AQ KIOSK SOUTH MOUNTAIN PROJECT FACT SHEET.PDF

Maricopa County Air Quality Department
Phone: 602.506.6010
Email: AQmail@mail.maricopa.gov
Maricopa.gov/AQ
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Air Quality Educational Kiosks Summary
September 2017
Purpose
The purpose of the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD) Clean Air Kiosk project is
to provide an engaging, interactive Clean Air Make More educational kiosk for portable and fixed
installations across Maricopa County. MCAQD is looking to partner with the Arizona Center for
Nature Conservation and the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department to install one of the
fixed kiosks at the South Mountain Environmental Education Center location. The agreement for
the fixed installation locations will be for two years, at the conclusion of which continued placement
may be re-evaluated and extended based on mutual agreement.
Air Monitoring Device
The project involves installing a small air monitoring device on
the outside of the building where the kiosk would be located.
The air monitor is solar-powered. The monitor will collect
continuous real-time air quality data which will be displayed on
the kiosk using a series of screens that educate the user about the
exact air quality where they are located and compared to other
location(s).
Visual Display
The kiosk will include a touch monitor or other touch tablet housed in a cloud-shaped
structure. The user will be able to interact with the display by rotating through various
screens. The kiosk can be fabricated in a wall-mount version or a podium (as seen in the
graphic). The kiosk will be able to be raised or lowered depending on the height of the
user.
Content
The user will experience the following screens:
• Current Air Quality – This data display is powered by the air monitoring device.
• Winter Pollution Time-Lapse – This is a user-controlled, interactive tool showing airborne
pollution over a several hour period.
• Causes & Effects of Pollution – This interactive infographic will be designed to teach
users about how their actions can impact air pollution. By dragging slide bars, a user can
change data points to see realistic, real-time effects.
• What Can I Do? – Using our summer ozone campaign characters, this section will teach
users about seven daily personal actions that can be taken to positively affect air quality.
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• Get Involved – The screen will prompt the user to enter his or her email address so that
they can receive follow-up emails with links, app prompts, daily personal action
commitments, social links, etc.
Miscellaneous
• Data Plan – A data plan will allow the kiosk to be connected to monitoring data without relying
on external WiFi availability.
• Bilingual Screens – Spanish content will be available at the kiosks. Users will have the ability
to switch the language at any point throughout the experience. The kiosk will always revert to
the primary language desired once the user’s session has ended.
• Cost – There will be no costs incurred by the Arizona Center for Nature Conservation or the
City of Phoenix associated with the kiosk.
Installation at the South Mountain Environmental Education Center
• The kiosk at the South Mountain Environmental Education Center will be wall-mounted on the
east wall of the entrance. The initial planning team has selected a 32 inch monitor for the
display facing. MCAQD will work closely with the Arizona Center for Nature Conservation to
plan and pay for the installation of an outlet to power the kiosk.
• The air monitoring device will be situated just outside of the south buidling near the existing
electrical boxes. There will be no need to affix any of the device components to the ground
(therefore, no blue staking or digging in the surface will be required).
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