Indoor air quality: what risks?

The purpose of this conference is to present the latest news on short- and long-term plans and programmes (WHO, EU, National), on the best strategies, on training activities, on field monitoring and on indoor air quality-IAQ assessments, in order to identify actions to reduce the exposure of the population and workers.

Session Chairs
Gaetano Settimo, Italian National Institute of Health
Gianluigi de Gennaro, University of Bari

Program

10.00-10.10 Introduction by the Chairs

10.10-10.15 Indoor air quality in the Complementary National Plan PNC
Francesca Ravaioli, Italian Ministry of Health  

10.15-10.30 Air Quality Directive. The path towards a comprehensive vision of indoor and outdoor air quality governance 
Fabio Romeo, Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security

10.30-10.40 New reports from the ISS Indoor Pollution Study Group for the development of a National Strategic Plan
Gaetano Settimo, Italian National Institute of Health

Speeches selected from the Call for Papers

10.40-10.50 Project necessARIA: experiences in the design and installation of mechanical ventilation systems in existing school buildings
Clara Peretti, Luca Verdi, Gianmaria Fulici - Autonomous Province of Bolzano; Samantha Di Loreto, Sergio Montelpare - University of Chieti-Pescara G. d’Annunzio; Giuseppina Caggiano, University of Bari Aldo Moro; Umberto Moscato, Raimondo Leone - Cattolica University of Rome; Costanzo Di Perna, Polytechnic University of Marche

10.50-11.00 CFD analysis for the assessment of respiratory comfort in a primary school environment
Alessandro D’Ausilio, ARIANET srl
Omar Shatarat, Valentina Lazzara, Velia Malizia, Pietro Alfano, Stefania La Grutta - National Research Council (CNR), Palermo Research Area

11.00-11.10 Yearlong monitoring of Indoor Air Quality in classrooms: effects of an advanced ventilation system
Francesco Lolli, Chiara Forgione, Antonio Maria Coruzzolo, Rita Gamberini - Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Roberto Adani,  Stefano Lolli - Torreggiani Spa; Francesco Suriano, Francesco Marucci, Geremia Avellini, Francesco Riminucci - PROAMBIENTE Scrl - Bologna Technopole, National Research Council (CNR)

11.10-11.20 Evidence Driven Indoor Air Quality Improvement (EDIAQI): a Horizon project aimed at enhancing the understanding of Indoor Air Quality
Ivan Notardonato, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Food, University of Molise; Alessandro Battaglia, LabService Analytica Srl; Piergiorgio Cipriano, Deda Next Srl; Roberto Musacchi, Higher Education Institute Giosuè Carducci; Mario Lovric, The Lisbon Council; Pasquale Avino, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Food, University of Molise and Institute of Atmospheric Pollution, National Research Council (CNR)

11.20-11.30 Indoor Air Quality in French Museums: A Comprehensive Multi-Pollutant Assessment Bridging Conservation, Staff Protection, and Visitor Comfort
Paolo Bruno, Deputy Managing Director at ISPIRA Group

11.30-11.40 Indoor monitoring of museum environments: strategies for the conservation of collections and visitor wellbeing
Patrizia Aversa, Carolina Innella, Giuseppe Marghella, Anna Marzo, Concetta Tripepi - ENEA, Department for Sustainability (SSPT)

11.40-11.50 Indoor air quality in sports centres: an analysis of recent scientific evidence
Elisabetta De Maio, Francesca De Maio, Giuliana Giardi, Arianna Lepore, Silvia Brini - Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) 

11.50-12.00 Airborne micro- and nanoplastics in indoor environments: analytical approaches and some preliminary results
Lorenzo Palumbo, Claudia Campanale, Augusta Piccardi - Dept. of Environment & Health, National Institute of Health (ISS); Marcello De Rossi, Giordano Morelli - Laboratory of Industryal Hygiene ASL Viterbo; Jacopo La Nasa, Leonardo Barlucchi, Francesca Modugno - Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa

12.00-12.10 Microplastics and Chemical Transport Indoors: A Hidden Threat to Air Quality
Cristina Di Fiore, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) 

12.10-12.20 Measurement of PFAS in indoor air and investigation of source materials
Daniele Morosini, Eligio Sebastiani - SRA Instruments Spa; Hannah Calder, Laura Miles - Markes International Ltd

12.20-12.30 Active House: an integrated approach to indoor comfort and indoor air quality in sustainable buildings
Marco Cimini, Active House Italia; Lorenzo Di Francesco, VELUX Italia

12.30-12.40 Aerobiological monitoring for the promotion of health and well-being
Alessandro Di Menno di Bucchianico, Silvia Brini, Anna Chiesura, Raffaela Gaddi - Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA); Maria Antonia Brighetti, Denise De Franco, Alessandro Travaglini, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata; VeBS Study Team

12.40-13.00 Discussion and closure by the Chairs

Poster Session

1. Confronto tra diverse soluzioni impiantistiche per il risanamento degli edifici dal radon e per la riduzione dei consumi energetici
Clara Peretti, Freelance Consultant, Silvia Brini, Alessandro Di Menno di Bucchianico, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA)

2. Qualità dell’aria indoor: misurare, progettare, gestire. Un approccio integrato per edifici più sani e sostenibili
Francesco Rossi, Digital Energy Innovation Manager

3. ENER: an AI-based system for indoor-air quality optimization in healthcare buildings
Serafino Pietro, Cascella Davide, Conte Giovanni, Surico Michele, Iurilli Nicola, Chirico Massimiliano, Idea75 S.r.l., Cascella Giuseppe Leonardo, Polytechnic University of Bari

4. Simplified real-time VOC Monitoring in air: a novel VUV PTR Ionization Reactor and Automated Instrument Performance Checks
Spiro Jorga, Vasyl Yatsyna, Felipe Lopez-Hilfiker, Veronika Pospisilova, TOFWERK, Thun, Switzerland Daniela Peroni, SRA INSTRUMENTS SPA

5. Evaluating Microplastic Pollution in Kitchen Air: A Contribution to Indoor Air Quality Research
Fabiana Carriera, Cristina Di Fiore, Alessia Iannone, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences (DiAAA), University of Molise, Gaetano Settimo, Environment and Health Department, Italian National Institute of Health Pasquale Avino, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Division of Rome, c/o Ministry of Environment and Energy Security

6. AlleRAD
Simona Franchina, Radici Pietro Industries & Brands Spa

7. Radon: le attività in regione Campania
Adriano Pistilli, Technical Manager for Waste Management – Freelance Consultant

8. New Directive, new demands: monitoring UFP, PM10 & PM2.5, NH₃, CH₄ & more
Markus Pesch, Gerhard Steiner, Pompilia Sopco, Abbad Cheik, Ken RobertS, Ahmad Lahib, grimm, durag

9. Carbonio aerodisperso e salute nei luoghi di lavoro: evidenze dal progetto CALIPSO
Paolo Brotto, Lorenzo Caponi, Silvia G. Danelli, Matilde De Camillis, Matteo Santostefano, 
PM TEN Srl, Francesca Tarchino SIGE Srl, Alberto Sorrentino BEES Srl, University of Genoa DIMA

10. Reduction of polluting emissions into the atmosphere by construction a cold ironing plant at the ENI oil pier- Taranto Port
Gaetano Internò, Gabriella De Santis, Fausto Koronica, Engineering Directorate, Ionian Sea Port System Authority, Port of Taranto