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project info
Start date: 1 October 2016
End date: 31 December 2019
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 2 722 790,46 €
EU contribution: 1 497 534,73 € (55%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: Wallonie (Wallonie-Bruxelles International)
European Commission Topic

DepollutAir - Innovative coupling of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) treatment techniques: new ways of improving air quality

A WHO study dating from 25 March 2014 indicates that 7 million people died prematurely in 2012 worldwide (1 in 8 deaths), their deaths attributable to the effects of indoor and outdoor air pollution. This pollution has clearly become the principal environmental health risk in the world. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) play an important role in this pollution. The manufacturing industry is responsible for more than a third of VOC emissions. These industrial emissions not only have a local impact but also an impact further away. Reducing them is therefore a major cross-border concern. The inter-regional expertise associated with this project is aimed at reducing anthropogenic VOC emissions from an industrial sector (use of paints/lacquers on metals). However, the expertise developed may be extended to other VOC-emitting activities, or even to indoor air emissions. Different VOC reduction techniques exist on the market, but they are inefficient. It is essential to introduce alternative technologies for the control of these emissions combining efficiency and economy to meet the emission standards. This project intends to support cross-border companies with an environmental and sustainable approach to offer them adapted and innovative solutions for the treatment of VOCs.

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