Scientific and other reports
The reports produced during iSCAPE are listed according to the thematic areas. Short descriptions of each report can be found by clicking on the report name. At the end of each description there is a link for downloading the report.
Note: D stands for Deliverable
Passive control systems:
- D1.2 Guidelines to promote passive methods for improving urban air quality in climate change scenarios (Updated October 2018)
- D6.2 Microscale CFD Evaluation of PCS Impacts on Air Quality (February 2019)
- D6.3 Detailed report based on numerical simulation of the effect of passive control systems at the urban level (February 2019)
- D3.3 Report on footprint of passive control systems (Updated October 2018)
- D1.3 Report on Behavioural interventions (Updated October 2018)
- D5.4 Strategic Portfolio Choice (May 2019)
- D7.2 Generalised recommendations regarding passive control systems for improved air quality and climate change mitigation (November 2019)
- D3.6 Report on photocatalytic coating (February 2019)
- D3.7 Report on technical advancements for photocatalytic coatings (June 2019)
- D7.9 Experiences from photocatalytic films in urban domains (November 2019)
Behavioural interventions:
- D5.3 Report on interventions (May 2019)
- D4.1 Report on Environmental effects of behavioural actions (September 2017)
- D4.2 Demonstrator of a Cost/Utility Function Taking Activity-based Information into Account (August 2018)
- D4.3 Behavioural simulations design aspects report (February 2019)
- D4.4 Prototype of a fully Integrated behavioural (data-driven) simulator (February 2019)
- D7.3 Behavioural recommendations including personal exposure estimates and health impacts (October 2019)
Urban planning:
- D3.4 Report on solutions at urban level (Updated December 2018)
- D3.9 Report on deployment of urban interventions and action plans (February 2019)
Climate change and air pollution:
- D1.4 Report on climate change and air quality (February 2017)
- D4.5 Report on policy options for Air Quality and Climate Change (February 2019)
- D6.4 Detailed report on local meteorological conditions (July 2019)
- D6.5 Detailed report of the effect of PCSs on air quality in the future CC (2050) in the target cities (July 2019)
Environmental and socio-economic impacts:
- D5.1 Report on the database for the environmental and socio-economic baselines (December 2018)
- D5.2 Air pollution and meteorology monitoring report (August 2018)
- D5.6 Report on the iSCAPE socio-economic impact assessment methodology (August 2017)
- D6.1 Report on the Assessment of air quality and microclimate in EU selected cities pre-infrastructural solutions (August 2017)
Living Lab activities:
- D1.1 Report on challenges and opportunities in iSCAPE cities (Updated October 2018)
- D2.1 Stakeholders analysis and risk assessment – non-technical challenges to implementation of interventions (May 2017)
- D2.2 Implementation plans for the iSCAPE living labs (May 2017)
- D2.4 Stakeholder management plan and local citizen engagement strategy for the living labs (June 2017)
- D2.5 Community Feedback Reports (March 2019)
- D4.6 Local stakeholders report (August 2019)
- D5.5 Living Labs beyond iSCAPE (August 2019)
- D7.11 Living Labs for air quality knowledge and policy package (November 2019)
Citizen science activities:
- D4.7 Citizen Science Community Reports (May 2019)
Sensors – Citizen Kit and Living Lab Station:
- D1.5 Summary of air quality sensors and recommendations for application (Updated October 2018)
- D3.13 Report on High-end and low-cost sensing platforms (update of D3.1)
- D3.5 Report on Real time reporting system for monitoring with sensor technologies (Updated October 2018)
- D7.8 Sensor monitoring experiences and technological innovations (November 2019)
Other:
- D3.2 Data Management Plan (Final version November 2019)
- D7.1 Exploitation Strategy (Final version November 2019)
- D8.1 Communication and dissemination strategy (Final version November 2019)
Implementing Green Infrastructure for Air Pollution Abatement: General Recommendations for Management and Plant Species Selection. by Kumar, P., Abhijith, K.V., Barwise, Y. ( 2019) doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.8198261.v1
Short descriptions of each report:
Report on High-end and low-cost sensing platforms
Partner in charge: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
This report documents the current state of the hardware that forms the iSCAPE sensor platform. Environmental sensors play a critical role in the ISCAPE project with sensor solutions being developed for both the Citizen Kit and the Living Lab Station. The purpose of this report is to document all the software and hardware sensor platform developed. It aims at providing guidelines in the use of the tools to both consortium members and external participants in the different Living Labs. The report covers three main aspects, the hardware, including the Citizen Kit and the Living Lab Station, the Smart Citizen platform software, and the Sensor Analysis Framework.
