The ECOMOBILITY workshop was held on 14.05.2019. in the City Hall of the City of Rijeka. ECOMOBILITY project was a part of the Green Week in Rijeka, featuring numerous projects dealing with spatial and environmental issues.
The ECOMOBILITY workshop was attended by 27 participants and was great opportunity to present the project and its main outputs to wider audience.
Ms Ana Alebić-Juretić, from the University of Rijeka, opened the workshop with worm welcome to the audience. After opening remarks and introduction, the project manager, Andrea Gambaro, from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, presented the project and explained the role of project partners.
After that, Ane Alebić-Juretić's presented preliminary data of airborne particulates, with emphasis to nanoparticle fractions. The presentation showed the results of the measurement of airborne particles in Rijeka, including their fractional profile and the chemical composition, as well as the percentage of nanoparticles that were most harmful to human health.
It is assumed that due to the low level of airborne particles, the natural occurrence, such as the remote transport of Saharan sand, is becoming increasingly apparent and such occurrences should be recorded. After that, it is necessary to correct measured concentrations of airborne particles. In addition to Saharan sand occurrences, the percentage of nanoparticles is most affected by combustion for household heating purposes.
Francesco Andrea Antoniazzi, from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, presented an application that was developed during the ECOMOBILITY project. The application is enabling users to select travel routes through less polluted areas, as well as planning for 3 days in advance. Unfortunately, due to the absence of a dispersion model for the Kvarner Bay region, this application for Rijeka shows only trips through currently polluted areas. The regional dispersion model is considerably demanding and requires a good cadaster of regional emission (which is missing for now) and a team that could work on regional modeling.
At the end of the public presentation, a brief meeting of partners was held. The main conclusion was that for the following thematic meeting, partners should invite the organizations dealing with road traffic to be introduced and transmitted the traffic management model.