Project introduction

The measurement of gaseous pollutants in air is a sensitive and priority issue as it has large impact on human health and environment. The European Directive on 'Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe' (2008/50/EC) sets limit values and data quality objectives for the measurement in the EU member states of air pollutants in ambient air. Although no harmonised legislation is currently present for the monitoring of indoor air, the concern on the exposure to indoor chemical pollutants is clearly increasing.

This Joint Research Project funded under the EMRP addresses the need for improving the metrological traceability and comparability of measurement results in current air monitoring techniques and the need for setting-up the metrological bases for the new sensor technology used in air quality applications.

Project partners

●  BAM		Germany
●  EJPD-METAS		Switzerland
●  IL-FMI		Finland
●  INRIM		Italy
●  IES-JRC		European Commission
●  LNE		France
●  MIKES		Finland
●  NPL		United Kingdom
●  PTB		Germany
●  SMU		Slovak Republic
●  UBA		Germany
●  VSL		The Netherlands

Timescale

This JRP started on 1st June 2011 and runs for three years under the European Metrology Research Program (EMRP).