Status of ENV-e-CITYStatus of ENV-e-CITYOn-line tools and servicesOn-line tools and services

7 November 2003

Geir EndregardNILU

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rgENV-e-CITY backgroundENV-e-CITY background

Compliance of city authorities with EU environmental legislation Need for efficient environmental assessments;

these are only possible on the basis of sufficient and reliable environmental information.

Need to inform the citizen on the state of the environment

Support of environmental professionals, e.g. those involved in impact assessment studies

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rgENV-e-CITY project goalsENV-e-CITY project goals

Ultimate goal of project: To create an internet-based brokerage

infrastructure for public sector environmental information, available as a “turn-key” application via docking.

Relationship to other projects: Innovative project acting as an extension of

existing, “information production” projects (APNEE, IRENIE, AIR-EIA, APPETISE, etc.)

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rgThe ENV-e-CITY consortiumThe ENV-e-CITY consortium

ActivityType

Nr Partner Country RTD Role in the project

RES 1 AUTh/LHTEE EL ■ Domain experts (air quality assessment), ■ IT developers (web based wizards)

OTH 2 ESS A ■ IT specialist, internet tools

REC 3 FIT DE ■ IT specialist, software design and development.

REC 4 FMI FI ■ Domain expert (meteorology)

HES 5 IER DE ■ Domain expert (emissions)

IND 6 LOH DE ■ Domain expert (topography-EIA) and ■ User support

REC 7 NILU NO ■ Domain expert (air quality)

IND 8 NORGIT NO ■ IT specialist (GIS and database)

REC 9 RIVM NL ■ Domain experts and■ User support (citizens) (+ IT consulting)

REC 10 TNO NL ■ Domain experts and ■ User support (cities)

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rgThe product – internet toolboxThe product – internet toolbox

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rgPublic and members areaPublic and members area

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rgThe servicesThe services

Global servicesAir quality servicesAir emission servicesMeteorology services

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rgGlobal servicesGlobal services

1. Meta database for all domains2. Time series display and analysis3. On-line shop

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Meta database for all Meta database for all domainsdomains

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rgAir quality servicesAir quality services

1. Model tool guider2. OFIS Model User's Interface3. European graph generator4. Library for air quality monitoring in Europe5. Air Quality web presentation6. Air Quality management wizard7. CAR8. Gaussian AQ models9. City-level AQ assessment10.European AQ ranking and benchmarking

tool11.MLuS-online in Germany

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Library for air quality monitoring in Library for air quality monitoring in EuropeEurope

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rgAir emission servicesAir emission services

1. RoSE2. Gridding tool3. Timecurve tool4. VOC splitter5. CAREAIR6. OMEGA27. EcoSense

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rgMeteorology servicesMeteorology services

1. MetData cost calculator2. Interpolation tool (spatial-meteo)3. Meteorological preprocessing

service4. WeatherProof Europe

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rgBusiness challengeBusiness challenge

Who are users that might pay?What are the users willing to pay for?How much will they pay?

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rgA business plan is madeA business plan is made

Market segment Number in Europe

Major cities >250,000 150

Major cities >100,000 900

Universities 500

Secondary schools 50,000

Institutions, NGOs 1,000

Consultants 7,000-12,000

Citizens 350 M – 600 M

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rgTwo options studiedTwo options studied

Original idea • 4 domains • Different languages• Public and members area• Shopping basket, subscription etc

Optional idea • 1 domain – air quality• Only English• Only members• Only subscriptions

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rgDifferent revenue possibleDifferent revenue possible

Original option

Revised option

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Possible content of revised Possible content of revised optionoption

1 AQ news archive

2 AQ publications library

3 AQ on-line data centre

4 European AQ status and comparison wizard

5 Air Quality management interactive guide

6 The legal helper

7 AQ management toolbox (big one)

8 European AQ monitoring network database

9 Database of available European data on emissions, local meteorology and topography

10 AQ support offered from others

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Project site: www.env-e-city.orgDemo site: www.env-e-city.com

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