Environmental justice begins with visibility. While many cities today acknowledge that environmental burdens are distributed unevenly across the urban area, they often lack the local data needed to concretely demonstrate disparities between…
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Hackathons thrive on one key ingredient: meaningful, versatile, and accessible data. When cities or communities host hackathons, the choice of datasets they provide can make or break the quality and impact of the solutions developed. Among all…
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The air in our cities is invisible – yet it affects the health and well-being of their inhabitants every day. In recent years, cities and municipalities around the world have therefore invested heavily in sensors, measuring stations, and digital…
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More and more communities around the world are starting their own air quality monitoring projects, or have already deployed air quality monitoring devices and are actively using the data. We regularly receive requests to discuss potential projects,…
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Last month, the US state department shut down its nearly 20 year old air quality monitoring program. Up until the beginning of March 2025, 80 US embassies and consulates regularly published air quality data from around the world. For many of…
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Hamburg. The Hamburg-based air quality management startup Breeze Technologies has been certified as a social business by The Grameen Creative Lab. "It is a huge honor for our organization to become certified as a social business. This certification…
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This article is an introduction into the topics of air quality sensors and air quality management for smart cities and is intended to be smart city managers' first point of contact with this topic. In the following, we will provide a basic overview…
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At Breeze Technologies, we regularly evaluate our air quality index (AQI) based on recent scientific insights and publications from international institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO). Our AQI is mainly developed from the…
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Air pollution affects everyone, and while in many countries it remains an invisible threat, public awareness about the issue has continued to rise throughout the last decade.
Hence many of our urban air quality monitoring projects with cities…
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After being named "best air pollution solution for 2023" by the World Future Awards in April, Breeze Technologies has now been selected as 2023 "Top 100 Next-Generation Company". WFA describes this honour as following:
Chosen meticulously,…
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Hamburg and Ljubljana. The International Research Centre in Artificial Intelligence under the auspices of UNESCO (IRCAI), has selected Breeze Technologies’ Environmental Intelligence Cloud (EIC) among the 2022-2023 global top 100 artificial…
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As a leading provider of air quality monitoring and management solutions, we are thrilled to announce that Breeze Technologies has been named winner of the World Future Awards' category "Best air pollution solutions for 2023". This prestigious…
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Strengthening Environmental Justice in Cities: How Air Quality Sensors Enable Data-Driven Decisions
Why environmental data are the ultimate hackathon dataset for smart cities
From environmental data to environmental action – the Environmental Intelligence Cloud 2026
What to keep in mind when planning and deploying air quality sensors in your community
Make air quality data (access) great again – restoring air quality data access to cities around the globe
Breeze Technologies is now a certified social business
Starter Guide: Air Quality Sensors and Management for Smart Cities
2024 update to Breeze Technologies’ air quality index
Engaging your community on air quality
Breeze Technologies selected as Top 100 Next-Generation Company by the World Future Awards
Breeze Technologies’ Environmental Intelligence Suite on UNESCO IRCAI’s top 100 list of AI solutions addressing the UN SDGs
WFA selects Breeze Technologies as “Best air pollution solution for 2023”