Our outputs

Read about our outputs in An index of ReSET findings, developments and legacies 

The ReSET toolkit

• The ReSET toolkit is a range of tools that can be used individually or in pipelines to examine strategy and effectiveness assessment for nature-based solutions, see ReSET Investment Toolkit: a summary of entry points and tool pipelines

• Spatial decision support systems

  • Open access restoration scenario functionality for WaterWorld and Co$tingNature (FINAL)

  • Open access regenerative agriculture functionality for WaterWorld (FINAL)

  • An activity based modelling component for Metronamica (FINAL) 

• Data tools

  • Vizy - an easy-to-use, open-access tool for data vizualisation (FINAL)

  • Updates to FreeStation low-cost, open-source hardware environmental monitoring, including FreeStation Generation 3 and Analytics and EduStation (FINAL)

  • ReSETMap (beta). Interactive maps for understanding impacts of existing and new grey infrastructure and opportunities for effective protection and restoration of nature in support of environmental, economic and employment goals.  (FINAL)

• Machine learning code developments

  • Dam reservoir extraction from remote sensing imagery using tailored metric learning strategies  (FINAL)

  • TreeFormer: a Semi-Supervised Transformer-based Framework for Tree Counting from a Single High Resolution Image. (FINAL)

  • AdaTreeFormer: Few Shot Domain Adaptation for Tree Counting from a Single High-Resolution Image  (FINAL)

  • ML Tree counting demo : a demonstration of TreeFormer - our algorithm for counting trees in complex imagery.  Upload an image with trees and have them mapped and counted

Demo site summaries for stakeholders

• OxCam Arc development region, UK (housing and infrastructure development, natural flood management)

• Spains Hall Estate, UK (natural flood management, nature friendly farming)

• Thames Gateway (School Streets), UK (urban air pollution management)

• Strand-Aldwych, UK (pedestrianisation, place-making, air pollution management)

• Duero, ES (regenerative agriculture, natural drought management). English, Spanish

• Carasuhat, RO. Wetland restoration and ecotourism.

Policy briefs

• Environment-Employment-Economy win-win green investments

• Employment-economy-environment trade-offs for green investments

• Opportunities and risks for regenerative agriculture across Europe

Key conference presentations

• Environmental intelligence supporting nature-based investment for environment, jobs and economy (EIC Summer School, Valencia)

• Low cost, DIY technologies for monitoring of urban air pollution, flooding and heat (Circle-U, Berlin, Keynote)

• Assessing the effectiveness of Natural Flood Management in the UK using low-cost, low-maintenance techniques (COP26)

• Regenerative Agriculture (COP27 Water Day)

• Nature's contributions to people in Belgium: an analysis using Co$tingNature (EIC summit Brussels)

• Case studies of heat stress and flood risk (EI Winter School, Florence)

• Environmental Intelligence with FreeStation  (EI Winter School, Florence)

• Environmental Intelligence for more Sustainable Infrastructure Investment (GOODIT)

• Introducing the ReSET (Restarting Economy in Support of Environment, through Technology) Policy Support System (2021 EU Conference on Modelling for Policy support)

• Low cost sensing for integration with Environmental models, FreeStation practical.(EI Summer School, Valencia)

• Low-cost, DIY environmental monitoring with FreeStation (EIC Summit)

• FreeStation: (solder), plug and play low-cost environmental monitoring for all (London Freshwater Group 2021, keynote)

• Distributed low-cost monitoring of nature-based solutions to flood and drought risk with FreeStation (Institution of Environmental Sciences, keynote)

• FreeStation low cost, open source environmental monitoring: applications in agriculture Groundswell 2024

• Environmental intelligence for harnessing Nature's contributions to people Groundswell 2024

• Guidance on applying environmental intelligence to inform green investment (GOODIT 2022)

• Monitoring and modelling the hydrological impact of ecosystem restoration scenarios at scales from local to continental using FreeStation and WaterWorld (EMCEI 2023)

• H2020ReSET: Monitoring and modelling the impact of Nature Based Solutions at scales from local to national using FreeStation and Co$tingNature (ECCA 2023)

