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March 29, 2025

15th VERT Forum 2025

Driving Innovation for Cleaner Air

VERT Forum 2025 brought together global experts, researchers, policy makers and industry leaders in Switzerland to explore the latest advances in emission reduction technologies. This year’s discussions focused on practical solutions for reducing particulate emissions from combustion engines, the role of retrofitting in existing vehicle fleets, and the latest regulatory frameworks shaping the future of transport emissions.

The EU Project AeroSolfd was featured during the event by the project partner and host VERT-Association, presenting the project’s innovative retrofit solutions, including brake dust and particle filters, as well as air filtration systems for metro stations – all designed to significantly improve urban air quality across Europe.

VERT president Lars C. Larsen moderated the panel discussion on ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—ฃ๐—™ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ. By providing cost-efficient retrofit solutions with Particle Filters for Diesel engines, VERT has significantly contributed to reducing nanoparticle emissions, Black Carbon (BC), and CO2 emissions, yielding positive effects on global warming. Presently, VERT is embracing the new challenge of Gasoline vehicle retrofit with Gasoline Particle Filters (GPF), conducting secondary emissions investigations and implementing NPTI for gasoline vehicles within this project.

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Agenda Final Event

AeroSolfd: Release of Agenda for the Final Event The detailed agenda for the Final Event of the Project AeroSolfdโ€‚has been launched. This upcoming full-day event marks the culmination of three years of collaboration focused on developing innovative retrofit and filtration technologies to reduce transport-related emissions and improve urban air quality across Europe. Participants can look…

Copy of 6th General Assembly

AeroSolfd General Assembly Meeting The AeroSolfd General Assembly Meeting took place on May 7, 2025, at the Steinbeis Europa Zentrum in Stuttgart, bringing together project partners from across Europe to review progress, discuss key results, and outline next steps for the final project phase. With this last intense phase approaching, partners remain aligned in their…

Site Visit at LINK Engineering

AeroSolfd Site Visit at LINK Engineering An exclusive site visit to our partner, LINK Engineering, in Limburg an der Lahn, Germany offered an unique opportunity to witness first-hand the progress of the AeroSolfd project, with a particular focus on our retrofit solution for brake dust particulate filters for buses and trucks, as well as the test cycles developed in different cities for…

Project results in real liveย 

New testing phase by Metro Lisboa The EU Project AeroSolfd partner Metropolitano de Lisboa has launched a new phase of testing as part of the project in the semi-closed space of the metro station Quinta das Conchas in Lisbon during the month of April. The setup includes: ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€: Supplied by…

15th VERT Forum 2025

Driving Innovation for Cleaner Air VERT Forum 2025 brought together global experts, researchers, policy makers and industry leaders in Switzerland to explore the latest advances in emission reduction technologies. This year’s discussions focused on practical solutions for reducing particulate emissions from combustion engines, the role of retrofitting in existing vehicle fleets, and the latest regulatory…

RTR 2025

Conference on the state of the art of European funded research projects in road transport. As the RTR Conference entered its 8th edition, it continues to showcase key achievements from EU-funded projects in road transport. Discussions highlighted advances in green vehicles, urban mobility and intelligent transport systems, emphasising their role in shaping a cleaner, more…

New Publication Alert

๐๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐“๐ˆ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ ๐ฆ The project partner VERT-Association latest publication. “๐๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐“๐ˆ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ ๐ฆโ€”๐€ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐”๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐…๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ” explores innovative approaches to reducing particle number (PN) emissions from combustion engine fleets, a major contributor to urban air pollution. This…

Nanoparticle Counting for PTI: The Dirty Tail Paradigm

Insights on measuring the exposure levels of air pollutants in (semi-)closed spaces AUTHOR(S): A. Mayer1, J. Czerwinski1, Th. Lutz1, F. Legerer1, M. Wyser3, P. Comte4, L. Larsen1, L. Rubino1, K. Vasilatou5, D. Engelmann4, M. Knoll6, H. Burtscher2 (1 VERT, 2 FHNW University of Applied Sciences, Windisch, Switzerland, 3 FOEN Retired, Bern, Switzerland, 4 AFHB, University of…

Interactive Map

AeroSolfd released an Interactive Map The EU Project AeroSolfd released an interactive tool that showcases the impact of our retrofit solutions on urban air quality. This user-friendly interactive map allows the user to track the effects of the project’s solutions in a comprehensive and intuitive way. With its engaging visualizations, it allows to gain a…

6th Newstrack

Sixth AeroSolfd Newsletter The latest issue of the AeroSolfd Newstrack is out! Read about the updates on our recent project milestones, research findings and events. Subscribe for future eidtions If you have not yet subscribed to the AeroSolfd newsletter, you can comfortably receive future issues by email by subscribing here.

