Application of paints begin!
Taking advantage of the holiday period, on Tuesday 26th of December, we had started the application of photocatalytic paints at schools. We will be working on it for the next two weeks.
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Merry Christmas!
Class at ETSI Camino Canales y Puertos
Thanks to Paola Bianucci, a PDI colleague from ETSI Caminos Canales y Puertos. During the course on pollution in urban environments in which she participates. She was able to explain to her students the Lime4Health project in a session dedicated to air pollution.
This type of action promotes interest in university colleagues, students and professors, who can implement these issues in their future work and study environments.
It is very important for the project to promote awareness and dissemination of the topics of study. In addition to promoting participation among specialists from other disciplines with which there are points of coincidence, as is, in this case, air pollution in urban areas.
Seminar 1-2023. OSMAN Guidelines presentation on healthy housing.
During the online conferences organised by OSMAN (Observatorio de Salud y Medio Ambiente de Andalucía), the “II Online presentation of the OSMAN healthy housing guidelines” was included.
Among the actions carried out by the OSMAN is the preparation of these thematic guides that update scientific knowledge in various areas of interest, and recommend actions for professionals and citizens, thus facilitating the change of practices and the transfer of knowledge.
On this occasion, the latest guides published on “Viviendas Saludables. Criterios y recomendaciones para mejorar las condiciones de habitabilidad de nuestros hogares”.
During the online session, members of our Lime4Health team (Ester Higueras, Javier Neila and Mar Barbero) presented, as authors of these guidelines, evidence and recommendations to improve the habitability conditions of our homes, as members of the ABIO (Arquitectura Bioblimática en un Entorno Sostenible) research group.
Taking advantage of the importance and direct relationship with the subject that concerns us from the Lime4Health project, during the intervention of our main researcher, Mar Barbero, on healthy materials and coatings, reference was made to this project, taking the results obtained in schools as support and evidence of the need to take these parameters into account when improving the habitability of our homes.
You can watch the full presentation below.
Monitoring campaigns begins!
With the onset of the cold snap in Madrid on 6 February, we started the monitoring campaign in the Primary Education Centres that are part of the project.
For two-week period, we will visit one centre per day to carry out field work to collect data. This, together with the continuous data measurements, will allow us to know, in detail, what is the starting point of each of the classrooms for the future phases of the research.
Different parameters will be evaluated to know the IAQ (indoor air quality) of the classrooms and the influence of both building materials and user’s habits. To be exact, we will measure:
CO2
Temperature
Relative Humidity
PM 0.3 particles (< 0.3 μm)
Particulate matter PM 1 (< 1 μm)
PM 2.5 particles (< 2.5 μm)
Ultra fine particles (< 0.1 μm)
VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)
Pollen
Participation at Seminar “Schools as tools for decarbonization of cities” CONAMA2022
Con motivo del Congreso Nacional de Medio Ambiente 2022 que se ha celebrado del 21 al 24 de noviembre, la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, presentó el Seminario UPM, Las escuelas como herramientas para la carbonización de las ciudades.
Como parte de este seminario, nuestra investigadora principal, Mar Barbero, estuvo invitada como ponente donde pudo presentar nuestro proyecto Lime4Heatlh.
Podéis escuchar el seminario a continuación.
Ponencia de Mar Barbero en el minuto 52:00
Lime4Health will be at CONAMA2022
On the occasion of the National Environment Congress (CONAMA) 2022 from 21 to 24 November, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid will organize the UPM Seminar: “Schools as tools for the de-carbonisation of cities”.
As part of this seminar, Lime4Health project has been invited to participate as guest speaker.
This conference is aimed at professionals and researchers from the sectors related to construction, environment and education, as well as people interested in the environmental issues we are dealing with.
information
16:00 a 19:00 — Sala Bratislava AE39
Organise: Comunidad UPM
TULE, EELISA DISCOVERY y UPM
Programme
16:00-16:15
Opening, welcome and general introduction
16:15-17:00
Theoretical session. Dialogue table.
17:00-17:30
Theoretical session. Intervention and learning.
18:00-18:30
Practical Session. Collaborative workshop.