• ReSET: Reiniciar la economía en apoyo del medio ambiente a través de la tecnología. (Congreso LIFE Vía de la Plata)

• FreeStation: Low cost, DIY Environmental Monitoring for teaching and research (Webinar, 2022)

• A demonstration of WaterWorld and other watery Environmental Intelligence tools. (Valencia Summer School)

Open access publications

• • Google scholar

Social media

• Twitter/X @h2020reset

• LinkedIn

Public EC Deliverables 

Some of these deliverables are pre- review by the commission and thus considered DRAFT should not be cited unless marked as FINAL

• • D2.1 A review of tools and methods for understanding the impacts of urban and agricultural development on multiple environmental risks as experienced by European populations (FINAL)

  • D2.2 Policy Information Needs  (FINAL)

  • D2.3 Towards a Blueprint for the ReSET Green Investment Toolset (FINAL)

  • D3.1 Online Build Instructions for new Freestations.org sensors (noise, light and air pollution) (FINAL)

  • D3.2 User Documentation for the ReSET Investment Toolkit: a summary of entry points and tool pipelines  (FINAL)

  • D3.3 Activity Based Metronamica - Methods and Applications (DRAFT)

  • D4.1 Mapping data and information needs for GI investment (FINAL)

  • D4.2 Report on Integration of ReSET Models, Data and Techniques (FINAL) 

  • D4.3 The FreeStation Data Application Programming Interface (API) (FINAL)

  • D5.1 Website: EduStation: Low-cost urban area environment monitoring via Schools: London (FINAL)

  • D5.2 EduStation: Low-cost urban area environment monitoring via Schools: Madrid (FINAL)

  • D5.3 The local and downstream environmental impacts of agriculture in Europe and opportunities offered by regenerative agricultural practices (DRAFT)

  • D5.4 Policy brief and Technical Annex - Opportunities and risks for regenerative agriculture across Europe (DRAFT)

  • D5.5 Paper hydrological impacts of regenerative agriculture in different environmental settings (DRAFT)

  • D5.6 Report ReSET applications in DEMO areas (DRAFT)

  • D6.1 Exploitation Plan (FINAL)

  • D6.2 Environmental Intelligence Collaboration (please note: mislabeled as D6.3 in the report) (FINAL)

  • D6.3 A Blueprint for European Environmental Intelligence (V1) (FINAL)

  • D6.4 Contribution to Summer School (Engagement Events) (FINAL)

  • D6.5 Mid-project Strategy for Project Exploitation (FINAL)

  • D6.6 Interim Edustation Training Programme for Educators (FINAL)

  • D6.7 Final EduStation Training Programme Materials (DRAFT) 

  • D6.8 A Blueprint for European Environmental Intelligence v.2 (DRAFT)

  • D6.9 Triple Win Environment-Employment- Economy win-win green investments policy brief (DRAFT)

D6.9 Triple Win Environment-Employment-Economy win-win green investments policy brief - Spanish summary (DRAFT)

• • D6.10 Employment-economy-environment trade-offs for specific investment pathways at the EU scale, and the national

scale in UK, Spain, Italy and Romania  (DRAFT)

D6.10 Employment-economy-environment tradeoffs for specific investment pathways at the EU scale, and the national scale in UK, Spain, Italy and Romania - Spanish summary (DRAFT)

D6.10 Short Version - Policy Brief (DRAFT)

• • D6.11 Final strategy for project exploitation (DRAFT)

  • D6.12 EI Blueprint v3 (interproject collaboration) (DRAFT)

  • D6.13 Special Issue (list of titles and abstracts for submitted papers)

  • D6.14 Contribution to Summer School v2

  • D7.1 Management Guidelines (FINAL)

  • D7.2 Data Management Plan (FINAL)

  • D7.3 Conceptual and Integration Roadmap (FINAL)

  • D7.6 Data Management Plan v2 (FINAL)

  • D7.8 Final data management plan (DRAFT)

