2007 NEWS

November, 2007

SEVERAL INTERESTING NEWS

 Several interesting news have happened along this month, all of them deserve a special look and a long article, which will be done in later dates. The summary is the following:

• The Seminar About Odours In The Indoor And Outdoor Environment (Gerüche In Der Umwelt Innenraum- Und Aussenluft) in Bad Kissingen, Germany was a success. Apart from the very interesting talks given by well known speakers, a good selection of posters was exhibited and the new version of the OdourNet olfactometer (Olfacton) was presented. We will write more about this Seminar soon.

• A new Law about Air Quality and Protection of the Atmosphere has been published in the official bulletin of Spain the 15th of November after several years of efforts and several drafts that does not have resemblance with the final text. This law can be downloaded here. (unfortunately just in Spanish). This Law does not mention the Word “odour” in the whole text… In addition, the 1961 Reglament of Annoying, Noxious, Insalubrious and Dangerous Activities (which regulated a buffer distance for odour-emitting activities) has been derogated.

• Another news, positive this time, is the coming IWA 3rd IWA international conference on odours and VOCs – measurement, regulation & control techniques. This will be the first time it is in Europa after other events in Sydney and Singapore, and it will come to Spain. This conference is scheduled for the 8th and 10th of October 2008 in Barcelona. More information can be read here.

• Last but not least, there is another important international conference in Rome from the 6th to the 8th of July 2008. The NOSE 2008 (International Conference on Environmental Odour Monitoring and Control). To read more about this you can click in this link.

• Another very important event related with farming and odour control is Eurotier. This Fair is supported by the DLG (German Agricultural Society). This year, results of some tests performed for different odour abatement devices (biofilters, scrubbers, etc...) were presented. Eurotier 2008 is scheduled from the 11th till the 14th of November in Hanover.

October 2007

TALKS ABOUT ODOUR POLLUTION IN MURCIA

  On Thursday the 13th of December 2007, a session of Talks about Odour pollution is taking place in Murcia. These Talks are organised by the General Direction of Environmental Quality of the Regional Ministry of Sustainable Development and Urban Planning of the Territory of the Region of Murcia, the Odour Pollution Consultants of Labaqua and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Murcia.   

The title of these Talks is “Implementation of the olfactometry to the control and settlement of the environmental odour Concerns”” and they will take place in the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Murcia (Plaza de San Bartolomé, 3 - 30004 Murcia) on Thursday the 13th of December. The official program of these Talks can be downloaded here.

October 2007

NEW POLISH AND ARABIC VERSIONS OF THE SITE OLORES.ORG

  After the Spanish, the English version and the German versions, the Polish and Arabic version enhances the services of this web site.

September 2007

A VISIT TO THE FACILITIES OF ECOMA IN HONIGSEE, GERMANY

  In January of this year, olores.org visited to the facilities of St Croix Sensory in Lake Elmo, Minessota, USA. A few months later, we have gone to Germany to visit the facilities of ECOMA, a company that produces and sells the TO olfactometers all over the world.

  On a fresh morning at the end of the summer, nearby the beautiful maritime city of Kiel, Germany, a visit to the facilities of the company ECOMA was arranged.

  Full article here

July 2007

NEW GERMAN VERSION OF THE SITE OLORES.ORG

  The new German version of olores.org is available now in the web site of olores.org.

After the Spanish and the English version, the German version enhances the services of this web site.

  Click here.

July 2007

ACCREDITATION IN FRANCE TO MEAUSURE ODOUR SAMPLES.

  From the 15th of May of this year, the laboratory EOG - Groupe GED is the only organization in France accredited to measure odour samples. This lab uses the ECOMA T08 olfactometer and it is accredited with the ISO17205 by the Comité Français d'Accréditation (COFRAC) with the number 1-1865.

  If you want to know more about this lab, here there are their contact details.

Sybille FONTAINE
Ingénieur d'études
EOG - Groupe GED
70, rue Pierre Duhem
Pôle d'Activités d'Aix-en-Provence
13856 Aix-en-Provence
Tel : + 33 442 166 554
Fax : + 33 442 166 504
Email : sybille.fontaine@eog.fr
Consultez notre site : www.ged.fr

June 2007

SEMINAR ABOUT ODOURS IN THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT (GERÜCHE IN DER UMWELT INNENRAUM- UND AUSSENLUFT)

A very interesting Seminar about Odours in the Indoor and Outdoor Environment is taking place from the 13th to the 14th of November 2007 in the German city of Bad Kissingen. This Seminar is organized by the German VDI.

Other details of this seminar can be read in the following web site: www.vdi.de/gerueche2007

Official language is German. Contact details here:

VDI Wissensforum IWB GmbH
Postfach 10 11 39
40002 Düsseldorf
Tel.: +49 (0) 211 62 14-3 63
Fax: +49 (0) 211 62 14-4 30
E-Mail: hofmann@vdi.de

May 2007

EXPERTS IN OLFACTOMETRY WILL TALK ABOUT ODOUR CONTAMINATION IN QUALIMETRICS 07.

