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Bettair's air pollution monitoring system for cities promises over 90% accuracy

  • Spain
  • 6 min read
  • Jan 30, 2020
  • By Gareth Gardiner Jones

The Bettair team at Smart City Expo 2019, with CTO and co-founder Leonardo Santiago (far L) © CompassList

Combining smart sensors, AI and machine learning, Barcelona-based Bettair has developed a unique, affordable PaaS to accurately measure pollution levels in urban areas 

As the need to reduce air pollution gets more urgent, demand for reliable air quality monitoring systems in urban areas is fast increasing. Barcelona-based startup Bettair Cities is pitching an AI-based sensor-platform air monitoring solution that offers more accurate and faster readings, so cities can respond more quickly to spikes in pollution levels.
Every year in Europe, outdoor air pollution causes some 800,000 people to die prematurely as well as reducing the lifespan of the average European by more than two years, researchers estimate. At the same time, current EU laws require cities...

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