King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) has developed an AI-powered program to design dust-reducing green spaces that can cut PM2.5 pollution by up to 40% in three-tiered planting configurations. The research combines data from 73 Thai plant species with four years of air quality sensor data (2021-2024) across Bangkok and is now being tested on Ratchada Road in partnership with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The work demonstrates that AI-optimized plant arrangement and layered planting can significantly outperform single-layer approaches (40.5% vs. 6–8.2% PM2.5 reduction), offering a scalable model for creating "Clean Zones" across urban areas.
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