1. A.Q.M.E.I.S.: Air Quality Meteorological and Environmental Information System in Western Macedonia, Hellas International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014 Kozani, Greece Ioannis Skordas §, George F. Fragulis* and Athanasios G. Triantafyllou § § Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution & Environmental Physics Dept. of Geotechnology and Environmental Engineering *Laboratory of Web Technologies & Applied Control Systems Dept. of Electrical Engineering Technological Educational Inst. of Western Macedonia Kozani, Hellas

2. Purpose of Work (1/2) An operational monitoring, as well as high resolution local- scale meteorological and air quality forecasting information system for Western Macedonia International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems The application: Provides updates about the weather and pollution forecast for the next few days (based on current day information) in Western Macedonia accessing and managing results of measurements in a direct and dynamic way Works in real time

3. Purpose of Work (2/2) Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems The application: Forecasts are displayed through dynamic- interactive web charts and the visual illustration of the atmospheric pollution of the region in a map using images and animation images. Has user-friendly interface Uses only open source software An operational monitoring, as well as high resolution local- scale meteorological and air quality forecasting information system for Western Macedonia International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece

4. Presentation Outline  Ability of monitoring the air quality  Development Open Source Tools  Database architecture of web application  Dynamic Information System “LAP/EP” (2001, 2010)  User interface “A.Q.M.E.I.S.” and funcionalism (New Features)  Conclusions Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece

5. Ability of Monitoring the Air Quality (AQ) In the past Decades: The monitoring of air quality was limited for collecting and storing measurements only Present Day:  Any information can be retrieved immediately In real-time Via internet In a simple and comprehensive way to the wide audience  Additional data (Historical Measurements) can be reviewed Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece

6. It is developed for the first time in 2002 (Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution and Environmental Physics) providing the possibility for direct information to the public about the air quality, four atmospheric measurement stations (Kozani, Florina, Kastoria and Grevena) For every station a previous and current index of pollution appears (in a scale 1-10) with an appropriate colour scale Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece Dynamic Information System (LAP/EP)

7. Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems http://airlab.teikoz.gr, http://www.airlab.edu.gr The system was expanded and upgraded May 2010. Developed in the Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics of Technological Education Institute of Western Maceconia Different technologies (ADSL, GPRS, ETHERNET) are used to transfer data to the central station Constitued by Five terminal stations Central station Web server The system is designed with no restrictions regarding the number of monitoring stations that can be included in the network The stations on the site are presented in a Google map type International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece The system was expanded and upgraded May 2010. Developed in the Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics of Technological Education Institute of Western Maceconia Dynamic Information System (LAP/EP)

8. General-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to server- side web development where php generally runs on a web server Web Application “A.Q.M.E.I.S.” (3/3) Development Open Source Tools: Language for the internet user interface design Scripting language which is utilised for checking and validating web form Input values to ensure that no invalid data are submitted to the server Most common Open Source Database Server Relational database management system (RDBMS) Runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases Supported by many operating systems(Cross-Flatform) Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece

9. Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems MySql and Database Architecture “A.Q.M.E.I.S.”  The architecture of this database consists of a total of 23 tables.  primary key is Date Time International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece

10.  approved members  new online web feature which (monitor, analyze, check and process the measurements using statistics of each station in real time)  daily, weekly, monthly and according to the user’s choice Values On the fly: minimum value was found the number of records of the minimum value maximum value the date and time of record of the maximum value the total number of measurements the % percentage Output: table or MS Excel Online Web Station Reports - A.Q.M.E.I.S Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece

11. dynamic management of the measurements from each station in a simple way using an online geographical web interface The administrator using this specific feature (Management of the Measurement Stations using GoogleMaps) insert, delete and modify easily and simply data having as a purpose the dynamic renewal on the GoogleMap Manage Stations Using GoogleMaps - A.Q.M.E.I.S Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece

12. provides free, real-time and online weather information for the web users state-of-the-art technology monitors conditions forecasts in the area of Western Macedonia in the next few days dynamic-interactive web charts option to view historical elements Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems Weather Forecast in Western Macedonia with Dynamic Web Charts - A.Q.M.E.I.S International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece

13. Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems Weather Forecast in Western Macedonia with Dynamic Web Charts - A.Q.M.E.I.S International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece

14. Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems Air Pollution Forecast in Western Macedonia A.Q.M.E.I.S approved users atmospheric pollution forecast of the pm10 (particulate matter) concerning the next few days in Western Macedonia. displays dynamically regions in a map using images International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece

15. CONCLUSIONS The proposed application is part of a system air quality monitoring network of LAP-EP/TEIWM. A dynamic web application is proposed where users can be informed in real time about atmospheric and meteorological conditions (Western Macedonia) Developed under the philosophy of the open source software. Has user-friendly interface International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece 01-03 June 2014, Kozani, Greece Technological Education Institution of West Macedonia Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of Web Techonogies & Applied Control Systems

16. (*)The code was developed from scratch using simple code editors as Edit plus or notepad Thank you very much for your attention