Air Quality Challenges in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region

As France’s largest region, Nouvelle-Aquitaine is most strongly characterized by agriculture and forestry. Around Bordeaux and the major urban areas, the main challenges remain mobility and nitrogen dioxide; in the rest of the region, fine particulate matter remains a public health priority, exacerbated in winter by wood-burning heating and, at times, by desert dust.

The region is particularly notable for its unregulated pollutants: pesticides—which have been monitored for eighteen years, with more than a hundred compounds tested for—pollen, and odor nuisances, the second most common cause of complaints from local residents after noise.

Added to this are the challenges related to port operations and biomass heating plants. In addressing these challenges—measuring, diagnosing, treating, and raising awareness—FIMEA members in Nouvelle-Aquitaine provide practical expertise in metrology, pollution control, technical assessment, and training.

Initiatives and Projects

FIMEA Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a federation of companies in the environmental sectors of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region:

• Renewable energies, Grids and storage
• Air quality
• Water, Sanitation and Ecological Engineering
• Recycling, Recovery and Circular Economy
• Sustainable buildings & cities, Energy efficiency
• Sustainable mobility
• Biotechnologies & Food of the future

FIMEA Nouvelle-Aquitaine helps meet the four objectives set by FIMEA at the national level, namely:

• Structure the aerospace sector (networking, public and private procurement, training, research);
• Develop the French aviation sector at the national and international levels (smart city);
• Promote job growth in the aviation sector;
• Make it standard practice to take into account the impact of air quality on health and the economy at both the national and local levels

Our goal: “To bring the expectations, initiatives, and best practices from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region to the national level; toto serve as a liaison and raise local awareness of national initiatives and decisions.”

FIMEA Nouvelle-Aquitaine serves as a point of reference within the FIMEA Network on issues related to indoor air quality, with the aim of promoting the development of these topics at the national level.

Air Quality companies and organizations in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, join us!

Contact

Members in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region