Ajman on the road to global smart cities

The Municipality and Planning Department in Ajman has been keen to employ technology in its various projects to keep pace with the global development in the field of municipal work and harness it to serve the community. Two stages through the use of artificial intelligence in the environmental field, at a cost of two million dirhams, as part of an innovative idea that combines artificial intelligence and support for smart cities, and the use of a small unmanned aircraft to conduct imaging and measure particles suspended in the atmosphere containing a number of solar panels to operate devices from renewable energy.

The use of artificial intelligence contributed to identifying areas of air pollution in all of the emirate, and it was also used in the process of permanent control over industrial facilities to prevent the leakage of toxic gases and pollutants from factory fumes, in addition to the work of a mobile environmental laboratory in residential neighborhoods in measuring air quality and harmful gas emissions on the health of and community safety.

Intelligent Environmental Lab

Eng. Khaled Moeen Al Hosani, Executive Director of the Public Health and Environment Sector at the Department of Municipality and Planning, said that the environmental vehicle is a smart environmental laboratory and was designed to carry a number of advanced devices and operate with artificial environmental intelligence. Determining the coordinates for all measurements and drawing a map showing the extent and prevalence of gaseous pollutants in the measurement areas, which contributes to determining the most accurate sources of pollution and does not require human intervention during measurement or identification of pollutants. The device sends data and alerts directly to those in the administration to take the required actions.

He stated that the department was able, through the use of artificial intelligence, to determine the map of the spread of emissions, which gives a perception about the spread of emissions and the extent of their impact, and the other device is a device for measuring electromagnetic emissions resulting from the relay towers of communication towers and high pressure of electricity. For the results without the need to stop or instantaneous calibration, and among the modern technologies, which have not been applied, is the odor identification device using artificial intelligence, which works to determine the percentage of odors, their source and location, and the different odors, which include both sewage stations, landfills and industrial areas.

He stated that the device is capable of determining the quality of odors and defining the coordinates. The source of the odors can be guessed directly by the device. The vehicle was also provided with an air sampler, which is taken to the laboratory for measurements. The vehicle was also equipped with a dust measuring device that is loaded onto an aircraft without A pilot and a 360-degree camera that moves in all directions and is supported by artificial intelligence systems to detect sources of pollution during the movement of the vehicle, from additions to the work of a small drone to conduct imaging operations and measure suspended particles.

environmental data platform

Al-Hosani indicated that the second phase that was completed during the past year included the environmental data management program completely, as all environmental data sources were linked in the program, which include air quality monitoring stations, groundwater quality measurement stations, sewage data, and data collected from The smart vehicle and the program analyze data, issue reports, and calculate indicators automatically and directly. These data are also displayed on screens in the department that show the environmental situation in the emirate.

He stressed the importance of collecting data on a unified platform in order to enhance the program to transform into smart cities and provide accurate data to support the various departments. A supplement or supplemental program has been worked on through artificial intelligence to collect environmental data from facilities, which includes waste data, air quality and hazardous waste. It self-analyses after continuous training, and it contains a reader for forms if they are in PDF format, and the program analyzes and ensures the accuracy of the data and responds to the facilities automatically, pointing out that the use of artificial intelligence in environmental management and its development in its first and second stages is a major development for environmental control and data management processes in a way Inventive.

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