The Air and Waste Management Laboratory (AWMA Lab) was founded in 2020 (1517/Β’/22.04.2020) and belongs to the School of Engineering of the University of Western Macedonia – Interdepartmental Laboratory of the School of Engineering, University of Western Macedonia (UoWM). (Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering)
The Scope of the Lab is to meet educational, research and development needs in the academic fields of Atmospheric Environment and Solid Waste Management. It covers topics related to:
Air quality and its modeling, Transboundary air pollution, and pollution on a global scale, Collection and analysis of air quality data, Meteorology and Climate, Numerical weather prediction models, Global climate models, and their dynamic downscaling, Global chemistry-transport models, Relation of greenhouse gases to local and global climate, Optical and physicochemical properties of suspended particles and their correlation with direct or indirect effect on climate, Interaction of air quality and climate changes and effects on human health, on biotic and abiotic factors, Global Biogeochemistry, Methodology of research, analysis-management of atmospheric pollutant data, Strategies for pollutant emission control and reduction, Indoor air quality
Systems of solid waste storage and treatment at source, temporary storage, collection, transport, separation, recovery of materials, treatment, transformation, and disposal of solid waste, Monitoring and control of the operation of solid and hazardous waste management facilities, Environmental impact studies and techno-socio-economic studies of technology facilities and solid and hazardous waste management, Determination of physical, chemical and biological characteristics of solid and hazardous waste, Field measurements in technology facilities and solid and hazardous waste management, Development and application of physical and mathematical models, concerning technology facilities and management of solid and hazardous waste, Life cycle analysis and assessment/limitation of environmental impacts of atmospheric pollutants and solid waste, Environmental applications.