PlanetWatch is a French company with offices located in the Pays de Gex region, very close to the Swiss border, the city of Geneva and CERN. They leverage advanced technologies and the direct engagement of the population to improve environmental monitoring worldwide and help protect public health.
Their current focus is on air quality. We are building a global network of outdoor air quality sensors and people who care about the environment (PlanetWatchers). Some sensors are installed and managed by local residents, with additional sensors being installed by PlanetWatch in partnership with transport and telecommunications companies, local authorities, etc. This approach allows us to rapidly deploy low-cost, high-density air quality monitoring networks which fill a data gap in governmental networks.