  • D7.9 ReSET Final Report: an index of ReSET findings, developments and legacies (DRAFT)
     

Interim Reports:

• • D7.4 Interim Progress Report (FINAL)

  • D7.5 First Periodic Report (FINAL)

Training videos:

• FreeStation theory and practice webinar

• FreeStation (low cost environmental monitoring for research and NBS effectiveness assessment)

  • ¿Qué es FreeStation? [Spanish] (What is FreeStation)

• EduStation (FreeStation low cost monitoring for educators)

  • ¿Qué es EduStation? [Spanish] (What is EduStation)
    
    

Communication material:

• ReSET Project leaflet in English and Spanish, v1 and v2.

• ReSET Toolkit infographic in English and Spanish 

• ReSET Tools information leaflet (English) 

• ReSET mobile QR (English) 

• Leaflet for Regenerative Agriculture farmers in English and in Spanish

• Leaflets advertising the EduStation hardware (published before the ReSET EduStation teaching resources were developed) in English and Spanish

• Updated ReSET EduStation information leaflet in Spanish only

• ReSET Leaflet “Net zero, but how? Nature positive, but how?” and on Policysupport.org printed for distribution at UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26)

• School Streets Public Information leaflet for urban Golden Day studies 

• EduStation Leaflet (also in Spanish)

FreeStation Data:

• Air, noise and light pollution

  • Carasuhat, Romania | data | (DRAFT) As part of the EC H2020 ReSET project a series of FreeStations have been installed to better understand the trade-off between tourism and environment, water, light and noise pollution monitoring with FreeStation will be coupled with sound-ecology to better understand impacts of boat traffic and the actions required to maintain environmental as well as economic and employment benefits. 

  • Rivas Vaciamadrid, Spain | data | (DRAFT) As part of the EC H2020 ReSET project a series of FreeStations have been installed. This improved monitoring network will help the local government to understand current conditions and thus evaluate the efficacy of any future urban greening investments and/or low emission zones around schools. We will also examine differences in pollution between already greened and non-greened areas. 

  • Strand-Aldwych, UK | data | (DRAFT) As part of the H2020 ReSET project led by King's College London and in partnership with King's College London Estates and Sustainability Teams as well as Westminster City Council, air and noise pollution monitors are being installed on roofs and at street level throughout the Strand-Aldwych project area.  We are monitoring vehicle exhaust particulates (PM1, PM2.5,PM4,PM10) and gaseous pollutants to better understand the impact of the pedestrianisation project on noise and air pollution on this section of the Strand and Aldwych. Preliminary results (updated fortnightly) are shown below.  Where values are in excess of UK and EU air quality limits, this is indicated, but note that these are preliminary live research data that have not been quality controlled, so they should not be used for non-academic uses. 

  • Thorndon Country Park, UK | data | (DRAFT) Essex County Council are working with the Environment Agency to install a series of leaky wood debris dams upstream of Old Hall Pond in Thorndon Country Park, Essex.  This aims to reduce the flood peaks downstream in West Horndon, a village prone to flooding. Flooding in West Horndon last occurred in 2012. It is also hoped that the dams will slow the transport of sediment into Old Hall Pond, which may affect the fish stocks, and so we are measuring turbidity levels in Old Hall Pond pre- and post- installation of the debris dams. 

  • Little Belhus Country Park, UK | data | (DRAFT) As part of the H2020 ReSET project led by King's College London air, noise and light pollution monitors are being installed in transects from different types of transport route to better understand the environmental footprint of these routes.  We are monitoring vehicle exhaust particulates (PM1, PM2.5,PM4,PM10), noise and nighttime light. Preliminary results (updated fortnightly) are shown below.  Where values are in excess of UK and EU air quality limits, this is indicated, but note that these are preliminary live research data that have not been quality controlled, so they should not be used for non-academic uses. 

