UIA Knowledge Lab

From well-to-wheel, to EV-to-event

AIRQON: A new paradigm in improving local air quality...

AIRQON Journal 1: First challenges

UIA Expert Javier Leiva reveals how the Breda project addresses the first implementation challenges: “One of the key aspects being addressed is the pa...

Ready… Set… Go!

How is a typical event with AIRQON in Breda?...

Cars with a battery, or batteries on wheels?

Diving into technical details of AIRQON solution...

AirQon Zoom-in 1: Not only for mobility purposes– towards the car as a service

The purpose of my first visit to the city of Breda was to learn firsthand about the AIRQON project. Anyone may think that a technology-based project l...

CLAIRO Journal 1: Key activities and interim results

UIA Expert Tamas Kallay provides a first glimpse of the project’s challenges, lessons learnt and successes. ...

CLAIRO Zoom-in 1: A modular sensor network to quantify air pollutant capture by greenery

The first Zoom-in of the CLAIRO project explores how a low-cost, flexible sensor network with a high modularity supports the modelling of the future c...

CLAIRO public opinion surveys: Results reveal concerns about air quality and openness towards urban greening in Ostrava agglomeration

The majority of the people in the Ostrava agglomeration are interested in air quality and consider the topic to be highly relevant. At the same time, ...

HOPE Journal 1: Helsinki on the path towards cleaner air

UIA Expert Alena Bartonova shares insights about the first months of implementation: “the first 16 months were dedicated to development of the complex...

Actively engaging students to improve the quality of life of residents, even during a pandemic

Air-Heritage journal 1

Andriana Stavrakaki, UIA expert for the AIR-HERITAGE project, in this journal edition describes the measures put in place by the City of Portici to ov...

Making better decisions, faster, to tackle air pollution

The first AIR-HERITAGE zoom-in focuses on the technical aspects of the project. It aims to present the Decision Support Tool developed for supporting ...

The living lab: a lab in the air, a space to create on earth

The Living lab opened its doors in October 2019 in Aix-en-Provence, one of the main cities of the Aix Marseille Metropole. It was conceived to be an i...

Diams Project Journal 1

In this first journal about the DIAMS project, UIA Expert Anna Font provides a general overview of how DIAMS fits within the existing European, French...

The DIAMS digital platform: Towards a collaborative approach to improve the air quality governance- Zoom-in

The UIA DIAMS project, lead by the Aix Marseille Metropole, aims to engage the different parts of the society to improve the air quality problems in t...

UIA Call 3: Read our Topic Coordinators findings from the proposals submitted

Four papers give insight into the main trends in the proposals submitted under Call 3....

Involving citizens for better air quality measures: the 5 UIA cities leading the way

Despite the recent considerable progress, ambient air pollution remains the first environmental cause of death in the EU, still leading to about 400.0...