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Sustainability assessment of retrofits: lessons

Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution

Description

The European Green Deal has a Zero pollution ambition for a toxic free environment “to protect Europe’s citizens and ecosystems...”, which includes actions to reduce particulate air-pollution matter (PM). The EU Horizon Europe project AeroSolfd developed three market-ready and Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) retrofit solutions to limit PM from petrol engine exhaust, brake-wear emissions from commuter buses and exposure in semi-closed environments (e.g., metro stations). An Overall Sustainability Assessment (OSA) framework with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and target indicators identified by the EU and within the project were developed to assess the impact of the solutions. We present main results from the OSA and challenges encountered in the process of human and environmental risk assessment, social life-cycle assessment (S-LCA), environmental life-cycle assessment (E-LCA), and economic impact. Even at a market-ready innovation stage, it remains challenging to obtain comprehensive datasets for LCA and OSA assessments.

Number of audience

45
Period22 Oct 2025
Event titleSENTIATECH Congress: Detection, Measurement and Control of Emerging Risks
Event typeConference
Conference number1
LocationValencia, SpainShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

NFA controlled keywords

  • 04 Chemical working environment, toxicology, nano safety and microbiology
  • Particles
  • Interventions
  • Methods

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