swelter

Field guide 01 · project decision

Measure less.
Decide better.

A sensor is not a strategy. Answer six questions to find the smallest honest evidence plan for your heat or air-quality decision—including when the answer is do not deploy sensors.

Decision record

Define the work before the network

0 of 6 answered

01 What must the evidence help you do?

Choose the decision, not the measurement.

02 What evidence do you have today?

“Available” means your group can inspect and reuse it.

03 When is the decision due?
04 Who can steward the work after installation?

Choose a durable role or team, not a named person.

05 What has the hosting community approved?
06 What is the calibration path?

Stop/go ledger

Three gates before hardware

If any gate is red, pause deployment and work the gate.

A

Decision

A named public or community decision can actually use the evidence.

Stop if:

The project begins with “we should collect data” but no decision or action.

B

Mandate

The hosting collective owns siting, precision, access, removal, and reuse.

Stop if:

Consent is assumed, or a precise home location is required for public use.

C

Trust

Maintenance, QC, calibration, uncertainty, and communication have owners.

Stop if:

Raw low-cost readings would be presented as settled facts.