Client National Environment Agency of Singapore
Year 2013 — 2019
My Role Project Director
Build a portal that allows for daily access to weather & environmental-related information in a manner that allows for easy consumption by the masses but also serves as the go-to source for accurate information in case of environmental emergencies like earthquakes, haze, lightning storms, and epidemics like Dengue.
For the 6 million residents of the tiny, tightly packed island of Singapore, a tsunami warning delay of a even few seconds can mean disaster. Week-long periods of deadly haze have become regular instances every year and dengue cases can surge within days of rainfall virtually any time of the year.
Having access to an accurate and reliable source of information is critical, but this information also needs to be broadcast actively whenever emergencies arise.
An app that everyone can use daily and also serves as their go-to in case of emergencies.
User research was key in establishing the direction for our project.
My team built a suite of mobile & web apps that were aimed at helping users proactively get contextual weather information.
These apps didn't need you to monitor the weather conditions, but instead, they aimed to learn about your routines and then let you know when there was anything you needed to be aware of:
Some key information screens from the apps
The main screen of the mobile apps showing predictive weather information for your immediate surroundings.
Tide information for those out in the sea.
Weather info at a macro level for upto of the 42 different weather zones of the island.
Singapore residents interact with these products over 1.5 million every month, with the usage surging to over 1.5 million interactions per day during phases of high haze. These products have won multiple awards, been rallied by the Prime Ministers Office and have become the goto source of weather information for Singapore.