\u201cWe got in contact with as many citizens as possible to better understand their motives and the choices they make regarding environmentally friendly behaviour\u201d, says Svein Knudsen, senior scientist at NILU. Knudsen works at NILU\u2019s Innovation Department and is NILU\u2019s project lead for ClairCity.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also wanted to know more about citizens\u2019 viewpoints about how to solve problems related to air pollution and climate change\u201d, Knudsen continues. \u201cThis is why we developed engaging resources, such as an app and a game, to facilitate interactions with non-scientists. We have been creative how we engaged with citizens, encouraging them to have their say.\u201d<\/p>\n
The results have been used in the development of solutions for each partner city, based on individual air pollution models. The ClairCity scientists also used research on the different policy and governance landscapes to ensure that their solutions would be incorporated into the decision-making processes in each partner city.<\/p>\n
An innovative engagement process based on citizen-led scenarios resulted in a range of different political options. NILU was involved in the scenario development and compiling the final report about these activities.<\/p>\n
\u201cNILU had several tasks in this project\u201d, explains Knudsen. \u201cOur scientists have been working on assessing the health impact of particulate matter (PM) and NO2<\/sub> in the participating cities and urban regions. This assessment is a crucial part of the ClairCity generic model and can be applied to any other city.\u201d<\/p>\n NILU\u2019s second main task was running the innovation process that defines products and services from the project and makes them available to a broad range of potential customers after the project is completed. The third main task was to develop the GreenAnt system. Its scope is to map citizens\u2019 travel patterns and changes in these patterns due to measures taken by the municipality.<\/p>\n Ants are constantly on the move, finding the smartest route to reach their goal. That inspired both the name and the concept behind the GreenAnt system. GreenAnt consists of two parts \u2013 a web page for creating a user profile and accessing data, and a smartphone application for data collection.<\/p>\n After development and extensive testing at NILU, GreenAnt has also been tested in the different ClairCity partner cities\/regions. Receiving user input and engaging users in testing the system\u2019s functionality has been very useful.<\/p>\n \u201cGreenAnt offers a wide selection of application options\u201d, explains Mirjam Fredriksen. She and H\u00e5vard Vika R\u00f8en are the senior system developers behind the GreenAnt app.<\/p>\n \u201cThe system has been designed to provide insight into people\u2019s daily travel habits, and their reaction to changes. It visualises how people\u2019s travelling behaviour causes air pollution and contributes to GHG emissions. The system also indicates areas of high air pollution, helping people avoid travelling in zones where exposure can be high. Through this, people can be motivated to not use their car because of high pollution emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n GreenAnt can also be used for strategic planning of activities and in campaigns run by governmental entities, NGOs, service providers, and industry. For instance, if a municipality wants to close a road for general traffic, GreenAnt can be used as tool to analyse changes in people\u2019s behaviour before and after the road closure.<\/p>\n \u201cWe see a lot of potential in the GreenAnt system\u201d, Fredriksen concludes. \u201cIt can basically be used anywhere to quantify change. This opens up for many options and will keep the system alive beyond the official end of the project.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cWe got in contact with as many citizens as possible to better understand their motives and the choices they make regarding environmentally friendly behaviour\u201d, says Svein Knudsen, senior scientist at NILU. Knudsen works at NILU\u2019s Innovation Department and is NILU\u2019s project lead for ClairCity. Co-creating solutions \u201cWe also wanted to know more about citizens\u2019 viewpoints […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsarchive"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10692"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10743,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10692\/revisions\/10743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Learn from the ants – become a smart and green traveller<\/h2>\n