Assessment of the air quality monitoring system in Sleman district by vehicle emission measurement

Abstract

Solving environmental problems is usually not directly linked with economic benefits. Everybody knows, for example, that a polluting factory's chimney is harmful to the people. However, it is difficult to estimate the exact financial benefits of the installation of a new smoke filter. The results show the activities of the quality of air pollutants from mobile sources in the implementation of the emissions test in 2019 obtained an increase both in terms of water quality or quantity of the test vehicle. In terms of quality, the use of more modern technologies on the vehicle prove to contribute to the reduction of emissions from mobile sources. Increased the number of test vehicles and followed by a number of people who consciously want to do emissions testing. This condition reflects the improvement in public awareness of water quality, particularly with respect to pollution contributed by the vehicle. Besides, the benefits gained by the vehicle user directly is certainly the reduction in fuel consumption due to an awareness of its maintenance. This can be indicated through exposure removes emissions to be lower or meets the quality standard of emission.