Events 2015

JANUARY 2015

IMPROVE Internal Meeting: Project Progress Meeting (October-December 2014)

  1. January 2015

IDAEA, C/ Jordi Girona 18-26 Barcelona, 08034 Spain

Phone: +34 93 4006100

Website: http://contaminacion-atmosferica.es

Organizer Teresa Moreno

Final calendar regarding metro main operating night works (Actions B1 and B2). Teresa Moreno and Cristina Reche (CSIC), Marta Capdevila, Sonia Centelles, Oriol Pàmies, Jesus Navarro and Lluis Baena (TMB)

 

Aerosols measuring campaign in Sagrera platform

  1. January 2015 @ 09:00 – 1. April 2015 @ 09:00

Sagrera

The project IMPROVE LIFE to improve air quality in the metro, has made this January its first steps installing air quality measuring equipment at a station on the Line 5 of the Barcelona system.

 

Internal meeting economic activities

  1. January 2015 @ 17:00 – 20:00

IDAEA, C/ Jordi Girona 18-26 Barcelona, 08034 Spain

Phone: +34 93 4006100

Website: http://contaminacion-atmosferica.es

Michael Pellot (TMB) and Cristina Vasconcelos (IDAEA-CSIC)

 

MARCH 2015

 

Organisation measuring campaign inside train carriages

  1. March 2015 @ 09:00 – 11:00

Vall d´Hebron

Teresa Moreno and Cristina Reche (IDAEA-CSIC) Marta Capdevila, Josep Calvo and David Carulla (TMB)

 

Selection of location for monitoring equipment in the platform of stations for next measurement campaigns

  1. March 2015 @ 09:00 – 12:00

Palau Reial

Teresa Moreno (IDAEA-CSIC) Marta Capdevila, L3 directors and personnel related to electric and safe aspects of the installation (TMB)

 

Saló de l’Ensenyament 2015 – Students Fair 2015

  1. March 2015 – 22. March 2015

Recinte firal de Montjuïc, Avda. Reina Maria Cristina, s/n Barcelona, 08004 Spain

Website: http://www.firabarcelona.com/montjuic

Organizer: Generalitat de catalunya

Website: http://ensenyament.gencat.cat/ca/Detall/Salo_Ensenyament_2015

The Salo de l’Ensenyament held in the framework of the Week of Training and Work of Fira de Barcelona is one of the biggest events in Barcelona attracting over 250 Exhibitors. (http://www.fundaciorecerca.cat/ca/projecte_detall.asp?id_projecte=1187) Cristina Reche explained to interested students the IMPROVE  LIFE project, at the CSIC stand, where the project’s poster and flyers where available.





PDFs: Martins-V.-et-al._poster_SETAC_Barcelona2015.pdf y Moreno_SETAC2015.pdf

 

 

Open-Forum on Air quality in subway systems

  1. May 2015

Residence for Researches – CSIC, C/Hospital, 64 Barcelona, 08001

Website: http://www.residencia-investigadors.es/en/presentation

Organizer IMPROVE LIFE

Phone: 0034 93 400 61 46

Email: cristina.vasconcelos@idaea.csic.es

Website: http://improve-life.eu/

An Open-Forum on Air quality in subway systems toke place for one day at the CSIC Researchers Residence Auditorium, in Barcelona. The meeting was prepared together with the IMPROVE LIFE special session at SETAC. The Forum is open to researchers, stakeholders, public and private organisations and the public in general.

See the final Agenda

IMPROVE LIFE Session 1: The Barcelona Metro. Chairperson Teresa Moreno

09.30 – Teresa Moreno (IDAEA-CSIC, Spain) Welcome and introduction to the IMPROVE LIFE project

09.50 – Vania Martins (IDAEA-CSIC, Spain) Personal exposure to PM during commuting in a subway system

10.10 – Maria Cruz Minguillón (IDAEA-CSIC, Spain) Main particle sources in underground rail systems

10.30 – Barend van Drooge (IDAEA-CSIC, Spain) Air quality in old and new subway systems of Barcelona from analysis of organic tracer compounds

10.50 – Marc Veillette (Université Laval, Canada) Molecular methods for indoor air microbial content description

11.10 – Further questions for speakers

11.20 – 11.50 Coffee break

IMPROVE LIFE Session 2: Wider perspectives. Chairperson Lidia Morawska

11.50 – Violeta Múgica (Univ. Autón. Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco, Mexico) Microbiological and chemical pollution at different depths in the Mexico City subway

