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Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Noise Pollution Prevention Project
“Eclipse – OBSERVER Remote Noise Monitoring & Alert System”
“My eyes closed, I listen to Istanbul...” says Orhan Veli in his poem. Those, who lived in Ýstanbul years ago used to
hear only birds chirping. The prayers from Sultanahmet used to leave its thereafter into silence and peace. Even the
street sellers would not like to disquiet Istanbul, shouting their presence. The residents of Istanbul lived in silence
and peace for years and the guests visiting Istanbul had the privelege to listen to Istanbul, as Orhan Veli once said.
Years went by; Ýstanbul grew and grew. The enchanting melody of Istanbul left itself to mere noise with its more than
10 million population.
Noise pollution has been an environmental issue in Istanbul, as it has been in the other global metropoles. To solve
the problem in Istanbul, first Ministry of Environment and Forests, then Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality took
measures. Yet, measurements taken by mobile noise measurement devices have been limited to inspection period. Continuous
measurement, statistical analysis of these measurements and alert receipt was not possible in the systems available.
Eclipse has been commissioned by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality for research and development work to prevent
environmental noise pollution in Istanbul. As a result of this work, noise data that is collected
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by the noise measurement stations mounted at various locations, is analysed and transferred to Municipality’s
central server over Turkcell’s EDGE infrastructure by Eclipse telemetry devices. The noise level can be
monitored by cell phones, main server and internet through the control application developed by Eclipse.
Furthermore, as the specified decibel limits are exceeded, the authorized inspectors are alerted by sending
SMS messages directly to their cell phones. Based on this online information a second measurement is taken at
the source of noise and sanction is applied to the the persons and entities causing the pollution.
This system enables to evaluate historical noise data statistically and monitor success graphically at desired times.
Eclipse Remote Noise Monitoring & Alert System that has initially been tested in Ortaköy and Beylerbeyi has now been
set up at 30 different locations in Istanbul. In case desired, the system’s station locations can be changed. The system
is an environmental application that operates on renewable solar energy contributing to the prevention of noise
pollution.
Since the system has been activated, Environmental Protection Management Team of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has
prevailed in their contest against noise pollution at the identified locations.
The project that has been accomplished by Eclipse, Turkcell and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is a success in
terms of releasing Istanbul from noise pollution and utilisation of renewable energy resources.
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