1 “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi Faculty of Electrical Engineering Environmental monitoring Instrumentation, equipment and systems for measuring the concentration of environmental pollutants Prof.dr.ing. Cristian Fosalau by ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

2 Environmental monitoring Etymology: monēre (lat.) = worn: something or someone that warns, an overseer Monitoring = someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided = the act of observing something or to: keep watch, keep track of, keep under surveillance or check usually for a special purpose. You cannot recognize, understand, improve or maintain what you do not or cannot measure. Monitoring provides valuable tools that offer indicative measures of: Ecological and Environmental Resources Economic Development and Growth Social Structure and Dynamics.

3 Environmental monitoring The scale of become wisdom

4 Environmental monitoring Benefits of environmental monitoring Protection of public water supplies Hazardous, nonhazardous and radioactive waste management Urban air quality Natural resources protection and management Weather forecasting Economic development and land planning Population growth Endangered species and biodiversity Delineation Global climate changes

5 Environmental monitoring Emissions from an industrial plant

6 Environmental monitoring Global Monitoring for Environment and Security GMES Innovation in Global Public Goods (video clips 1 and 2)

7 Environmental monitoring Continuous monitoring equipment

8 Environmental monitoring Example of data recording for 1 day and for 1 year of CO concentration