Objective Space heating accounts for more than 50% of the energy consumption of public & residential buildings, and reduction of this energy demand is a key strategy in the move to low energy/low carbon buildings. The careful management of air flow within a building forms part of this strategy through the control of inlet fresh air and exhaust air, maximising air re-circulation, and minimising the amount of fresh air which is often drawn in through a heat exchanger. However, there is a high risk that the air quality is reduced. Continued exposure to environments with poor air quality is a major public health concern in developed and developing countries. It is estimated that the pollutants responsible for poor air quality cause nearly 2.5 million premature deaths per year world-wide. Significantly, around 1.5 million of these deaths are due to polluted indoor air, and it is suggested that poor indoor air quality may pose a significant health risk to more than half of the world’s population. Perhaps surprisingly, remedial action to improve air quality is often easy to implement. Relatively simple measures such as increased air flow through ventilation systems, or a greater proportion of fresh air to re-circulating air are sufficient to improve air quality. Low-energy air purification and detoxification technologies are available which will reduce the concentration of specific pollutants. Similarly, filtration systems (e.g. electrostatic filters) can be switched in to reduce the level of the particulate matter in the air (the principle pollutant responsible for poor health). The INTASENSE concept is to integrate a number of micro- and nano-sensing technologies onto a common detection platform with shared air-handling and pre-conditioning infrastructure to produce a low-cost miniaturised system that can comprehensively measure air quality, and identify the nature and form of pollutants. INTASENSE is a 3-year project which brings together 8 organisations from 5 countries. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineeringengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) EeB.ENV.2011.3.1.5-1 - Technologies for ensuring, monitoring and/or controlling a high quality indoor environment, particularly in relation to energy efficient buildings Call for proposal FP7-2011-NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator C-TECH INNOVATION LIMITED EU contribution € 410 250,00 Address CAPENHURST TECHNOLOGY PARK CH1 6EH Chester United Kingdom See on map Region North West (England) Cheshire Cheshire West and Chester Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Robert Bell (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASOCIACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO CEIT Spain EU contribution € 367 500,00 Address PASEO MANUEL DE LARDIZABAL 15 20018 San Sebastian See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gemma Garcia-Mandayo (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET ILMENAU Germany EU contribution € 366 800,00 Address EHRENBERGSTRASSE 29 98693 Ilmenau See on map Region Thüringen Thüringen Ilm-Kreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Thomas Mirow (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT Switzerland EU contribution € 363 000,00 Address RUE JAQUET DROZ 1 2000 Neuchatel See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Espace Mittelland Neuchâtel Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Helmut Knapp (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GOOCH & HOUSEGO (TORQUAY) LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 221 500,00 Address BROOMHILL WAY UNIT A TQ2 7QL Torquay Devon See on map Region South West (England) Devon Torbay Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Andrew Robertson (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data U.C. 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