12.10 – Luis García (Ingenieros Asesores SA, Spain) H2S measurements in the Paris subway

12.30 – Patrice Blondeau (Université de La Rochelle, France) Optimal ventilation and filtering strategies for indoor air quality in carriages

IMPROVE LIFE Session 3: Open Forum. Chairperson Xavier Querol (IDAEA-CSIC, Spain)

12.50 – Discussion panel with*:

Caroline Duchaine (Université Laval, Canada), Alberto Giretti (Polyt. Univ. Marche, Italy), Frank Kelly (King`s College London, UK),

Lidia Morawska (Queensland Univ., Australia)

13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break

Optional visits

15.00 – Visit to subway air quality monitoring site (IMPROVE LIFE project)

16.30 – Visit to ambient air quality monitoring site (Palau Reial, IDAEA-CSIC)

Final-agenda-open-day.pdf













 

Measuring campaign in Maria Cristina

  1. May 2015 – 9. June 2015

The project IMPROVE LIFE to improve air quality in the metro, has installed air quality measuring equipment at Maria Cristina station on the Line 3 of the Barcelona system.

 

Reunión sobre las actividades noctunas desarroladas durante la primera campaña.

  1. mayo 2015 @ 10:00 – 12:00

TMB – Miramar offices, Barcelona, Spain

Organizador IMPROVE LIFE

Teléfono: 0034 93 400 61 46

Email: cristina.vasconcelos@idaea.csic.es

Pagina Web: http://improve-life.eu/

Reunión sobre las actividades noctunas desarroladas durante la primera campaña para comparar con resultados, en las oficinas Miramar  de TMB.

 

JUNE 2015

Networking with DIGITALIFE project

  1. June 2015

MATIMEX, Calle Comercio, 7 Almazora, 12550 Spain

Organizer DIGITALIFE PROJECT

Website: http://digitalife.active-ceramic.com/

The project has established collaboration with the DIGITALIFE project, LIFE 13 ENV/IT/000140, participating in a workshop that took take place in Castellón, Spain (June 4, 2015), presenting results from IMPROVE LIFE .


 

New measuring campaign to see the effect of ventilation regimens in a station in Line 3

  1. June 2015 @ 08:00 – 30. June 2015 @ 17:00

 

JULY 2015

IMPROVE LIFE in the The 1st International Conference on Transport and Health

  1. July 2015

An oral presentation by Teresa Moreno introducing IMPROVE LIFE was presented on the 6th of July in the 1st International Conference on Transport and Health, held in London.

PDF: programa.pdf  /  Moreno_subway-London2015.pdf

 

Second campaign monitoring air quality inside trains in Line 3

  1. July 2015 @ 08:00 – 14. September 2015 @ 23:00

 

SEPTEMBER 2015

 

IMPROVE LIFE at the European Aerosol Conference (EAC) in Milan

  1. September 2015

MILANO-BICOCCA UNIVERSITY, PIAZZA DELL’ATENEO NUOVO, 1 MILAN, 20126 Italy

Website: http://www.eac2015.it/

Organizer Italian Aerosol Society (IAS)

Website: http://www.iasaerosol.it/it/

An oral presentation, by Teresa Moreno, introducing IMPROVE LIFE was given on the 9th of September at the 2015 European Aerosol Conference, held in Milan. Vânia Martins also give an oral presentation on IMPROVE-LIFE data.

PDF: Moreno_subway-Milan2015.pdf

 

OCTOBER 2015

 

New measuring campaign in line 1 – rail works

  1. October 2015 @ 08:00 – 30. October 2015 @ 17:00

 

 

Questionnaire on air quality in the metro to users

  1. October 2015 @ 08:00 – 31. October 2015 @ 17:00

 

 

NOVEMBER 2015

 

New measuring campaign in line 4 – rail works

  1. November 2015 @ 08:00 – 22. December 2015 @ 17:00

 

DECEMBER 2015

 

IMPROVE annual meeting

  1. December 2015 @ 09:00 – 14:00

IDAEA, C/ Jordi Girona 18-26 Barcelona, 08034 Spain

Phone: +34 93 4006100

Website: http://contaminacion-atmosferica.es

Organizer IMPROVE LIFE

Phone: 0034 93 400 61 46

Email: cristina.vasconcelos@idaea.csic.es

Website: http://improve-life.eu/

IMPROVE project annual meeting attended by IDAEA -CSIC and TMB