CLAiR-City
Techne Consulting is a partner of the Clair-City project (Citizen Led Air pollution Reduction in Cities), funded by the European Community in the framework of Horizon 2020 with over € 6.5 million, started on may 2016 and with duration 48 months. It is conducted by a consortium of universities (University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom; Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark), research centers (Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning NILU, Norway), government agencies (Ministerie van Infrastrutture en Milieu, Netherlands, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistic, Netherlands), international organizations (Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary) and SMEs (Trinomics, Netherlands, Techne Consulting, Italy, Transport & Mobility Leven, Belgium).
ClairCity at Genova Smart Week
From 20 to 24 November 2017, the city of Genoa hosted “The power of innovation”, the third edition of Genova Smart Week“, a week of conferences, technical and educational workshops, expo and networking events that will be attended by national and international players to share their views about innovations for the development of a livable city. ClairCity project has been presented at the workshop GREEN SOLUTIONS for urban regeneration “Claircity & Climaera – Alcotra Projects”. In cooperation with Regione Liguria on 22nd November 2017.
The conference organized by the CLIMAERA partnership involves the participation of all project partners as well as organizations and institutions interested in the issue of air quality in the urban environment and in the specific port. It will also has been an opportunity to present some of the work carried out in recent years by scientific institutions on the relationship between atmospheric emissions in relation to climate issues and the cost / benefit ratio that the various planning and strategic choices require. ClairCity project was presented by our technical director.
TFIAM/FAIRMODE Workshop on modelling urban and regional measures for improved air quality
A workshop on modelling urban and regional measures for improved air quality was held from the 15th to the 16th of February 2017 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The meeting was organised by TFIAM, the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling della UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and the Forum EU - Forum for Air Quality Modelling in Europe (FAIRMODE). 60 experts attended the workshop. Our Technical director Carlo Trozzi presented an assessment of potential abatement measures in port areas in the Liguria region, northern Italy. The cost-effectiveness analysis showed that shore-side electricity for ships could reduce local emissions by around 40% at a cost of 5-12 €/ton NOx, but that costs are sensitive to electricity prices and oil prices. The lack of coordination between harbours and the legal constraint to subsidize electricity for ships has thus far blocked the introduction of the measure. Mr Trozzi also introduced the Claircity project that aims at citizens’ awareness raising, participation and behavioural change through surveys, apps and games.
JRC Workshop/Working group “Challenges of clean and efficient transport in the Alpine and Adriatic-Ionian regions”
A Workshop/Working group on “Challenges of clean and efficient transport in the Alpine and Adriatic-Ionian regions” was held from the 12th to the 13th of October 2017 in Ispra, Italy. The meeting was organised by Joint Research centre of the European Commission. The event was aiming at enhancing expertise/knowledge sharing, which is an essential element to address cross-macroregion issues, between policy makers and scientists from these two macro-regions. The activity is organized in the framework of JRC scientific support to the implementation of European Union Strategy for Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) and the European Union for Alpine Region (EUSALP), “Macro-regions and regions of the future: mainstreaming sustainable regional and neighbourhood policy” (MARREF) project. Our Technical director Carlo Trozzi made a presentation on SESSION 2 Reduction of emissions from ship transport about Emissions estimates in port and control measures: methodology, case studies for Alpine and Adriatic-Ionian regions, EU and international comparison and a presentation on SESSION 3 Reduction of emissions from road transport about "Preparatory study for Air Quality plan in Abruzzo region/Pescara-Chieti costal area: emissions from transport sector and their impact on air quality.".
2017 UNECE Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections
Was held in Krakow, on 11-12 May 2017 the annual meeting of the Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections (TFEIP) under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution). Our technical director has presented the Horizon 2020 ClairCity project in the Session 4: New Science.
The meeting was preceded on 10 May by a Workshop on Uncertainties and QA/QC where our Technical director have a presentation about Uncertainty evaluation in regional air quality management.
The TFEIP supports Parties in the reporting of official air pollutant emissions and projections data to the Convention. It also provides a technical forum and expert network to identify emission factors, establish methodologies for the estimation of emissions, and identify problems related to data reporting.