Challenge Microcapteurs Édition 2025

Registration Registration is open until May 31, 2025. You will find the documents to consult at the bottom of the page (the regulations, the protocol and the schedule). To register: - Complete the form in English or French . - Submit the requested documents via this link . PROJECT INFORMATION Air quality is a health, economic and societal issue. Air pollution, both outdoor and indoor, is responsible for 7 million premature deaths each year worldwide, according to the latest WHO report published in 2018. Faced with these challenges, there is a growing demand from authorities, but also from private companies and citizens, to produce and disseminate air quality data. The question of data quality and reliability is therefore crucial in order to guide public policies, and thus implement effective actions to improve air quality. With the rise of connected objects, air quality monitoring has become more accessible thanks to compact and affordable sensors, deployed in cities, buildings, vehicles and even worn by individuals. However, understanding their performance and choosing the right sensor for each use remains a challenge. In this context, Airparif (the Approved Air Quality Monitoring Association in Île-de-France) and AIRLAB (its open innovation laboratory) periodically organize the AIRLAB Microsensors Challenge. This initiative offers a robust and independent evaluation of the performance of microsensors, under real-world conditions of use, in order to provide a decision-making tool for potential users, while promoting innovation. To date, four editions of the Challenge have taken place (2023, 2021, 2019 and 2018) allowing the evaluation, by a jury of international experts, of 176 devices. The 5th edition of the Challenge Airparif proposes to study the impact of new parameters on the performance of microsensors, such as different emission profiles (pollution levels, types of sources, etc.), varied weather conditions (high temperatures and humidity levels) and confined environments. The performance tests will be carried out both in France (Paris) as in previous editions and, for the first time, in Accra (Ghana) and Bangalore (India), thanks to a partnership between Airparif, Afri-SET and Indi-SET (CSTEP). Ces deux nouvelles localisations ont été sélectionnées pour leurs caractéristiques environnementales distinctes ainsi que pour leurs solides capacités locales en matière de surveillance de la qualité de l’air et de recherche sur les microcapteurs.

Additionally, in collaboration with Île-de-France Mobilités and SNCF Gares & Connexions, this edition will offer the possibility to evaluate microsensors in underground railway stations, marking a step forward in monitoring air quality in enclosed transport environments.

The 2025 AIRLAB Microsensors Challenge is financially supported by the Clean Air Fund, Open Philanthropy, the French Development Agency (AFD), Île-de-France Mobilités, and the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME); and benefits from the expertise of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), the Federation of Air Quality Monitoring Associations (Atmo France), the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), the Environmental Protection Authority of Ghana (Ghana EPA), the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), Imperial College London (Imperial), the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), the Observatory for Indoor Environmental Quality (OQEI), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the South Coast AQMD

Porteur du projet

Nom de l’organisation : AIRLAB
Nom du contact : Adrian ARFIRE, Ingénieur en Métrologie

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