Sicilia Region 2015 Air pollutants emission inventory
ARPA Sicilia has recently published the air pollutants emissions inventory of the Sicilia Region (2015). The work was done as part of the agreement between ARPA Sicilia and the Regional Department of Environment which had as its main objective the preparation of the emission inventory through the use of the software package "Enviplan" already acquired by the Department as a result of Convention with the company Techne Consulting srl. To process all the information relating to emission sources ARPA Sicily was supported by Techne Consulting.
Air quality modeling system
Recently, Techne Consulting released to the Sardinia Region, within the project “Update of air quality monitoring network and of air emission sources” (PO FESR 2007-2013– Target operativo 4.1.2. – Activity 4.1.2A), a complete integrated modeling system for regional air pollution forecasting.
The system in modality “daily forecast” permits the forecast of air pollution on the regional territory, for the main pollutants subject to legislative rules, processing the evaluation of pollutant concentrations for the next day. The system is performed every day.
Beside this, it is also possible to use the system with modality “evaluation on request” in order to study the effect of emission mitigation measures able to improve air quality and provide a decisional support in the study of potential impacts of existing and future emission sources on the regional territory.