ARIA P@LIT@ - Air pollution, air quality and urban microclimate

ARIA P@LIT@ is a three-year project (2022-2024) of the Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI) of Politecnico di Torino, that aims to systematize the departmental expertise, to become a reference point for the territory, to incentivize and consolidate the research and to promote the development of skills focusing on air quality.

Coordinator: Prof. Pietro Salizzoni (École Centrale de Lyon and Politecnico di Torino).

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NEWS AND EVENTS

Qualità dell’Aria e Microclima Urbano: nuove prospettive tra ricerca scientifica e partecipazione
June 16, 2026, 2.00 - 5.30 pm
Politecnico di Torino, Classroom 7, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24.
- Pietro Salizzoni: Qualità dell’Aria e Microclima Urbano - nuove prospettive tra ricerca scientifica e partecipazione (2.00 MB)
- Teresa di Renzo: Turbolenza atmosferica e ventilazione naturale degli edifici (1.53 MB)
- Annika Del Ponte: Il ruolo degli alberi sulla ventilazione dei canyon urbani (2.45 MB)
- Tanguy Houget: Modelli a scala locale dell'isola di calore urbana (2.52 MB)
- Claudia Schiavini: La previsione dei picchi di concentrazione a seguito di rilasci accidentali in siti industriali (3.86 MB)
- Davide Gallione e Nicole Mastromatteo: La misura della qualità dell'aria in ambiente urbano (4.73 MB)
- LIBRA – La Biblioteca dell’Aria un progetto di Citizen Science tra misura ambientale e coinvolgimento territoriale (5.52 MB)
- Sofia Fellini: Nuove prospettive di ricerca su qualità dell'aria e clima urbano (2.41 MB)
SCoolAir Final Event – Students from schools G. Bruno and M. Mazzarello, involved in the SCoolAir project, will present their work aimed at “making the invisible visible” at the auditorium of the Giordano Bruno High School.
Friday, January 30^th 2026, at 2.30 pm
Via Gino Marinuzzi 1, Turin
The citizen science project, SCoolAir, has been funded by the European program Horizon Europe through the IMPETUS accelerator. The project aims to engage students and teachers in monitoring air quality and analyzing the relationships between indoor and outdoor microclimates, well-being, and air pollution.
The research team is looking for classes to participate (middle and high schools) in a cycle of activities running from September to December 2025, totaling around 10 hours in the classroom.
For information and participation: ariapolito.citizenscience@gmail.com
Air Library Inauguration and Sampling Bike Ride
Organized as part of LIBRA, an innovative project aiming to raise citizen awareness about air quality and urban microclimates through a free lending service of environmental sensors.
March 29^th 2025, 3 pm
Via Antonio Cecchi, 21, Turin – Officine Creative
Two groups, equipped with air quality sensors, will ride through the city of Turin and then meet at Officine Creative to analyze the sampling results together.
In the framework of the ARIA P@LIT@ project, in collaboration with ARPA Piemonte, GEAM - Associazione Georisorse e Ambiente, the Architects Association PCC of Turin and the Engineers Association of the Province of Turin and with the patronage of Regione Piemonte and the Metropolitan City of Turin, DIATI has organized the workshop
AIR QUALITY AND URBAN MICROCLIMATE
March 28^th 2023, 9 am – 1 pm
Energy Center of Politecnico di Torino
Read the Poliflash article.

Air Quality Measurement Campaign
The research group of the ARIA P@LIT@ project, in collaboration with ENEA, is implementing a small, widespread network of sensors to measure air quality in the city of Turin and is looking for strategic locations to place the sensors (20x20x5 cm³).

Requirements for balconies or windows:
- Located on the ground floor or first floor
- Facing streets with significant traffic
- Equipped with electrical power supply

For more information, please contact: Sofia Fellini, Marina Clerico, Pietro Salizzoni, Davide Gallione or Nicole Mastromatteo