Download the full report here
Report on footprint of passive control systems (Updated October 2018)
Partner in charge: University College Dublin
Contributing partners: University College Dublin, University of Surrey, European Commission Joint Research Centre, University of Bologna, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
This report analyses the footprint and the benefits of implementing Passive Control Systems (PCSs) as interventions to reduce personal exposure to air pollution in the built environment with a specific focus on their application in iSCAPE cities.
Download the full report here (pdf – 9.7MB) and a short summary here (Updated October 2018)
Report on solutions at urban level
Partner in charge: TU Dortmund University
Contributing partners: University of Surrey
Air pollution and the urban heat island effect are consequences of climate change that affect vulnerable population groups in urban areas. To tackle these effects, adequate strategies at the urban level are required. The report outlines tailor-made solutions at the urban level by conducting a SWOT (Strength-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats) analysis and a stakeholder survey for the iSCAPE Living Lab (LL) Cities of Bologna, Bottrop, Dublin, Guildford, Hasselt and Vantaa.
Download the full report here (pdf – 5.3MB) and a short summary here
Report on Real time reporting system for monitoring with sensor technologies (Updated October 2018)
Partner in charge: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
This report documents the current state of the tools that create the iSCAPE software platform. It is a preliminary deliverable since many of the tools will evolve during the next months as they get used on the various iSCAPE pilots. Before the end of the project the platform development status will be compiled and a final comprehensive report will replace the existing one.
You can download the full report here and a short summary of the report here
Report on Environmental effects of behavioural actions
Partner in charge: Hasselt University
Contributing partners:Partners involved in WP 4 (University of Bologna, T6 Ecosystems srl, Future Cities Catapult, University of Surrey, University College Dublin, TU Dortmund University)
This report presents a comprehensive methodological framework for WP 4 aimed at evaluating the effects of behavioural interventions through modelling and simulation; and based on that identifies the data requirements that can be combined with activities planned for task 4.1, that defines the need to formulate a methodological framework through which the GPS trajectory data from the citizens of each iSCAPE city are to be analysed.
Download the full report here (pdf – 13.4MB) and a short summary here
Report on the iSCAPE socio-economic impact assessment methodology
Partner in charge: T6 Ecosystems srl
Contributing partners: Finnish Meteorological Institute, TU Dortmund University
This report presents the methodology for the assessment of the socio-economic impacts of the iSCAPE project. The socio-economic assessment methodology is part of the wider goal of developing an approach to evaluate the impact of the iSCAPE outputs and pilots, which include also the analysis of the environmental impacts, developed within other tasks (5.1 and 5.2). The methodology will map and quantify, as much as possible, the economic and social impact of the iSCAPE project focusing mainly – but not exclusively – on the results of the six foreseen pilots set up to involve and empower local stakeholders and the general public.
Download the full report here (pdf, 1,6MB) and a short summary here
Report on the Assessment of air quality and microclimate in EU selected cities pre-infrastructural solutions
Partner in charge: University of Bologna
Contributing partners: Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna – (main contributors)
, Finnish Meteorological Institute, University of Surrey, University College Dublin, Haseelt University, TU Dortmund University (provided reference data for their city)
The objective of the deliverable is to produce a quantitative assessment of current climate and air quality conditions in iSCAPE cities, providing a synthesis of climatic conditions and air quality pre-intervention of Passive Control Systems (PCSs) in each city.
