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Air Pollution Monitoring Technologies for Urban Areas: The AirMonTech Project

The AirMonTech project aims to assess and improve air pollution monitoring technologies in urban areas. It focuses on in-situ technologies for routine monitoring of harmful substances, equipment evaluation, data quality, and more. By creating a technological research roadmap, the project aims to develop recommendations for environmental legislation and enhance collaboration among stakeholders.

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Air Pollution Monitoring Technologies for Urban Areas: The AirMonTech Project

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  1. Air Pollution Monitoring Technologies for Urban Areas: The AirMonTech Project Ch. Hueglin, Empa, Duebendorf andAirMonTechConsortiumEmep TFMM MeetingMay 11-13, 2011

  2. AirMonTech - Overview FP7-ENV-2010-1 GA No. 265116 • Coordination and Support Action • Project duration: 12/2010 – 05/2013 • 9 partners from 8 countries • EC contribution: € 997.552,16 • Coordinator: T. A. J. Kuhlbusch, IUTA e.V., Duisburg, Germany. • Website: www.airmontech.eu

  3. Call Text (FP7 - ENV.2010.3.1.7.1 Technologies for automated monitoring of air pollution in cities) • To review the state-of the-art and assess opportunities and limitations of recent and new generations of in-situ technologies for urban air pollution monitoring • Particular focus on automatic analysers for the continuous routine monitoring of harmful substances, especially particulate matters and emerging pollutants, also using proxy indicators • Include Equipment evaluation and selection, operation, maintenance and calibration, data quality, protocols, and processing as well as aspects of cost efficiency and equivalence to reference monitoring methods • Deliver a technological research roadmap and consolidated recommendations for the development or implementation of Community environmental legislation • Bring together the researchers and technology providers together with the stakeholders involved in routine monitoring of urban air pollution • Establish strong links to relevant national and international programmes and networks

  4. ObjectivesofAirMonTech • To provide relevant information to network operators and other stakeholders involved in routine monitoring • about performance and operation of currently used AQ monitoring technologies for automated measurement of regulated air pollutants • (support harmonisation of AQ monitoring in Europe ) • about possibilities and limitations of new measurement techniques for air pollutants and for other AQ indicators (proxy indicators). • To identify future needs for improvement of AQ monitoring and to develop a corresponding research road map. • To provide input to the revision of the AQ directive foreseen for the year 2013.

  5. Project structure

  6. AirMonTech WP1 EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR REGULATED AIR POLLUTANTS Collectionand evaluation (and dissemination via web- accessible Database) of • Standard operating procedures (SOPs) • Type approval reports • Equivalence test reports (PM-monitors) • Provide guidance on optimal use of available instruments • Harmonisation of AQ measurements in Europe

  7. AirMonTech WP1 EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR REGULATED AIR POLLUTANTS • SO2 EN 14212 (2005) • NO2andNOx EN 14211 (2005) • O3 EN 14925 (2005) • CO EN 14626 (2005) • PM10 EN 12341 (1998) manualreferencemethod • PM2.5 EN 14907 (2005) manualreferencemethod • Benzene EN 14662 (2005) • Pb, Cd, As, Ni EN 14902 (2005) manualreferencemethod • EC, OC noreferencemethod • Inorganicions in PM noreferencemethod • PAH EN 15549 (2008) BaPonly, manualmethod

  8. AirMonTech WP2 NEW TECHNOLOGIES – OTHER PROXIES & METRICS Importantrecentdevelopmentsofnovelanalyticaltechniquesformeasurementofairpollutants (gasesandaerosolparticles) – newpossibilitiesforAQ monitoring? Quantum cascadelaser (QCL) Photo: EMPA

  9. AirMonTech WP2 NEW TECHNOLOGIES – OTHERPROXIES & METRICS Approach: • Collection of information as provided by manufacturers, developers/scientists • Evaluation of possibilities and limitations of new technologies for air pollutants and of measurement technologies for other proxy indicators (metrics)

  10. AirMonTech WP3 WEB-ACCESSIBLE DATABASE • Information compiled by WP1 and WP2 will be made public via Web-based database. • Content: • Type approval test reports, SOPs, equivalence tests. • Technical data on new measurement techniques / instruments (for regulated air pollutants and other AQ indicators/metrics).

  11. AirMonTech WP4 PM10 sitesAirBase MONITORING STRATEGIES AND RESEARCH ROADMAP Development of recommendations for future AQ monitoring and research roadmap in consideration of: • Results from health effects research • (e.g. relevance of proxy indicators) • Capabilities of available instruments and of new technologies • New monitoring strategies (e.g. sensors) • Experiences gained in monitoring networks • EU environmental strategies • Existing legislation and practice

  12. AirMonTech WP5 DISSEMINATION OF WORK PACKAGES by Internet : www.AirMonTech.eu Conference Presentations Newsletters Workshops Mailings Flyers

  13. Timeline Research Roadmap and FP 8 Recommendations in view of DG ENV and AQD-Revision 2018 Harmonisation bydatabase Recommendations for AQD revision Start FP8 AQD revision AQD revision WS1 WS2 WS3 WS4 2011 2012 2013 2018

  14. Remarks Success of AirMonTech relies … … on the willingness of network operators, manufacturers, technology providers etc. to share their information with AirMonTech … on the involvement of national and international programmes and networks (e.g. EMEP, CEN, AQUILA)

  15. Thankyou !

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