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Statoil assigned NILU ¿ Norwegian Institute for Air Research to carry out a programme on "Environmental monitoring of emissions to air from the Snøhvit LNG facility". The project started on 1 February 2006. This report summarises the results of the measurement programme from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. It involves the measurement of meteorological parameters on Melkøya and Fuglenesodden. Air quality parameters were measured at Fuglenesodden. Precipitation samples taken at Forsøl and Kargeneset were analysed for PAHs, inorganic ions, heavy metals and mercury. The current air quality standards are met for all compounds.
2014
This report summarizes results from a project funded by the Research Council of Norway (196191/S30). The overall goal was to better understand and predict relationships between emissions of organic chemicals of emerging concern and their levels in the environment and food-chains of the Nordic region through integrated monitoring and modeling studies. Four case studies were selected (i) cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes (cVMSs) in the Inner Oslofjord, (ii) cVMSs in the Norwegian Arctic (iii) short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) in the Nordic environment and (iv) risk-based model screening of chemicals in commerce in the Nordic countries. We also provide a brief introduction to the key multimedia modelling tools which were used. It is our hope that these tools, targeting the behaviour of contaminants under relevant environmental and climatic conditions, may assist Nordic environmental authorities interested in understanding and managing organic contaminants.
2014
Environmental Management Report 2013. NILU OR
One of NILU's main goals is to study the impact of pollution. It is thus very important for the institute to have control of the impact the institute¿s own activities may have on the environment and to reduce the impact as far as possible.
NILU has for many years been working to reduce the impact. In order to take this one step further, it was decided that the institute should restructure the work according to a relevant environmental standard and to seek certification according to the same standard.
The chosen standard is ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use) and NILU achieved certification according to this standard in October 2010. This report summarizes the results of the system.
2014
The MEMORI project (Grant agreement 265132) was performed in the period 2010-2013. The project was coordinated by NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research, and included 14 partners, four subcontractors and an advisory end-user group with 8 members. MEMORI aimed at providing the conservation market with innovative, non-destructive, and early warning technology for easy assessment of environmental impact on indoor cultural heritage. For this purpose, a dosimeter and a portable reader instument were produced. In addition, a new web-based result's and presentation mitigation tool was developed.
2014
BAPMAN Training Seminar: Advanced air quality management and health impacts. 25 - 30 August 2013. NILU OR
The Bangladesh Air Pollution Management (BAPMAN) project is an institutional-building project where NILU lends the necessary Air Quality Management (AQM) tools and associated training to the Clean Air and Sustainable Environment (CASE) program at the Department of Environment (DoE). The fourth training seminar at NILU for the BAPMAN project occurred in Kjeller, Norway from 25 - 30 August 2013. The seminar contained the following 2 workshops and accompanying goals. 1) Air Quality Management: reviewing AirQUIS and local progress; monitoring data statistics and reporting; emissions/dispersion exercise for Dhaka brick kilns, and scenario-building for future mitigation options; compiling draft reports based on monitoring data and emissions exercise. 2) Health Impacts: understanding health end-points (using Dhaka health data as case example); simple scenario building for effects of potential changes in future concentrations; compiling draft simple report/memo for basic health impacts from PM in Dhaka.
2014
The report describes future emission factors under different scenarios.This report is the final version of GMOS Deliverable D 2.3 Report on future emission estimates along the SQ, EXEC, and MFTR scenarios for total mercury and its chemical forms. It presents future global anthropogenic mercury emissions for different scenarios of energy and emission control policy for the reference year 2035.
2014
This report is the final version of GMOS Deliverable D 2.5 Final emission data base for regional and global models related to SQ, EXEC, and MFTR emission scenarios.
2014
This report presents the results from the questionnaires based survey in Wuhan. Within 1086 valid questionnaires collected from the public, the results showed that most participants: 1) are young students with bachelor degree; 2) have basic knowledge about air pollution issues in Wuhan; 3) expressed their willingness to learn more AQ-related knowledge; 4) suggested to strength environmental awareness raising activities in Wuhan; and 5) strongly appeal to the local government to implement actions to improve the air quality.
2014
The Bangladesh Air Pollution Management (BAPMAN) project is an institutional-capacity building program where NILU lends the necessary Air Quality Management (AQM) tools and associated training to the Clean Air and Sustainable Environment (CASE) program at the Bangladesh Department of Environment (DoE). The last training seminar of the project was entitled "Advanced Air Quality Management and Health Impacts" and occurred at NILU from 25- 29 November 2013 as a part of the BAPMAN project. The seminar included three workshops: 1. Emissions - Improved competence with emissions inventories through completion of the emissions/dispersion exercise for brick kilns in Dhaka and write report based on findings; finalized top-down emissions report at national level for Bangladesh. 2. Monitoring Data - Advanced understanding of QC of monitoring data through preparation of monthly and annual reports for the data. 3. Health Impacts - Improved capacity in health impact assessment through completion of health impact exercise of PM exposure in Dhaka city and write report based on findings.
