ADEME and Air Quality

L'ADEME et la qualité de l'air

ADEME and air quality

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ADEME in brief

At ADEME – the French Environment and Energy Management Agency – we are firmly committed to the fight against global warming and resource degradation.

On all fronts, we are mobilizing citizens, economic players and regions, giving them the means to move towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon, fairer and more harmonious society.

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In all fields – energy, circular economy, food, mobility, air quality, adaptation to climate change, soil… – we advise, facilitate and help finance numerous projects, from research to sharing solutions.

At every level, we put our expertise and foresight at the service of public policy.

ADEME is a public establishment under the authority of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

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ADEME’s action in the air sector

Two main objectives

SUPPORT PUBLIC POLICIES

to preserve and improve indoor and outdoor air quality

Contribute
to the emergence and dissemination of actions

to improve and prevent air quality

And three modes of intervention

Expertise

Transversality

Action

Developing the knowledge and tools needed to implement effective actions – Steering studies

Take better account of air quality in the Agency’s other areas of action

Support for (innovative) initiatives and dissemination

On outdoor air quality

  • Implementing the July 2021 national plan to reduce emissions from domestic wood heating:
    • Running the Fonds air bois scheme (speeding up the replacement of inefficient domestic wood heaters and open fireplaces, promoting and communicating good practice)
    • Running a national communication campaign on efficient wood heating
    • Helping professionals in the sector build their skills, and improving the performance of heating appliances.

  • Running the AgriQAir call for projects to help test, assess and spread effective solutions for reducing ammonia (NH3) and particulate (PM2.5 and PM10) emissions in agriculture
  • Producing and distributing a good practice guide

  • Better integration of air quality into planning documents (particularly PCAET) and urban plans
  • Developing health-friendly urban planning

Helping local authorities define action plans to improve air quality (funding for studies), through the call for projects AACT-AIR

Supporting local authorities, businesses and associations in implementing air quality improvement actions in areas covered by an atmosphere protection plan (PPA), or with recent limit exceedances in the 6 regions that have faced litigation

Raising public awareness of the health stakes of air quality: producing awareness materials and guides for the general public on air pollution

On indoor air quality (IAQ)

Support for the Indoor Environment Quality Observatory (OQEI)

Taking part in expert groups that design and implement indoor air quality monitoring in buildings open to the public, and contributing to the working groups of the National Environmental Health Plan

  • Promoting the ECRAINS® approach developed by ADEME (a quality approach that builds prevention of health risks into building projects)
  • Rolling it out across the regions

Helping local authorities identify practical ways to improve air quality in buildings open to the public (including nurseries and schools), through the call for projects AACT-AIR.

Raising public awareness of the health stakes of indoor air quality: producing awareness materials and guides for the general public on indoor air pollution

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ADEME resources on air quality

  • ADEME bookshop (study and research reports, guides, experience feedback, etc.)

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