The Explorer is a one-of-a-kind search engine that showcases profitable climate solutions from all over the world which are part of an ever-growing, curated, and publicly-accessible database. Select your profile, your needs and climate goals to discover the solutions that fit best with your situation.

Explore Learn more

Cancel Confirm

My Search Alerts

The Solutions Explorer lets you create alerts that match your needs. You can create several alerts and you will receive a notification each time a new Solar Impulse Efficient Solutions is labeled and matches your filters.

Your Search Alerts will show up here.


Sign in to create alerts for your filters and search terms.

Sign in

Don't have an account?

Sign up

My Favorites

The Solutions Explorer lets you shortlist your favorite solutions.

Your favorites will show up here.


Sign in to add a solution to your favorites.

Sign in

Don't have an account?

Sign up

Contact the Solution's Provider

You can contact each Solution’s Provider through the « Solutions Explorer » contact form. The team will also follow up to make sure you’ll have an answer to your request.

Your contact form will show up here.




Sign in to contact the Solution's Provider

Sign in

Don't have an account?

Sign up

My Account

Sign in

Don't have an account?

Sign up

Lungs of the City

An approach to reduce exposure to particulate matter by targeted integration of sustainable air treatment technology

November 2019
January 2023

Lungs of the City

An approach to reduce exposure to particulate matter by targeted integration of sustainable air treatment technology

  • World Alliance Member
  • Featured Solution
  • Labelled Solution
Label Date January 3, 2023
Parent company Air Liquide
From Netherlands
Maturity stage TRL 9 / CRI 5-6 - Market competition driving widespread deployment &/"Bankable" grade asset class

The Lungs of the City provides a validated solution to substantially improve urban air quality, aiming at particulate matter removal at exposure hotspot locations. The solution is based on a proven air treatment technology, combined with an scientifically validated application strategy and a vast amount of practical experience. Therefore it brings a meaningful addition to existing policies to improve urban air quality. With the Lungs of the City approach, buildings, objects and infrastructure are smartly and efficiently transformed into net air purifiers to bring relief at exposure hotspot and actively reducing health risk. With the Lungs of the City, an important instrument has been added to the toolkit for increasing urban sustainability and improvement of the living environment.

The Environmental Benefits

  • Limit the health risk of poor air quality with 25%
  • Compared to conventional air cleaning technologies, the Lungs of the City approach will reach a 80% reduction in energy consumption
  • The captured residue is 100% reused in architectural building ceramics, and therefore finding its way back in the city in a long lasting sustainable application

The Financial Benefits

  • A 2016 study of the World Bank has shown that each investment in air quality improvement will lead to a fourfold saving in health costs
  • A reduction of 2ug/m3 of PM2.5 concentration will lead to a reduction of more than 6% of the socio-economic cost per year per person.

Target client profile

Benefits

Activity Region

  • Headquarters
  • Activity

Company Profile

ENS Clean Air

ENS offers a sustainable solution and strategy to eliminate particulate matter from ambient air for exposure reduction

Headquarters 5431 EB Cuijk, Netherlands
Type Startup or self-employed
View company profile Solution website

Parent company

Air Liquide

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health.

Headquarters 75007 Paris, France
View company profile

Share

Contact the Solution Provider Add to Favorites

The information set out above, is solely for the purposes of information and the Solar Impulse Foundation does not provide any guarantee as to its authenticity, completeness or accuracy. This information does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation to buy into, transact or to enter into any agreement with any of the parties or persons mentioned above. Potential investors or interested parties are solely responsible for their investment or business decisions and for performing any due diligence required by the circumstances. The innovator ENS Clean Air has asserted ownership of the intellectual property rights for images, videos, and content showcased above, affirming full and unrestricted usage rights, and has provided explicit permission for the Solar Impulse Foundation to publish such information designated as "public" in the application form.