Training

Air quality training: an overview of training courses in France

This section lists the main reference courses on air quality in France. Here you’ll find a selection of specialized courses offered by organizations recognized for their scientific expertise, local roots and national and international reach.

Whether you’re a student, retraining for a new career, or looking for more in-depth technical or regulatory training, this selection will help you identify the training courses most relevant to your project, according to your level, your needs and your sector of activity.

Course and program titles are given in their original French. Unless stated otherwise, the courses listed here are taught in French.

Diploma courses

| Aix Marseille Université training courses

| ENSCR training courses

| IMT Atlantique training courses

| IMT Mines Alès training courses

| IMT Nord Europe training courses

| UniLaSalle training courses

| UPEC training courses

Professional training

| ADEME professional training

  • Description: indoor air quality management in construction and refurbishment projects (promoting the method, training facilitators, running the network, using the teaching tools, and sharing lessons learned)
  • Format: Online (MOOC)
  • Duration: 18 hours

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  • Description: ADEME's role, the program's governance stages, the framework's indicators and assessment methods, and support for participants in drawing up their roadmap
  • Format: Various (in the regions)
  • Duration: 7 hours (1 day)

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  • Description: the ADEME Académie platform offers an Air learning path covering two sub-topics: outdoor air quality and indoor air quality. It includes a range of content suited to stakeholders' needs, for getting to grips with the subject and building skills independently and/or with a trainer.
  • Format: Various (introductory videos, guides, practical sheets, learning modules, webinars and methodological tools)
  • Duration: varies with the depth of study chosen

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| Airparif professional training

  • Description: types of pollutants, regulations, monitoring methods, pollution episodes and the information tools available to the public
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: Half a day

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  • Description: how monitoring systems work, measurement and modeling tools, pollution episodes, public information, and the regional specifics of air pollutants in Île-de-France
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 3 days

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  • Description: pollution sources, health impacts, applicable regulations (PPA, SRCAE, ERP…), local authorities' responsibilities under PCAET climate plans, and links with planning and climate change
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 1 day

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  • Description: how the instruments work, CEN standards (gases and particulate matter), good calibration and maintenance practice, and measurement quality assurance.
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 3 days

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  • Description: types of models (empirical, statistical, deterministic), selection criteria (scales, input data), limits of use, and validation methods, illustrated with concrete local applications
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 1 day

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  • Description: mobile and stationary sources, inventory methods, atmospheric dispersion models, with case studies illustrating applications to public policy
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 2 days

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| AtmoSud professional training

  • Description: pollution sources (indoor and outdoor), health and environmental impacts, monitoring tools, current regulations and ways to improve air quality
  • Format: In person / Remote
  • Duration: 3 hours (half a day)

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  • Description: air pollution issues, pollution sources, health and environmental impacts, current regulations and available monitoring tools.
  • Format: In person / Remote
  • Duration: 3 hours (half a day)

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  • Description: pollution sources, health effects, regulatory requirements (particularly in buildings open to the public), practical prevention and monitoring solutions using sensors and good practice
  • Format: In person / Remote
  • Duration: 3 hours (half a day)

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  • Description: managing an indoor air quality strategy that takes energy-saving requirements into account: pollution sources, health impacts, regulations (particularly in buildings open to the public), monitoring systems and technical levers for reducing exposure.
  • Format: In person / Remote
  • Duration: 6 hours (1 day)

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  • Description: introduction to running air quality awareness activities for children and teenagers: the « L'Air et Moi » teaching tools, hands-on exercises, and passing on good habits adapted to school level (primary, lower and upper secondary).
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 7 hours (1 day)

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  • Description: air quality fundamentals, preparing a stand, using suitable teaching tools and answering the public's questions through practical role-play
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 7 hours (1 day)

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| Cerema professional training

  • Description: identifying indoor comfort parameters and air quality improvement measures, with an in-depth look at the regulations for ventilation in commercial buildings
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 4 half-days

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| Citepa professional training