2014
Dispersion calculations of NO2 emissions from a heating plant at Ranheim. NILU OR
Dispersion calculations have been carried out for emissions from a heating plant at Ranheim. Contribution to NO2-concentrations from the facility will be acceptable with recommended stack dimensions.
2014
Dispersion calculations for emissions from power production at Suderø. NILU OR
Impact from emissions of NO2 from power production at Suderø has been calculated. The maximum ground level hourly concentration contribution is 141 µg/m3, and maximum yearly averageimpact is 3 µg/m3. The values are lower than the limit values for the EU/EØS area, but are higher than the Danish B-value limit for single enterprise contribution.
2014
Air Quality Impact Assessment, Kinyerezi, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Phase II process update. NILU OR
This assessment of emissions from a planned power plant improvement project in Kinyerezi (Tanzania) is a follow-up to the Phase I assessment conducted by NILU in 2012 of the 150 MW dual-fuel plant. This Phase II assessment focuses solely on natural gas driven power plant with a total of 8 generators for a total of 345 MW. Concentration distributions from the planned power plant were generated using TAPM (The Air Pollution Model), using 2009 as the study period to remain consistent with the Phase I assessment. Annual CO2 emissions are estimated at 1.5 million tonnes/year, this is .2% of the total emissions for the entire country of Tanzania. NOx is the pollutant being emitted from the plant with the greatest impact at the local level, with maximum (1-hour) concentrations found in surrounding communities ranging from 10.7 - 33.2 µg/m3. The average annual concentration in these communities, and across the grid is low (highest being 1.4 µg/m3). The planned power plant at Kinyerezi does not alone exceed any local ambient air quality limit values or WHO guidelines.
2014
This report presents the ICP Materials database for the period October 2011-December 2012. It includes environmental data from the ICP Materials trend exposure programme for 2011 - 2012. The database consists of meteorological data (T and RH), and pollution data as gas concentrations, amounts of ions in precipitation, particle concentration and amount of particle deposition.
2014
NILU and GIOS, Poland, are implementing the project "Strengthening the air quality assessment system in Poland, based on Norwegian experience" as part of the programme "Improving Environmental Monitoring and Inspection" within the framework of the European Economic Area 2009-2014.
This report describes the Norwegian emission inventory practices and emission data collection for the purpose of modeling in support of air quality assessment. The report compares and describes differences between the Polish and Norwegian rules and practices for data collection, assessment, and reporting of air pollutant emission.
2014
Screening of environmental pollutants in seabird eggs from Sklinna and Røst. NILU OR
Within the present screening project concentration levels of a broad range of inorganic and organic environmental contaminants in seabird eggs of the common eider, shag and herring gull collected at the islands Sklinna and Røst were targeted for analysis ranging from metals, organotin, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and metabolites, chlorinated paraffins, organochlorine pesticides and other pesticides, per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances, dechlorane pluss, octachlorostyrene, phosphororganic and brominated flame retardants, bromo- and alkylphenols, siloxanes and phthalates. In total 201 different chemical compounds were analysed, whereas 53 single compounds have not been detected over the limit of detection. Additionally other parameters as stable isotopes of ¿15N and ¿13C and lipid content were investigated. The purpose of this report is to provide an updated assessment of pollution present within marine environment in Norway.
2014
E18 Tvedestrand - Arendal. Evaluating air quality around tunnel outlets. NILU OR
Dispersion calculations regarding the tunnel connections along E18 Tvesestrand - Arendal. Maximum concentrations and dispersion distances have been calculated.
2014
VOC measurements by PTR-ToF-MS at the Birkenes Observatory. A summary report. NILU OR
A high resolution proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-ToF- MS) was used for on-line and real-time measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at the Birkenes Observatory in Southern Norway. Measurements were carried out during late spring and summer 2012 and in January and early February 2013. Here we present the obtained PTR-MS standard data product which includes volume mixing ratios of methanol, acetonitrile, acetaldehyde, acetone, dimethyl sulphide, isoprene, methacrolein plus methylvinylketone, methylethylketone, benzene, toluene, C8-alkylbenzenes, C9-alkylbenzenes and the sum of the monoterpene isomers. Exploratory data of formic acid, acetic acid, pinonaldehyde and three unidentified signals (m/z 87.080, m/z 89.060 and m/z 101.098) are also shown. PTR-ToF-MS mass spectra were dominated by oxygenated VOCs both in summer and in winter. Pure hydrocarbons were mostly aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, C8-alkylbenzenes) in winter and biogenic hydrocarbons (monoterpenes and isoprene) in summer. The summertime data confirm that the Birkenes Observatory is an interesting site in the boreo-nemoral vegetation zone where it is possible to observe both monoterpene and isoprene emissions and their photochemical processing in the atmosphere.