The full report will be available here very soon. In the meanwhile, you can download a short summary here
Report on challenges and opportunities in iSCAPE cities (Updated October 2018)
Partner in charge: Future Cities Catapult
Contributing partners: University College Dublin, University of Bologna, University of Surrey, Finnish Meteorological Institute, University of Hasselt, TU Dortmund University, European Network of Living Labs, Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna
This report outlines the non-technical challenges and opportunities for each of the six cities (Bologna, Bottrop, Dublin, Guildford, Hasselt, Vantaa) involved in the iSCAPE project relating to air pollution and climate change. These have been based on a qualitative survey of 22 city stakeholders as well as learnings from a set of best practice case studies on air quality interventions and citizen engagement initiatives. Sixteen city challenges have been identified and split into three overarching ‘challenge areas’. These include ‘Urban Environment’, ‘Citizen Perception’ and ‘Government Policy’.
The challenges are intended to be used as thought starters for further exploration throughout the rest of the iSCAPE project. Recommendations have also been made for citizen engagement within the iSCAPE Living Labs going forwards.
Download the report here (Updated October 2018)
Guidelines to promote passive methods for improving urban air quality in climate change scenarios (Updated October 2018)
Partner in charge: University College Dublin
Contributing partners: University of Surrey, TU Dortmund University and European Commission Joint Research Centre
This report reviews and discusses the available passive control systems (Physical Passive Control Systems, Green infrastructure, Photocatalytic coatings) as well as a Spatial perspective for improving air quality in order to produce guidelines that account for local settings, by considering the fundamental design of urban areas and the potential for low cost retrofits for some passive methods in existing areas in the built environment, as well as, to assesses also the potential of expected benefits from urban deployments.
Download the deliverable here (Updated October 2018)
Report on Behavioural interventions
Partner in charge: University of Hasselt
Contributing partners: T6 Ecosystems srl
This report reviews the literature in behavioural interventions available in different fields of study to address the following questions:
- Factors which are found important in encouraging pro-environmental behaviours among individuals;
- Effects and significance of various behavioural interventions implemented in various parts of the world and their role in reducing air pollution;
- What different methods are available to quantify the effectiveness of behavioural interventions.
Download the deliverable here (Updated October 2018)
You can download a short summary here
Report on climate change and air quality
Partner in charge: University of Bologna
Contributing partners: Finnish Meteorological Institute, Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna
Contributing reference data for their city: University College Dublin, University of Surrey, University of Hasselt, TU Dortmund University
This report aims to summarize current understanding of urban climate change, air quality studies and their interconnection. It provides a broad overview of challenges that are relevant for PCSs deployment to mitigate the impact of climate changes in future scenarios. It critically depicts the science basis for later numerical modelling and experimental studies within ISCAPE and provide suggestions for further research in the project.
Summary of air quality sensors and recommendations for application
Partner in charge: University of Surrey
Contributing partners: University College Dublin, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
The aim of this report is to present state-of-the-art on air quality sensing and recommendations for their deployment in the field studies of the iSCAPE project. This report presents an overview of the state-of-the-art in low-cost sensing of particulate and gaseous air pollutants through a comprehensive review of the scientific literature. Sensors and sensing technologies for monitoring particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3) and its precursors nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and nitric oxide (NO) are reviewed with a focus on sensor selection based on the twin criteria of cost and performance. General and project-specific guidelines for deploying and using the sensors are presented based on the literature review.
Download the deliverable here (Updated October 2018)
Stakeholders analysis and risk assessment – non-technical challenges to implementation of interventions
Partner in charge: Future Cities Catapult
Contributing partners: all iSCAPE partners
The report not only identifies the challenges and risks associated with setting up the iSCAPE living labs but also highlights what is going well in each of the living labs in order to share learnings and inspiration across the iSCAPE cities. In addition to this it provides a set of recommendations and solutions to the challenges. The report is primarily intended as a resource for the iSCAPE partners but may also be useful for other cities or organisations embarking on similar living lab projects.
