Ecopetrol and the Office of the Mayor of Bogotá make progress in measuring air quality in the Carrera 7a, one of the city’s main thoroughfares
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Ecopetrol and the Office of the Mayor of Bogotá make progress in measuring air quality in the Carrera 7a, one of the city’s main thoroughfares
Sep 22, 2022
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Monitoring is conducted within the framework of the Air Quality Pact for Bogotá.
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Results will be used for further improvements citywide.
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The measurements acquired this Thursday will be included in the monitoring the District realizes during Car Free Days.
Bogota’s District Secretarial for the Environment and Ecopetrol are moving forward in monitoring air quality with the application of low-cost sensors in the Carrera 7a, one of the main roads in the country's capital.
An air quality monitoring pilot is being implemented in the Teusacá building, one of Ecopetrol’s facilities in Bogotá, using eight sensors to measure particulate matter.
The goal is to determine the impact of a Car Free Day on the air quality of the Carrera 7a road corridor near the Enrique Olaya Herrera national park. The measurements recorded in this monitoring station will be included in the air quality monitoring measurements that the District Secretarial for the Environment will be conducting throughout the day.
Among the low-cost monitoring equipment, Ecopetrol is testing measuring systems developed by Bogota’s entrepreneurs, universities, and commercial firms. The equipment includes units powered by energy from solar panels, those that transmit data via Wi-Fi, and equipment that measures meteorological variables and additional gases, among others.
Low-cost sensors contribute towards air quality management and are complementary tools to the official monitoring networks of the territories, operating as an oversight instrument to empower citizens concerning air quality management.
The information from this monitoring will allow the Mayor's Office of Bogotá to design the particular studies to determine the environmental impact of Car Free Days, and consequently to establish a baseline to implement future measures that will help improve the city’s air quality.
This study is part of Ecopetrol's ongoing commitment to the environment and to determine the activities that must be carried out to promote the Air Quality Pact that was signed in April 2021 under the direction of the Mayor's Office of Bogotá.
Bogotá D.C., September 22, 2022
