Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes
Some results of Techne Consulting work on air quality modelling for air quality management have been presented at beginning of June 2019 to the 19th International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes in Bruges (Belgium).
The wok "Regional and local air quality modelling in different scenarios for EU directives application: Italy case studies" has been presented by our technical director and defines a first balance of the work in air quality modelling in the frame of air quality planning.
In the same occasion a poster on work of the ClairCity partner was presented.
CLAiR-City: Genova City day
On October 25th, 2019 in Genoa, within the framework of the Science Festival, took place the city day of the European project Clair-City (Citizen Led Air pollution Reduction in Cities), funded by the European community under Horizon 2020 and led by a consortium of universities, research centers, public bodies, international organizations and companies (including Techne Consulting).
During the event, the Deputy Director of the Environment Directorate of Liguria and the councilor for the environment described the situation in Liguria and the technical director of Techne Consulting carried out a presentation of the project and the results obtained so far in involving citizens and stakeholders.
The best short films made by the citizens on sustainable mobility and the winner of the school competition "My city, my school, my home", both promoted within the project, were also awarded.
Impacts of traffic to and from shopping centers
At the 23rd International Transport and Air Pollution Conference on May 15-17, 2019 in Thessaloniki a poster was presented that reports the results of the case study on the assessment of traffic impacts to and from shopping centers and on collective transport planning, carried out in the course of activities to support the preparation of the Regione Abruzzo Air quality management plan.
The conclusion of the work is that particular attention must be given to the aspects of mitigating the effects of the presence of centers. Priority should be given to the development of transport, especially rail, for shopping centers. The procedures relating to strategic environmental assessment must be applied to planning procedures for areas suitable for hosting large sales areas.
EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook - 2019
On October, 17, a new 2019 Updated Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Guidebook version is published by EEA and EMEP. The joint EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook supports the reporting of emissions data under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and the EU National Emission Ceilings Directive. It provides expert guidance on how to compile an atmospheric emissions inventory. The Guidebook is published by the EEA with the CLRTAP Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections (TFEIP) responsible for the technical content of the chapters. Our Technical Director as co-leader of TFEIP Combustion and industry expert panel is the coordinator of several chapters of the Guidebook.
Air Pollution and Sustainable Development and planning conferences
The first results of the work of Techne Consulting in the ClairCity project were presented during the summer in two international conferences: Air Pollution 2018 in Naples and Sustainable Development and Planning 2018 in Siena. Both works were presented by our technical director and make a preliminary assessment of the activities carried out in the project.
In the conference Air Pollution 2018 a paper was presented entitled Air Pollutants Emissions and Carbon Footprint at City Level: the Claircity Project; in the paper the focus is on the activities of defining a methodology for assessing the emissions of air pollutants and Carbon Footprint and on the first results on the sample cities of Bristol and Amsterdam; in the paper the focus is on the dissemination activities of the project activities, and in particular on social networks strategies, with reference to the Liguria Region
In the conference Sustainable Development and Planning 2018 a paper was presented entitled Social Networks, Awareness And Behavioral Modification to Reduce Air Pollution and Carbon Footprint: The Claircity Project in Liguria Region.