Implementation plans for the iSCAPE living labs
Partner in charge: University College Dublin
Contributing partners: University of Bologna, TU Dortmund University, University of Surrey, Hasselt University, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Future Cities Catapult, Dublin City Council
This report summarizes the iSCAPE approach to living labs. It describes the main considerations we made to establish our living labs and presents the implementation plans for each iSCAPE living lab. In addition, it discusses the key elements we considered to design our living lab pilot projects. The approach described in this report, especially the key elements used to describe the living lab projects can be used to design future projects and living lab activities.
Stakeholder management plan and local citizen engagement strategy for the living labs
Partner in charge: Future Cities Catapult
Contributing partners: University of Bologna, TU Dortmund University, University College Dublin, University of Surrey, Hasselt University, Finnish Meteorological Institute
This document presents a set of tools to manage all stakeholders involved in the six iSCAPE Living Labs, and for engaging citizens in the topics of air pollution and climate change. It should be considered as a practical guide for citizen engagement by the iSCAPE Living Labs and is intended to be used by the Living Lab leads in each city.
Data Management Plan
Partner in charge: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
Contributing partners: All partners
This report describes the management plan for the data collected and managed on the project. It advocates for the effectiveness of openness and sharing, hence we strive to make data collected during the project as available as possible within the limit of personal privacy. The document will be updated regularly with the purpose of supporting the data management life cycle for all data that will be collected, processed or generated by the project.
Communication and dissemination strategy
Partner in charge: T6 Ecosystems srl
Contributing partners: University College Dublin
The iSCAPE Communication and Dissemination strategy provides guidance and direction for all iSCAPE communication with external actors. It ensures a unified approach across the entire consortium, covering WP8 activities and has a strong link to the future exploitation strategy and to the communication within the iSCAPE Living Labs.
The strategy underpins the importance of communication to promote the iSCAPE project activities and disseminate the project results and outcomes to a multitude of audiences. It describes the objectives, planned target groups and channels as well as indicators to measure the performance of the planned activities. Ongoing monitoring & evaluation throughout the project will continuously improve the strategy.
Exploitation Strategy
Partner in charge: University College Dublin
Contributing partners: All Partners
Exploitation strategies are needed to capitalise knowledge and technology developed throughout the lifespan of the project and to bring value generated to both market (from a business perspective), and society (from an educational, scientific, political and societal perspective). This deliverable aims to present iSCAPE’s key exploitable results and to identify potential fields for exploitation beyond the end of the project. It explores the opportunities emerging for the wide range of outputs and recognises how these can be further developed to promote higher air quality and sustainable city usage.
Demonstrator of a Cost/Utility Function Taking Activity-based Information into Account
Partner in charge: University of Hasselt
The report presents details of the integrated behaviour simulator especially in relation with their cost/utility function to address the type of policies/interventions it can assess. These policies are selected on the basis of earlier relevant deliverables where a comprehensive review is provided about their effectiveness in relation to air quality and also considering their relevance with the mobility situations within iSCAPE cities. Within these policies, some aggregated outputs of the implementation of specific scenarios, such as restricting car access in core city areas and enhancement of public transport infrastructure, parking regulations and telecommuting, are presented to demonstrate the capabilities of the behavioural simulator. The obtained results are found plausible and provide important inputs to be used in emission and air quality dispersion models for assessing impacts related to improvement of air quality and exposure assessment.
Community Feedback Reports
Partner in charge: Future Cities Catapult
This report outlines the activities (dissemination, engagement and co-creation) undertaken by the six Living Labs (LL) with a variety of stakeholders. The activities started in June 2017 and aimed to create awareness of, and educate the wider public about, air pollution in general, and the LL interventions specifically. The ultimate intention was to collaboratively develop the iSCAPE LL interventions with citizens and other stakeholders. This report has been produced as part of the WP2 and forms the deliverable D2.5.