  • Description : introduction to the annual GEREP declaration, covering the regulatory framework, methods for calculating pollutant emissions and waste, and case studies on air, water and waste.
  • Format : In person / Online (live)
  • Duration : 1 day

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  • Description : training in the preparation of the Solvent Management Plan (PGS), a key regulatory tool for controlling volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in industrial facilities (methods for calculating solvent flows, structuring the PGS report, entering the data in the GEREP declaration...)
  • Format : In person / Online (live)
  • Duration : 1 day

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  • Description : European and national regulatory frameworks, emission limit values (ELVs), obligations for monitoring and reporting air emissions...
  • Format : In person / Online (live)
  • Duration : 1 day

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| CSTB professional training

  • Description : this course covers indoor air quality (IAQ) under the RE2020 building regulations, including regulatory constraints, site assessments, project briefs, technical choices and methods for improving IAQ at each stage of a construction or renovation project.
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 7 hours (1 day)

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  • Description: pollution sources, health effects, measurement tools, specifics of different living spaces, current regulations and improvement solutions.
  • Format: Online (MOOC)
  • Duration: 3 hours

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  • Description: an integrated approach to health and comfort in buildings (indoor air quality, ventilation, chemical and biological pollutants, acoustics, lighting, and risks related to asbestos and infestations).
  • Format: Online (live)
  • Duration: 21 hours (3 days)

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  • Description: wind effects on structures (loads, comfort, driving rain, aeroacoustics), available analysis tools (Eurocodes, wind tunnels, numerical simulations), and methods for estimating wind impacts and drawing up specifications suited to each project.
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 14 hours (2 days)

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  • Description: ffundamentals of airflow engineering, design strategies (cross ventilation, stack effect, urban integration) and wind-tunnel experiments to visualize airflows.
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 7 hours (1 day)

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  • Description: health risks, materials concerned, regulatory obligations, required surveys and prevention principles for integrating environmental health into professional practice.
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 3 hours

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  • Description: a look at the new RE2020 regulatory requirements for ventilation in new and renovated housing: changes since the 1982 order, inspection protocols (RE2020, Promevent), the client's obligations at each project phase, and the impact of the BBC Rénovation, Effinergie and Qualitel labels on the design and acceptance of ventilation systems.
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 7 hours (1 day)

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  • Description: health risks of poor ventilation, ventilation principles and systems, moisture-related building defects, and key stages from design to maintenance. Also focuses on current regulations and the existing building stock.
  • Format: Online (live)
  • Duration: 3 hours

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  • Description: moisture sources, related defects, health risks, regulatory obligations, suitable prevention and treatment methods...
  • Format: Online (live)
  • Duration: 3 hours

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  • Description: causes of malfunctions such as sludge build-up in systems, condensation in air ducts, problems with air handling units, and appropriate preventive measures
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 7 hours (1 day)

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  • Description: how gaseous soil pollutants infiltrate buildings, methods for assessing indoor exposure, corrective solutions for existing buildings and preventive measures for new construction, such as sub-slab depressurization systems.
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 7 hours (1 day)

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| EHESP professional training

  • Description: introduction to quantitative health impact assessment (EQIS), covering regulatory frameworks, the health effects of air pollution, assessment methods, use of the WHO AirQ+ tool, and case studies, including low-emission zones (ZFE).
  • Format: In person / Online
  • Duration: 1.5 days remote / 2 days in person

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| INERIS professional training

  • Description: an introduction to techniques for measuring concentrations, flow rates and fluxes, planning measurement campaigns, regulatory standards, and specific issues such as fugitive emissions, odors and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
  • Format: In person
  • Duration: 3 days

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| MOOC Sustainable Building professional training

  • Description : a look at indoor pollutant sources, ventilation and air treatment systems, the health and economic stakes of good indoor air quality, and current regulations. The MOOC also covers design, sizing and installation rules for ventilation systems, defects and installation faults, measurement and analysis principles, and indoor air quality management methods
  • Format: MOOC
  • Duration: 2 hours

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