather than project existence.
Project details
Participation group
Co Production
Technology description
computer vision + sensing + predictive analytics
Funding
Not documented
Region of activity
local
Verification status
Live Verified

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