Citizen Science Community Reports
Partner in charge: Future Cities Catapult
Contributing partners: University of Bologna, TU Dortmund University, University of Surrey, University of Hasselt, Finnish Meteorological Institute, University College Dublin
This report outlines the citizen science activities (dissemination, engagement, research and collaboration) undertaken by the six Living Labs (LL) with a variety of stakeholders. The activities started in September 2018 and aimed to create awareness of, and educate the wider public about air pollution.
The goal was to develop a citizen science community and utilize/test the Smart Citizen Kit (low-cost air quality sensors) with the public.
This report has been produced as part of the WP4 and forms the deliverable D4.7.
Local stakeholders report
Partner in charge: Future Cities Catapult
Contributing partners: University of Bologna, TU Dortmund University, University of Surrey, University of Hasselt, Finnish Meteorological Institute, University College Dublin
This report outlines engagement that has taken place in the six iSCAPE Living Labs (LL) and their local municipality, and in some cases, the local regional authority and other closely related stakeholders. The report provides the insights gained by the LLs from the municipalities with respect to policy change that could be driven by the technical work done by the LLs including simulation and modelling.
This report has been produced as part of the WP4 and forms the deliverable D4.6.
Living Labs beyond iSCAPE
Partner in charge: University College Dublin
Contributing partners: European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), Finnish Meteorological Institute, Future Cities Catapult, TU Dortmund University, University of Bologna, University of Hasselt, University of Surrey
This report outlines a strategic plan for extending the life of the iSCAPE Living Labs beyond the project. The plan was developed following a three- step approach which involved the assessment of the current state of the Living Labs, development of the sustainability objectives, and planning of the actionable initiatives. The report was produced as part of Task 5.4 and it forms Deliverable 5.5..
Living Labs for air quality knowledge and policy package
Partner in charge: European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
Contributing partners: Future Cities Catapult, University College Dublin, University of Bologna, University of Surrey, Finnish Meteorological Institute, University of Hasselt, TU Dortmund University, Trinity College Dublin, T6 Ecosystems srl, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
This report describes the exploitation of the lessons learnt from Living Labs as an innovation instrument for sustainable air quality improvement. The strategy behind the collection of knowledge from project outcomes and the curation of new knowledge in the form of educational materials is outlined, and the concrete outcomes and activities are reported. The guidebook for cities fighting against air pollution and the policy briefs outlining the key findings of the iSCAPE project outcomes as a whole that result from the compilation of knowledge are included in the annex of this deliverable.
Detailed report based on numerical simulation of the effect of passive control systems at the urban level
Partner in charge: TU Dortmund University
Contributing partners: Finnish Meteorological Institute, University College Dublin, University of Bologna, University of Surrey
This report is the output of the work carried out on infrastructure interventions at neighbourhood level by investigating the effect of proposed infrastructural solution at city scale on both air quality and urban heat island (UHI). The work is grounded from recent research showing that separating areas of densely built-up neighbourhoods with vegetation or barriers from outskirts with low density and low height buildings will improve ventilation and therefore reduce concentration of airborne pollutants and UHI. In this task this is done in each neighbourhood selected representing different morphology and microclimate therefore this report is based on numerical simulations of the effect of PCSs at the urban level use in other cities in Europe. As such, this document reports the results of numerical simulations carried out in selected iSCAPE cities to document and analyse the effectiveness of various PCSs in reducing air pollution and improving urban thermal comfort.
Report on photocatalytic coating
Partner in charge: University of Bologna
Contributing partners: Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna
This report is the output of the work carried a task during the project whose aim was to examine the effectiveness of the alteration in dispersion conditions influencing the background concentrations in the local area of interest and to calculate the influence of the alteration of dispersion conditions from abatement strategies or alteration of urban canopy around hotspot areas. In particular, the task focused on physical PCSs (Passive Control Systems) such as LBW (Low Boundary Walls) and photocatalytic coatings. This report examines in detail the effectiveness of one of the two PCSs, photocatalytic coating, in a neighborhood of Bologna where a monitoring campaign was carried out during summer 2018.