• Natural flood management

  • Cuenca del Duero, Spain | data | (DRAFT) As part of the EC H2020 ReSET project a series of FreeStations have been installed. To help inform optimal placement of green infrastructure to maximise flood protection for vulnerable assets, supported by ICATALIST. To be in direct contact with potential end users of the tools being developed, the project will link RIKS’ Activity Based Metronamica (providing socio-economic models) and KCL’s Eco:Actuary (providing biophysical models) to help the river basin agency and the regional government identify the potential impacts from green infrastructure investments. The role of sustainable agricultural practices in water use reduction and flood mitigation will be studied. Where necessary FreeStations will be deployed to support the modelling. 

  • Spains Hall, UK | data | (DRAFT) As part of the EC H2020 NAIAD and now ReSET projects, a series of real time flood alert gauges and Natural Flood Management  monitoring systems have been installed in river basins throughout Europe.  These gauges are low cost, open source designs developed as part of the FreeStation project.  Below is live data from the gauge in the Blackwater.  Further data on these gauges can be found here. Spains Hall Estate includes two tributaries of the Blackwater, upstream of Finchingfield, a village prone to flooding of roads and properties.  Spains Hall, in partnership with the Environment Agency and DEFRA have installed one tributary with a series of leaky dams which slow the flow of water and divert it onto  water meadows to be slowly released after rainfall.  We have installed FreeStation level sensors and soil moisture sensors above and below one of the dams and in the water meadow, to assess the operation of the dams and their contribution to mitigate the flooding downstream.    The other tributary has an enclosure for two recently introduced Eurasian beavers who have built >16 leaky dams.  Again we have one gauge upstream of the dams, just inside the enclosure, and one downstream of the enclosure.  We have a variety of other FreeStation sensors monitoring above and below ground water storage as a result of the Beaver's engineering efforts.   We are also monitoring river  level  just above the village downstream of the confluence of these two tributaries to measure  the impact of both of these natural flood management interventions on river flow at the site of flood risk.  The images below shows live data from a series of these Internet of Things instruments. 

  • Lannock Manor Farm, Herts, UK | data |  (DRAFT) As part of the EC H2020 NAIAD  and ReSET projects a series of real time soil water monitoring systems have been installed.  These sensors are low cost, open source designs developed as part of the FreeStation project.  Below are live data from as series of these sensors under conservation agriculture and conventional tillage installed to understand the impact of CA on overland flow generation and infiltration.  The data shows live hourly and daily mean soil moisture in relation to rainfall.  Live  air pressure and temperature data are also shown alongside a 5 day forecast of the same. At Lannock Manor Farm (Hertfordshire) these experiments have continued with a longer term approach burying sensors beneath cultivation activity so that they do not have to be regularly taken out to allow farming.  In neighbouring CA and non CA fields we are monitoring soil moisture and soil temperature multiple times.  Data are shown below. 

• Thermal extremes

  • Bologna, Italy | data | As part of the EC H2020 ReSET project a series of FreeStations have been installed to support co-design green interventions for reducing heatwaves and flood impacts and produce ecosystem services.

• Other

  • Mar Menor, Spain | data |  In support of sister project, SMARTLAGOON a weather station and 3 stage sensors have been installed in the Mar Menor, SE Spain.

Education:

• Edustation website in English https://www.freestation.org/edustation/: Building DIY, web-connected Environmental Sensors in Schools. (DRAFT)

• A4 size Information Flyer: EN and ES (DRAFT)

• A Dossier of "ReSET Educational Tools"  in Spanish (DRAFT)

• An annex on how the Educational Tools fit in with the Spanish curriculum in Spanish (DRAFT)

• Teaching the EduStationLive Classroom Demo Logger in Spanish ((version: 1st December 2022 Board V1.3+, Particle) (note the "live" build documents (latest instructions) are available at www.freestation.org in English only)  (DRAFT)

• Instructions on How to Build FreeStationLive Logger and Automatic Weather Station in Spanish (version: 1st December 2022: Board V1.3+, Particle) (note the "live" build documents (latest instructions) are available at www.freestation.org in English only)  (DRAFT)

• Fieldwork Project Ideas in Spanish (DRAFT)

• Air Quality Games: for primary and secondary schools (DRAFT)