The Environmental Observation Web and its Service Applications within the Future Internet

1. “ENVIROfying” the Future Internet The Environmental Observation Web and itsService Applications within the Future Internet Jose Lorenzo December 2012

2. Contents at a glance • Project Vision • ICT in the Environmental Usage Area for the FI • ENVIROFI Scenarios • Expected impact • Exploitable results • Business architecture

3. ENVIROFI Vision • We envision … • to establish an Environmental Observation Web in which all environmental data, whether from sensors, citizens, or models, are available anytime anywhere through the Internet in a standardised, usable format • a system with dynamic understanding of the Earth’s atmospheric, marine and terrestrial spheres for the benefit of all European citizens

4. ICT in the Environmental Usage Area • Focus on observations • Work based on standards • Observations can originate from various sources • Web-enabled sensors and sensor networks • Citizen observations / human sensors • Models and data fusion services

5. Beyond the Environmental Domain

6. Scenarios • Bringing Biodiversity into the Future Internet • Enabled biodiversity surveys with advanced ontologies • Analysis, quality assurance and dissemination of biodiversity data • Personal Information System for Air Pollutants, allergens and meteorological conditions • Enhance human to environment interaction • Atmospheric conditions and pollution in “the palm of your hand” • Collaborative Usage of Marine Data Assets • Assess needs of key marine user communities • Selection of representative marine use cases for further trial: leisure and tourism, ocean energy devices, aquaculture, oil spill alert

7. Monitoring of biodiversity occurrence data in European urban and rural areas • UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and the EU have set a new target of halting the loss to biodiversity by the year 2020 • Observational data on biodiversity occurrences must be merged from all available sources while assuring high quality data • The European Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER-Europe) maintains around 250 long term monitoring sites in 20 countries where biodiversity data is regularly surveys together with a wealth of other parameters • ENVIROFI scenarios on biodiversity occurrence data illustrates the use of humans supported by mobile devices such as smart phones as the main “sensor” input for the provision of biodiversity occurrence data

8. Individualized Exposure Assessment and Hazard Alert System • Today, we have easy access to a great deal of information via television, radio and the World Wide Web • This includes pollution, pollen and meteorological data which are all relatively easily accessed in one or more dissemination channels • All this data contributes to a common sense, BUT it is not tailored to individual end user needs • ENVIROFI shall therefore develop a system which aids the users towards in tailoring information relevant to their individual needs and specific to their actual coordinate location • The data from existing monitoring networks shall be further enhanced by VGI as the users report their own observations

9. Collaborative usage of marine environmental assets in European coastal zones • In line with the Innovation Union (2010), the challenge now for marine research and innovation is to create synergies with the market • Implementation of the Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union (IMP-2007) as a driver • Deployed across a range of existing marine related sectors including shipping, security and logistics, environmental monitoring, offshore energy and emerging markets including marine renewable energy • Next generation decision based management tools shall address FI developments in respect to distributed sensing, and wireless and cable communications

10. Exploitable results

11. Exploitable resultsBiodiversity Sector • Vienna/Firenze Trees • Mobile application allowing the user to obtain information on all trees registered within a city • Contribution to Biodiversity Research and can be exploited by the public sector • Municipalities or urban planners may also benefit from this application • Tourism/ Recreational application • Acquisition of core occurrence information on species are planned to be at service of eco-tourists • Experts/ Professional Application • This app will be built on the tourism/recreational application engine and planned to be at the service of advanced nature hobbyists

12. Exploitable resultsAir Quality Sector • PEIS (Personal Environmental Information System) • Service that allows its users access to combined air quality, pollen and weather data and forecasts • Specific functionalities include severe weather and environmental hazard warnings in case of high concentrations of pollutants or pollen which enables the client to specifically take abatement measures in time • Smartphone extension of the PEIS • Users will receive air quality, pollen and weather data through the designed smart phone application as well

13. Exploitable resultsMarine Sector • Data Services for Marine Industry • Users within the marine industry will obtain data such as weather warnings and changes in the sea conditions through subscription • MAST (Marine Asset Management) • The combination of data services, subscriptions, apps and alerts will allow a user in a different geographic location to adaptively manage a device or associated asset deployed offshore, if a severe change in sea conditions is predicted to protect the device

14. Requirements from each project For one use case elaborated in the project, provide a short description, and • a figure of the technical architecture envisaged plus a short description of the main functional blocks: provided a first picture using Canvas model • a figure of the business architecture (value network) envisaged plus a short description of the critical roles and interactions between them. NOT DONE

15. Business Model (Canvas methodology) • Infrastructure • Key Activities • Key Resources • Partners network • Offering • Value Propositions • Customers • Customer Segments • Channels • Customer Relationship • Finances • Cost Structure • Revenue Streams

16. Business Model • CustomerRelationships • Personal • Dedicated • Automated Services: more personalized • Communities: Creating a community knowledge can be shared • Key activities • Information Retrieval of tree registration • Acquisition of core occurrence information on species • Tourism/recreational app engine for nature hobbyists • Access to combined air quality, pollen and weather data and forecasts. Notification service • Access to data such as weather • Warnings and changes in the sea conditions through subscription Value Propositions Environmental information and observational data have a heterogeneous quality. This Heterogeneity stems from the fact that related communities use different types of technologies and the scale varies from local to regional levels. Additionally, the source of the observation may vary from individuals to educational institutions or research communities and each of them has unique qualities and way of operating. ENVIROFI‘s main mission is to overcome the fragmentation of environmental data and to create an environmental observation web within the Future Internet which integrates the existing data and makes them accessible for commercial and non-comm. uses which benefit European society and industry • Customer Segments • Two Exploitation types: • Commercial: • Municipalities • Urban planners • Eco-tourist sector • Ocean-Energy devel. • Non-commercial: • Public sector • General public (citizens) • Local Authorities • Key partners • IT Solution Providers • Software providers • Software vendors • System Integrators • Environmental Agencies • Research Organizations • Academia • Eco-tourists • Citizens • Marine Industry • Standardisation Groups • Channels • National funding bodies • Conferences and workshops • Webinars and presentations • Internal collaboration by consortium partners with different programmes and initiatives • Dissemination of partner portfolio • Key resources • Increasing demand from citizen • Scientists • Unique services of that kind • Non-commercial and commercial • opportunities in urban planning • and botanic gardens • Comprehensive data from • different kinds of data streams • Advancement of science and • technology in the area of • environmental observation • Cost Structure • Infrastructure • Maintenance of services • Marketing and communication costs • Helpdesk • Revenue Streams • New commercial products and services • Improvement of existing products and services • Patenting and licensing, and spin-offs • New or the improvement of existing public services for commercial users, particularly SMEs, and end users • Contributions to standards (no direct money return)

17. Thank you for your attention The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement Number 284898 www.envirofi.eu