Report on technical advancements for photocatalytic coatings
Partner in charge: Pureti
Contributing partners: European Commission Joint Research Centre, University of Bologna, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna, University College Dublin
This report describes the technical advancements for photocatalytic coatings that could be utilized in areas amply exposed to natural light. The key for this advancement was PURETi’s state-of-the-art technology for transparent films, suitable for application in all types of build-up areas including facades or road tarmac.
Experiences from photocatalytic films in urban domains
Partner in charge: Pureti
Contributing partners: University of Bologna, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, ARPAE Emilia-Romagna, University College Dublin, Finnish Meteorological Institute
This report describes the test made in the Campus of the University of Bologna, Italy, about the application of PURETi Coat a photocatalytic surface treatment manufactured in EU by Nanoair Solutions. The development of Nanoair Solutions in providing direct or indirectly services and new products or solutions to municipalities is as well described.
Microscale CFD Evaluation of PCS Impacts on Air Quality
Partner in charge: University of Surrey
Contributing partners: University of Bologna, University College Dublin
The purpose of this report is to document findings from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation studies on the detailed effects of selected Passive Control Systems on neighborhood air quality in three different iSCAPE cities (Bologna, Dublin and Guildford).
Strategic Portfolio Choice
Partner in charge: University of Surrey
Contributing partners: University of Bologna, University College Dublin, University of Hasselt, TU Dortmund University, Finnish Meteorological Institute
This deliverable presents a summary of the intervention characteristics, impacts on air pollution and limitations of the interventions. The deliverable shows that the iSCAPE interventions have many desirable properties, although more research is required before an accurate quantification of the advantages and disadvantages of the interventions can be performed.
Generalised Recommendations regarding Passive Control Systems for Improved Air Quality and Climate Change Mitigation
Partner in charge: University of Surrey
Contributing partners: University of Bologna, University College Dublin, Finnish Meteorological Institute, TU Dortmund University, Trinity College Dublin, Design: T6 Ecosystems srl
The report summarises key findings on the infrastructural interventions, including physical passive control systems, air quality and climate changes, and recommendations for decision/policymakers. The recommendations made from this study can have a significant impact on improving health and reducing the costs associated with poor health of vulnerable people.
Report on Interventions
Partner in charge: University of Surrey
Contributing partners: University of Bologna, University College Dublin, University of Hasselt, TU Dortmund University, Finnish Meteorological Institute, T6 Ecosystems srl
Air pollution is an important environmental health problem in many cities in Europe. In recent years interest has gathered on passive control systems, as well as behavioural and engagement interventions as ways to reduce air pollution exposure further along with bringing a range of co- benefits. This report details the exposure impact assessment and the socio-economic impact assessment of the iSCAPE interventions and in this way contributes to an increased understanding of the benefits of using these interventions to mitigate air pollution exposure.
Behavioural simulations design aspects report
Partner in charge: University of Hasselt
The focus of this report is mainly to describe the scope of the behavioural simulation and provide the details of different design aspects of the simulation framework. We focused on aspects showing the use of different processes to obtain the required input data, estimation of models and calibration framework details of the simulator.
Prototype of a fully integrated behavioural (data-driven) simulator
Partner in charge: University of Hasselt
The focus of this deliverable is mainly to briefly describe the prototype behavioural simulation model and the results obtained by performing those simulations with a few policy scenarios for the three iSCAPE cities. It has been found that policies in relation to restricting car traffic are more effective in terms of reducing traffic from the network and also shifting of car drivers/passenger to other modes of travel. The enhancement of bus infrastructure in relation to increasing the frequency of bus routes and also tweaking activity start time (changing open and end times) are not able to significantly reduce car traffic. Especially, improvement of bus infrastructure causing shifting of bicyclist towards public transport, which is an undesirable result of the policy.
