{"id":5715,"date":"2021-02-14T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breeze-technologies.de\/?p=5715"},"modified":"2021-02-13T21:30:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T20:30:35","slug":"2020-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breeze-technologies.de\/de\/blog\/2020-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 – Our Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Breeze Technologies, we were thankfully less impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, the new year is a moment to reflect and look back on the wins and challenges of the last twelche months. Our CEO Robert Heinecke has put together a summary of our experience of 2020 below. Enjoy reading!<\/em><\/p>\n

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2020 – what a year! It was challenging for all of us. We at Breeze Technologies would like to thank all our customers and partners, as well as our citizen hosts and other involved parties for their continued support throughout the year. We are especially thankful for all our city and corporate customers that continued and renewed their collaborations with us – which we see as a testament to the value that we bring to them. Looking back, we were able to realise some amazing successes with our partners:<\/p>\n

New solutions for air quality monitoring and management<\/h3>\n

In January 2020, with the support of the European Commissions Joint Research Center (JRC), we published AQWidget<\/a>, an open source software that makes sharing air quality data by integrating it into websites incredibly easy. AQWidget builds upon the European Common Air Quality index<\/a>, a standard framework for air quality assessment used by the European Union. Since then, AQWidget has helped numerous partners to make air quality data more accessible in collaboration with our citizen portal for air quality<\/a>. At the same time, we were also consulting the Danish Environmental Ministry<\/a> on the state of the air quality sensors market.<\/p>\n

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AQWidget – an air quality information widget for urban air quality data. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Additionally, and to support the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, we later during the year launched<\/a> a new Coronavirus prevention mode<\/a> for our indoor air quality management suite<\/a>. The solution is now used in offices and co-working spaces like the one from the Digital Logistics Hub Hamburg, to encourage users to take part in Coronavirus prevention by actively airing the office regularly. You can learn more about the solution here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Impactful partnerships and projects<\/h3>\n

Partners are incredibly important for us. Following the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 17<\/a> („Partnership for the Goals“), we focus on building networks of governmental institutions, businesses, NGOs, researchers and other organisations that work collaboratively on monitoring and improving air quality in our cities. In 2020, we were happy to deliver a first large-scale project with our partner Microsoft<\/a> as part of their „AI For Earth<\/a>“ effort. On 22 April – the 2020 Earth Day – we launched the world’s densest air quality monitoring network<\/a> in the city of Hamburg. The data from this network has enabled us to more closely look into the relationship of local traffic flows and hyperlocal air quality, and craft a white paper<\/a> on this topic. We were also incredibly honored that Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella visited us during his virtual country tour throughout Germany, to discuss applications of artificial intelligence in the enviornmental space<\/p>\n

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Satya Nadella visiting Breeze Technologies during his virtual country tour through Germany<\/p><\/div>\n

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Next Stop: Hamburg!! @satyanadella<\/a> trifft jetzt Robert Heinecke, Gr\u00fcnder des Startups @projectbreeze<\/a>, um zu lernen, wie mit Hilfe von #KI<\/a> die Luftqualit\u00e4t gemessen, transparent gemacht und nachhaltig verbessert wird. #AIForEarth<\/a> #TeamsTourDE<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/a1oEhsKVI7<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/aPuUteKeAu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Microsoft Germany (@MicrosoftDE) June 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n