NEWS & EVENTS
News, updates and events to keep you up to date with the development of IDEAL cluster.
From Research to Policy: A Recap of the Inaugural EDIAQI Webinar
Air pollution remains the leading environmental health hazard facing Europeans, contributing to nearly 10% of premature deaths within the EU27. Considering that Europeans spend around 90% of their time indoors, where pollutant levels often exceed those outside, it is...
The LEARN project promotes participatory policy-making for cleaner air at schools
The LEARN project aims to develop novel sensing and remediation strategies to improve indoor air quality in school environments. Through cohort studies in three European countries (Belgium, Greece, and Denmark), the health impacts of real-life exposure to indoor air...
inChildHealth in the 14th international conference “Moulds and Mycotoxins”
During the days 19 and 20th of June InChildHealth Project was represented in the 14th international conference “Moulds and Mycotoxins” (https://mycotoxin.ukw.edu.pl/jednostka/mycotoxiand-moulds-2024) where the researcher Carla Viegas was able to share some of the...
WEBINAR Clearing the Air: The Educational Imperative for Healthy Indoor Air Quality in Schools
Children are especially vulnerable to indoor pollutants due to their ongoing growth and development, making them more susceptible to health risks. Studies suggest that poor indoor air quality (IAQ) may not only affect health but also reduce cognitive focus and school...
K-HEALTHinAIR project: Groundbreaking studies to transform Indoor Air Quality and Health research across Europe
The K-HEALTHinAIR project, funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe Programme, is making significant strides in understanding and improving indoor air quality (IAQ) and its health impacts. This innovative initiative is conducting extensive research through diverse pilot...
🚀 Exciting News from the InChildHealth Project! 🌍
Our IPL team is thrilled to announce that we are in the final stages of our Citizen Science activities as part of the European InChildHealth project. Over the past months, we have engaged with children and teachers from the participating schools in a series of...
Indoor Air Quality: Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is of paramount importance in relation to public health and the environment, yet it has long been relegated to the periphery of policy formulation—only to recently resurface. The shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the issue of indoor...
The LEARN project conducts its first pilot study in Belgium on indoor air quality at schools
The LEARN project aims to control and evaluate indoor air quality in schools and its impact on the health and cognition of children. For that, this Horizon Europe project seeks to control and evaluate the air quality and levels of exposure of...
Workshop on Air Quality Assessment in Metro Stations
Air quality is a central topic of several ongoing Horizon Europe projects. This workshop is organised by EU project AeroSolfd and co-chaired by the EU project K-HEALTHinAiR of the IDEAL cluster. The common goal is to initiate the knowledge exchange and discussion...
Breathing Better: EDIAQI Project’s Crucial Role in Elevating Indoor Air Quality on the European Agenda
The EDIAQI project is a proud member of the IDEAL cluster projects, a Horizon Europe group of projects under the same call, with the collective aim to advance knowledge, technologies, and strategies for improving Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and its impact on health. A...
IDEAL, a European cluster to improve and safeguard the health and well-being of citizens in indoor environments
In Europe, people spend most of their time in indoor environments. Although better outdoor air quality leads to general improvements in indoor air quality, certain sources of air pollution not covered by ambient (outdoor) air quality standards can dominate some indoor...
IDEAL Cluster at the 7th WHO Ministerial Conference on Health and Environment
On the 6th of July 2023, the SynAir-G Coordinator was invited as a speaker to represent the IDEAL Cluster at the 7th WHO Ministerial Conference on Health and Environment in Budapest. Prof. Nikos Papadopoulos presented the relevant role of the cluster in raising...
DHSSummit23 session – Refining the connections: Advancing evidence on the linkages between environment, health and data
The Digital Health Society Summit 2023 session “Refining the connections: Advancing evidence on the linkages between environment, health and data” dived into the relationships between the environment and human health, focusing on the role of...
First SynAir-G workshop: Improving indoor air quality for healthier children
Episode 1: Indoor air quality in schools: impact on childrenwellbeing and role of research in Europe The first SynAir-G workshop on ‘Indoor air quality in schools: impact on children wellbeing and role of research in Europe’ took place on the 9th of October in...
SynAir-G first workshop: registrations are open!
SynAir-G is excited to invite you to the first hybrid workshop of SynAir-G Series: Improving indoor air quality for healthier children! The series aim to introduce and discuss the latest achievements of the SynAir-G project and shed light on the importance of indoor...