Behavioral Recommendations for Urban Anthropogenic activities to population exposure and human health
Partner in charge: University of Hasselt
Contributing partners: University of Bologna, University College Dublin, University of Surrey, TU Dortmund University, T6 Ecosystems srl, Future Cities Catapult
The report integrates three deliverables that contain discussion on input/output links between the several components of integrated simulation platform, and then how this simulation platform outputs are helped in estimating exposure and health impacts of mobility-based structural interventions. The report also synthesizes key findings in relation to informational and structural interventions and then put forward recommendations for exploitation of results and their further implementations.
Report on potentialities of urban interventions and action plans
Partner in charge: TU Dortmund University
Contributing partners: University of Surrey
The report details the functionality and effectiveness of urban intervention and sums up the implementation action taken in the different cities on urban level.
Report on policy options for AQ and CC
Partner in charge: University of Bologna
Contributing partners: University of Hasselt, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna
This report is the output of the work carried out during iSCAPE addressing the efficacy of policy options to reduce air quality in present and future climate taking into account also possible behavioural change. The evaluation of the efficacy of policy options has been conducted by reconstructing detailed air quality maps in three iSCAPE cities, namely Bologna, Hasselt and Vantaa chosen as representative of south, central and north Europe respectively. Following a thorough validation of all numerical models used in present scenarios, simulations have been conducted using downscaled climate projections for the three cities. Changes in air quality in future climate have been documented for several policy options allowing to extract recommendations for the selected cities and easily extendable to other European cities.
Detailed report on local meteorological conditions
Partner in charge: Finnish Meteorological Institute,
Contributing partners: University of Bologna, Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna
This report documents findings from the iSCAPE Task “Simulation of Climate Change in test case EU Cities”. The report includes climate projections for all iSCAPE target cities: Bologna, Bottrop, Dublin, Guilford, Hasselt and Vantaa. The magnitudes of climatic changes in the six cities by the year 2050 were derived from a large number of climate model simulations. An atmosphere-surface interaction module was then used to study climatic impacts of a “Passive Control System” (PCS) intervention in one of the cities, Vantaa, in the current climate and in a projected future climate. The intervention consisted of increasing the fraction of green spaces and relatively sparsely built suburban-type land use at the expense of more densely built commercial and industrial areas.
Detailed report of the effect of PCSs on air quality in the future CC (2050) in the target cities
Partner in charge: University of Bologna
Contributing partners: Finnish Meteorological Institute, University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin
This report is the output of the work carried out during the iSCAPE project, which focused on the evaluation of the effectiveness of Passive Control Systems (PCS) on air quality under future climate change scenarios in the target cities. The evaluation of the efficacy of PCSs has been conducted by reconstructing detailed air quality maps in three iSCAPE cities, namely Bologna, Dublin and Vantaa, chosen as representative of south, western and north Europe respectively. Following a thorough validation of all numerical models used in present scenarios, simulations have been conducted using downscaled climate projections for the three cities. Changes in air quality in future climate scenarios and in the presence or absence of selected PCSs are documented allowing to extract recommendations for the selected cities and easily extendable to other European cities.
Report on the database for the socio-economic baselines
Partner in charge: University College Dublin
Contributing partners: T6 Ecosystems srl, Finnish Meteorological Institute
The aim of this report is to define a baseline for the assessment of the sociological, economic and policy impacts of the interventions in the six iSCAPE pilot cities across Europe. The report presents the data collected to define the sociological, economic and policy baselines for the pilots in Bologna, Bottrop, Dublin, Guildford, Hasselt and Vantaa. The data was identified and collected following the assessment strategy defined in the report D5.6 Report on the iSCAPE socio-economic impact assessment methodology.
Air pollution and meteorology report
Partner in charge: University of Bologna
Contributing partners: University College Dublin, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna, University of Surrey
This report documents good quality meteorological and air pollution data obtained as result of the experimental field campaigns carried out in the different iSCAPE cities, namely Bologna, Dublin, Guildford and Vantaa. We recall that these cities are those with a focus on “physical” interventions. The data obtained were carefully checked for their quality and their usage is twofold.
Sensor monitoring experiences and technological innovations
Partner in charge: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
This report presents the technical development and exploitation outcomes of the low-cost sensor technology developed during the iSCAPE project.