International initiative for cleaner air in municipalities
A combination of professional measurement, affordable year-round monitoring, problem identification, and education for both the council and citizens to ensure a healthy life in the village.
CONSPIRO – Latin for “breathing together”. We breathe the air together, we also “breathe” together to have the air cleaner!
Consortium
We are a group of European institutions with extensive expertise, together we care about the air from various perspectives: measurement, education, awareness-raising, law, technological solutions and the impact of pollution on human health.
A village in smog from home heating
Air Quality Matters!
A person breathes 20 kg of air per day and the lungs are the gateway for substances from the environment into the human body.
Particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers, i.e. small dust particles with attached pollutants, pass through the lung alveoli directly into the blood and are distributed to the organs.
Surprisingly, the most polluted air in Europe is not in large cities, but in small settlements with local domestic heating.
Joint Approach
To improve air quality, expensive investments are not always necessary; sometimes even a simple change in habits when operating heaters or storing fuels will help.
And in general, giving air the appropriate priority on the scale of values.
Things move best when they are addressed in a municipality from multiple directions. In cooperation with the council, citizens, school, local associations. With proper data and quality sources.
Measurements
Stationary and mobile measurements, vertical distribution of pollutants, permanent measurements by low-cost monitors
Awareness-raising
Public discussions, educational programs, films and media reports, school experiments
Support
Methodologies, legal advice, communication with polluters. Resources for addressing air quality in local communities
Training
Workshops for representatives of municipalities, cities and regional authorities, data acquisition and interpretation, how to communicate with public