QF to Deploy "Hawa'ak" Environment Monitoring System at Education City

Doha, September 23 (QNA) - Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) has selected the Qatar Mobility Innovations Center's (QMIC) Hawa'ak Environment Monitoring System as part of its vision to establish a smart environmentally-friendly campus at Education City. Following a successful two-year pilot program, the agreement was finalized with a contract signing ceremony last week, attended by senior representatives from both organizations at QMIC's office at Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP), part of Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R and D). The Hawa'ak system utilizes a new generation of mobile sensor stations, allowing the delivery of localized and personalized air quality information. The information contributes to building a rich bank of data, which users can access via multiple channels, including mobiles and web portals. "Deploying the innovative Hawa'ak system and its applications represents a critical element of our strategy to create a smart environmentally-friendly campus. It follows a successful joint effort in piloting the system over the last two years," Amal Al-Thani, Executive Director of QF's Health, Safety, Security and Environment Directorate, (HSSE) said. "This deployment will allow us to deliver necessary timely information to our users and stakeholders. In addition, the Hawa'ak system will enable us to create a rich bank of data for conducting useful research and data analysis. We, at Qatar Foundation, are proud to be collaborating with a national entity such as QMIC." For his part, QMIC Executive Director (CEO) Dr. Adnan Abu-Dayya said: "This agreement is a milestone for QMIC, as it represents the first full deployment of our intelligent Hawa'ak system. We have enjoyed our working relationship with the HSSE team at Qatar Foundation throughout the pilot stage of this deployment, and we look forward to the next stage of this partnership. Hawa'ak is yet another intelligent system resulting from QMIC's local research and development efforts and clearly demonstrates our significant progress in transitioning locally engineered innovations from the lab to the market place." In addition to monitoring air quality, the system also delivers other much needed services. It is currently capable of monitoring electro-magnetic field radiation caused by cellular wireless towers and indoor Wi-Fi access points, and will soon support the deployment of advanced weather stations and collection of detailed weather-related data. (QNA)