COMPASS – Comprehensive Online Monitor for Ambient Particle Analysis
Air pollution comprises one of the most important global health crises, accounting for more than 6 million early deaths and 213 million years of healthy life lost worldwide in 2019. Additionally, the health effects attributed to climate change are increasingly recognized for their global impact, with projections indicating the long-lasting and aggravating nature of the problem. Combined, air pollution and climate change have increasing dramatic impacts on health state and well-being of humans, especially in cities where more than 55% of the world population currently lives. The multiple health and economic co-benefits that accrue from combining public health, urban planning, transport and energy policies in order to reduce risks from air pollution and climate change require immediate action. Despite the growing concerns, attributing specific emission sources to underlying health conditions is difficult, making mitigation strategies and actions hard to design or implement. To address this issue, reliable and highly specific data sources are desperately needed.
The goal of COMPASS is to prove the concept of a highly innovative analytical system that will transform the existing tools and methods for monitoring ambient air by introducing an optimum combination of disruptive concepts in aerosol instrumentation. The proposed system will enable in-depth, real-time characterization of key aerosol properties for characterizing its health and climate impacts, like concentration, size, volatility, hygroscopicity, density and optical properties.
COMPASS will further expand the technological portfolio and activities of AeTex Ltd., a new start-up company oriented towards the development of high-end aerosol instrumentation, while further enhancing the capabilities The Cyprus Institute in addressing emerging scientific and social needs of our era such as the comprehensive characterization of the air quality and how this can affect human health and climate.
Contact:
Spyros Bezantakos, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Additional Info
- Acronym: COMPASS
- Center: CARE-C
- Funding Source: The project COMPASS (CONCEPT/0823/0515) is implemented under the programme of social cohesion “THALIA 2021-2027” co-funded by the European Union, through Research and Innovation Foundation.
- CyI Funding: € 39970.00
- Funding Period: 9 months
- Starting Date: June 2024
- End Date: April 2025 (extended)
- Coordinator: AeTex Ltd.
- Partners: The Cyprus Institute