Author Archive for Evi Gouliarou

The research paper entitled “Road transport emissions in EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research)” is published in the Elsevier Atmospheric Environment journal. This work is a collaborative effort between Emisia, European Commission JRC, and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The full article can be accessed here.

Are we ready to cope with the future of mobility? Healthy Fleet to empower decision-makers with data in the era of electrification.

The future is electric. 700 million electric vehicles will be on roads globally by 2050.

But are we ready to cope?

How many batteries will be needed?

How many charging points are required?

What would be the overall benefits of fleet electrification?

Emisia and Exothermia, within the Mobility and Logistics Cluster framework, developed HealthyFleet, a new product to address all these questions. (more…)

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It is a fact. The longer Euro 7 implementation is delayed, the more pollutants are emitted into the atmosphere.

On November 10, 2022, the European Commission suggested stricter emission standards for vehicles with internal combustion engines. The Commission’s proposal suggests introducing Euro 7 standards for heavy-duty vehicles in 2027 whereas the provisional agreement between the European Parliament and Council on December 18, 2023, foresees different application dates: 48 months after the regulation enters into force for new types of heavy-duty vehicles and 60 months for new heavy-duty vehicles.

The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA) has commissioned EMISIA to design, organise and perform an experimental campaign to measure Tyre Road Wear Particles (TRWP) PMs and derive the corresponding emission factors. EMISIA in collaboration with the Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will:

• conduct a thorough literature review of publications and data on tyre emissions,
• design and validate a novel experimental approach, addressing challenges in the measurement of tyre wear particles by using state-of-the-art technologies and methods,
• execute the experiments and
• collect and process the results.

We kindly invite both new and existing COPERT users to participate in the annual COPERT workshop. It is organized by EEA and will be held in webinar format on 30-31 October via Microsoft Teams. The workshop includes:

• Presentation of COPERT;
• What is new in COPERT v5.7;
• Technical discussions on COPERT 5 methodology;
• Hands-on sessions on your personal computers;
• Addressing questions from participants.

Please find below the draft agenda for the meeting as well as the connection link. (more…)

A new version of COPERT (v5.7.1) has been officially released in September and can be downloaded from our website. The updated elements include changes in methodology, software, and bug corrections:

Methodological

• Updated emission factors of Euro 6 CNG passenger cars.
• Updated emission factors of Euro VI diesel buses.
• Updated emission factors of Euro VI diesel hybrid buses.
• Updated emission factors of non-exhaust emission factors.

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EMISIA participated with a transport sector expert in the 2023 review process of Air Pollutant Emission Inventories, submitted by Parties under the NEC Directive, 19-23 June 2023, in Brussels. More information on the review process can be found here.

EMISIA participated in the 2^nd General Assembly of the “Vehicle Emission Retrofit Activities” project that took place from 31^st May- 1^st June in Bergamo and was hosted by BREMBO. During the General Assembly, presentations for all Work Packages were given by all partners followed by fruitful discussions regarding the planning of the next activities.

VERA is a project funded by Horizon Europe, with the main objective of developing, demonstrating, and optimizing retrofit solutions for road vehicles and metro/rail applications, aiming to achieve maximum emission reduction and ensuring adaptability and low cost. The project also assesses the overall

We are proud to share that EMISIA participated in the TFEIP 2023 meeting in Oxford last month. Our team contributed to the Transport Expert Panel with presentations on the latest developments of the Guidebook transport chapters and COPERT software. We also showcased our leading role in the Euro 7 impact assessment for the new Euro 7 standards. You can find more details here.