  Two weeks left for these conferences about odour pollution in Valencia, Spain.

The first Friday of June, the Valencia Fair will perform, within the 3rd edition of QUALIMETRICS, a cycle of conferences about the white paper of the law on odour contamination in Catalonia, the problem of odours in the struggle to better protect the atmosphere, the importance of jurisprudence in odour contamination, the accreditation of the UNE-EN-13725 standard and the latest studies about environmental impact of odours using dynamic olfactometry.

Olores.org will be there.

More information? Here.

April 2007

A HISTORY OF ODOURS IN GALICIA, SPAIN.

  The history of Calizamar, is a short but conflictive. Calizamar is a company whose main activities involve the manipulation, transformation, reuse and management of wastes and byproducts from the shellfish industry located in the surroundings. Since the very beginning of its activities, numerous complaints have being registered in the Town Council and the Regional Government of Environment of Galicia, Spain.

  The number of complaints was such that the licence of this activity was revoked several times, to the point that nowadays this activity has licence for just testing activities. Only a few days after this paralysation of the activities, the company announced the acquisition of a device to eliminate harmful gases. However, a few months afterwards, neighbours started to complain again about bad smells.

  After promising an investment of two million euro to increase the capacity of the waste water treatment plant at the end of 2006, another license was granted. However, from the end of 2006 the Regional Government of Environment of Galicia is auditing the odour emissions.

April 2007

A BRIEF INTERESTING INTRODUCTION ABOUT LEGISLATION.

In this link, a short presentation of legislation about odours nowadays can be downloaded (unfortunately in Spanish).

This subject is being discussed nowadays by several Autonomous Communities of Spain. It is necessary to have as reference the limits imposed by other countries with a much more elaborated legislation, as in several cases, there are not enough records to examine all the odour-generating activities.

  In some occasions the doubt is presented through two questions: Is it necessary to develop an integral legislation about odours considering all activities? Or it is just convenient to regulate the activities with problems of this type? (e.g. Redering, animal farming, WWTPs, etc.?

In the first case, there should be a catalogue of activities potentially odour-generating in the way of the Spanish Decree 2414/1961 or from the existing in the Decree 833/1975. The construction of such a catalogue must count on the experience of people with experience in this field and should take into account the limits proposed in other international legislations.

In the second case, setting up a limit must be considered together with the activities involved in the regulation, as in some cases even the application of the BATs might not imply a reduction of the annoyance by odours. In addition, other important factors must be considered (land use, separation buffers, etc) when the purpose is to set a particularnumber of odour units.

March 2007

A VISIT TO THE FACILITIES OF ST CROIX SENSORY

Olores.org visited the facilities of St Croix Sensory in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, USA.

  St. Croix Sensory is a sensory testing and training company that specializes in odor testing of air samples, commercial products, and materials and in training of odor assessors, monitors, inspectors, and investigators. Likewise, St. Croix Sensory manufactures state-of-the-art odor sampling and odor measurement equipment. Their products set the standard in odor sampling, testing, and measurement.

Michael McGinley welcome us to the facilities.

  During this visit, we could have a look to the process of manufacturing the olfactometer AC´Scent.In the labs, they analyze on a daily basis samples comingfrom all over the States by means of dynamic olfactometry.Several well trained panelists work with this company.

Testing the odor threshold with the AC´scent olfactometer

  Training is a parallel activity of St Croix Sensory. During one hour, Charles McGinley explained some interesting aspects of the odor pollution, with detail in practical applications and legislation.

  Thanks to the kindness of Michael, Charles, Donna and Nick, this visit to St Croix Sensory was both interesting and pleasant .

  Do you want to know something else about St Croix Sensory? click here.

February 2007

NEW INTERLAB TEST ON DYNAMIC OLFACTOMETRY

  Anouncement of a new Interlabtest on dynamic olfactometry organized by the accredited Inspection Company OLFAtec.

  Last year 51 Labs from all over the world took part in it. Please find the publication from 2005 at olfatec.de as well.

  Contact person: Mr. Björn Maxeiner.

January 2007

EXPERTS IN OLFACTOMETRY WILL DISCUSS ISSUES ABOUT ODOUR POLLUTION IN QUALIMETRICS 07

The fair of Valencia will celebrate from the 30th May to the 1st June 2007 the 3rd edition of QUALIMETRICS, the fair of Quality, Calibration, Metrology and Instrumentation.

  This edition will dedicate a significant part of its program of parallel activities to discuss the pressing need of solutions for odour/odor contamination. This is one of the standpoints that evolved societies are posing to preserve the environment.

More information here.

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