{"id":602,"date":"2014-05-21T03:05:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T03:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chousing.info\/wordpress\/?p=602"},"modified":"2014-05-22T01:16:54","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T01:16:54","slug":"environmental-monitor-step-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chousing.info\/wordpress\/?p=602","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Monitor step 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All buildings are designed based on a set of assumptions covering\u00a0a myriad different aspects ranging from cultural, social and technical topics. All architects know, that once a building is finished, all those assumptions and decisions taken during the design phase are put to the final test.<\/p>\n<p>After completion most of the variables of a building&#8217;s \u00a0life cycle are outside architects control, however environmental factors that affect the building can be monitored, providing with valuable feedback for future projects.<\/p>\n<p>Factors such as internal temperature, CO2 levels, humidity and others can be logged thus providing confirmation of\u00a0the performance\u00a0of a specific building assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Although many weather data monitoring systems are available, there are not many one stop solutions that can be checked remotely and unobtrusively at a reasonable price. However \u00a0we found one cost effective solution to gather building data by using\u00a0a plug-in computer coupled with an environmental monitor card.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_601\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chousing.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/RaspberryPi.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-601\" data-attachment-id=\"601\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chousing.info\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=601\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chousing.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/RaspberryPi.jpg?fit=960%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1400620638&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Raspberry Pi B\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Raspberry Pi type B computer board&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Raspberry Pi type B computer board&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chousing.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/RaspberryPi.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chousing.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/RaspberryPi.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-image-601 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chousing.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/RaspberryPi-768x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C853\" alt=\"Raspberry Pi type B computer board\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chousing.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/RaspberryPi.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chousing.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/RaspberryPi.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chousing.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/RaspberryPi.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raspberry Pi type B computer board with case, after initial set up.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The computer in question is a <a title=\"Raspberry Pi site\" href=\"http:\/\/raspberrypi.org\">Raspberry-Pi<\/a>\u00a0(RPI). It\u00a0was originally conceived for educational purposes an has an open architecture that allows for the addition of modules with\u00a0different functions. As an educational project, the Raspberry Pi has a wide following worldwide and \u00a0there are already many applications\u00a0developed by students, hobbyist and the like.<\/p>\n<p>For us, one very interesting add-on module (and the reason we chose to try the RPI) is the <a title=\"AirPi weather station\" href=\"http:\/\/airpi.es\">AirPi <\/a>weather station. This small card sits on top of the RPI computer and through its sensors logs\u00a0<a title=\"What is the AirPi\" href=\"http:\/\/airpi.es\/whatisthis.php\">data on temperature, humidity, co2 and gas<\/a>. All the collected\u00a0data then can be automatically uploaded to the web and other applications.<\/p>\n<p>Attracted by its (apparently) ease of use and implementation, we ordered both an RPI and an AirPi module. The RPI has already been tested few days ago and proved very easy to set up, now we are eagerly waiting the arrival of\u00a0\u00a0the AirPi card\u00a0so we can run tests on some of our completed projects. (Hopefully the results will be good).<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it is good to note that the AirPi was developed by <a title=\"AirPi team credits\" href=\"http:\/\/airpi.es\/about.php\">team of students<\/a>\u00a0in the UK, check their <a title=\"AirPi video\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/58319055\">video<\/a> explaining the AirPi!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All buildings are designed based on a set of assumptions covering\u00a0a myriad different aspects ranging from cultural, social and technical topics. 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