Contribution of brake emissions to measured exposure

Insights on measuring the exposure levels of air pollutants in (semi-)closed spaces AUTHOR(S): Teresa Moreno1, Stefanos Agathokleous1, Carlos Casado 2, Amaya Manso3, Katie Kedwell4, Martin Lehmann4(1 CSIC, 2 CARTIF, 3 AUVASA, 4 M+H) In AeroSolfd we are measuring the exposure levels of air pollutants at semi-indoor sites such as bus transportation depots and metro stations. For…

Overall Sustainability Framework

Insights to NFA’s Sustainability Assessment The Horizon Europe project AeroSolfd aims to develop and demonstrate three different types of retrofit solutions to mitigate exposure to particulate air pollution. The solutions are exhaust particle filters on petrol cars, brake wear filters for buses, and filter squares for (semi-)closed environments. While the expected direct benefits are obvious,…

Unveiling the Hidden World of Ultrafine Particles

Nature’s Secrets and Human-Made Challenges In the realm of air quality and human health, few subjects are as captivating and consequential as ultrafine particles (UFPs). These tiny, often invisible particles, with diameters less than 0.1 micrometers, hold a wealth of secrets and challenges that impact our environment, climate, and well-being. Today, we embark on an…

The air we breathe

What do you know about the air we breathe? Facts about lungs & breathing The lungs are the primary organ of the respiratory system in humans and most other animals, including a few snails and fish. Humans have two lungs, one on the left and one on the right. They are located in the thoracic…

2nd Newstrack

Second AeroSolfd Newsletter The second issue of the AeroSolfd Newstrack is out! We mark the end of our first project year here, share our project updates with you and take a look at future activities. Subscribe for future editions If you have not yet subscribed to the AeroSolfd newsletter, you can comfortably receive future issues…

Metropolitano de Lisboaโ€™s Project AeroSolfd Activities

Metropolitano de Lisboa & AeroSolfd Air quality is of greatest relevance for Metropolitano de Lisboa (ML), the metro system from Lisbon, as it directly impacts the health and wellbeing of their passengers and employees. Poor air quality can lead to respiratory problems, allergies, and other health issues, which can ultimately result in reduced productivity and…

Ultrafine Particles as Health Risk

Project AeroSolfd aims to reduce traffic-related fine dust and ultrafine particles (UFP). But what are these particles and why is it so urgent that we tackle them? Due to their size, there are different categories of particles and depending on how big they are, they can penetrate the human body to different depths causing serious…

Horizon Europe project AeroSolfd and its tailpipe retrofit solution at 13th VERT Forum

AeroSolfd presents three retrofit solutions to reduce traffic-related emissions The project AeroSolfd is focussing on developing market-ready retrofit solutions to immediately decrease the harmful effects on health and the environment of transport-related emissions with effective filtration devices. AeroSolfd will deliver affordable, easy-to-install and environmentally friendly retrofit solutions to reduce tailpipe and brake emissions and pollution…

Filter for cleaner air

AeroSolfd presents three retrofit solutions to reduce traffic-related emissions Stuttgart, 13 February 2023 โ€“ Air pollution is a complex problem to be tackled. The co-funded EU-Project AeroSolfd aims to reduce traffic-related emissions through the deployment of three retrofit (filtration) solutions for tailpipes, brakes and (semi-)closed environments. AeroSolfd will be present at FILTECH, the largest filtration…

1st Newstrack

First AeroSolfd Newsletter The first issue of the AeroSolfd Newstrack is out! We would like to share our project updates with you and close the year with a look back at some of our highlights in 2022. Subscribe for future editions If you have not yet subscribed to the AeroSolfd newsletter, you can comfortably receive…

Kick-off Event

The European Commission and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation award funding for an โ‚ฌ8.2 million project on cleaner urban air In May 2022, the innovation project AeroSolfd started with a kick-off event in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The AeroSolfd consortium โ€“ led by MANN+HUMMEL โ€“ will deliver affordable, adaptable, and environmentally friendly retrofit…

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