2014
Rv. 83 Seljestad - Sama. Evaluating air quality around tunnel outlets. NILU OR
Dispersion calculations regarding the tunnel connections along Rv. 83 Seljestad ¿ Sama, Harstad county. Maximum concentrations and dispersion distances have been calculated.
2014
This report documents the methodology used to make air quality maps of NO2 and PM10 for the region Nord-Jæren, which includes the municipalities of Stavanger, Sandnes, Randaberg and Sola. It provides support documentation for the summary report OR 57/2013.
2014
The nikkel smelters in NW Russia close to the Norwegian border emit large quantities of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and heavy metals. These emissions lead to enhanced concentrations of environmental pollutants in the border areas, also at the Norwegian side of the border. This report is part of the national environmental monitoring program and includes air quality monitoring, precipitation chemistry and meteorology.
2014
Citi-Sense-MOB. Conceptual services design document. NILU OR
This report gives an overview of the service system design, requirements, specifications and architecture for the main products ¿ Citi-Sense-MOB Citizen Observatory Toolbox (COT), which comprises of a series of applications that support and complement each other. These include the concept for COT, service design concept and methodologies, the COT target groups, and a set of COT (e.g., data, web apps, mobile apps, maps, services, methodologies, etc.).
2014
The air quality in the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, the National Gallery and the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, was measured in several EU framwork program research projects in the period 2004-2013. The results from the measurements are reported and evaluations are made of the risk for damage to the museum objects due to the indoor environment, and of possible mitigating preventive conservation actions that could be implemented. The measurements did not show any critical environmental values, but some unwanted fluctuations, low values for relative humidity, and high values for climate, light and air pollution, which may be a risk for the conserveation of the objects. The relative humidity both in the National Gallery and the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design reached very low values in the winter (10-25%). This may constitute a risk for drying out and damage to organic materials such as textiles and paintings. The relative humidity in the National Gallery was strongly affected by the outdoor climate and in rain periods it could reach high values (values > 60 % were measured). This may constitute a risk for dimensional changes in and corrosion on objects, and possibly microbiological activity on surfaces. Quick fluctuations in relative humidity, that could cause dimensional stress and damage to objects, were measured in the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. The light level in the Munch room in the National Galley was high and could damage tempera, oil paintings and more sensitive materials. The light levels in the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design were found to be acceptable. Concentrations of nitrogen dioxide infiltrating from outdoor, that could constitute a risk for damge to the obejects and materials, especially sensitive pigments and colourants, were measured in the exhibition rooms both in the National Gallery and in the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. The air quality in the painting store room in the National Gallery was measured to be the same as in the exhibition rooms. The microclimate-frame that was used for a Munch painting in the National Gallery was found to protect this painting well against air pollution and UV-radiation, but gave little protection against the general light exposure, which was high in the Munch-room. The showcase, which was examined in the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, reduced the fluctuations in the climate exposure of the exhibited objects and the concentration of air pollutants coming into the showcase from the room. The concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the showcase was still found to be higher than recommended and the modelling that was performed indicated that most of the nitrogen dioxide infiltrating into the showcase was deposited to the exhibited textiles. The exposure of the textiles to nitrogen dioxide constituted a risk for damage especially for sensitive colourants, but also for sensitive textils such as e.g. silk. Tightening of the showcase could have reduced the amount of nitrogen dioxide in it and the total negative effect of the air pollutants on the exhibited textiles. Possible installation of textile with activated carbon in the showcase could have reduced the amount of organic acids in a tighter showcase. A significant amount salt particles was measured to be present in the indoor air in the National Gallery. The sources were probably both windborne seasalt and deicing salts used around the building. Black particles that seemed to be deposited from the vetilation air was observed on the door and door case to the painting store room in the National Gallery.
2014
The occurrence and environmental risk of a number of new bisphenols, organic peroxides, fluorinated siloxanes, organic UV filters and selected PBT substances are reported for wastewater effluents and leachates, as well as sediments and biota from Oslofjord and Lake Mjøsa.
2014
The impact of traffic mitigation measures on NO2-concentrations. NILU OR
NILU and Urbanet Analyse AS has been commissioned by the The Norwegian Public Roads Administration Region East to study the impact of various traffic mitigation measures with regard to reduced concentrations of NO2 from traffic.
2014