Air Quality Management Section

The Section

• develops scientific foundations for policymakers and addresses questions relating to the definition of national and international policy on air pollution control;
• is responsible for studying and assessing air pollution (exposure levels) and for managing the National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL);
• assesses the effects of air pollution on human health and the environment;
• is responsible for follow-up activities under the Federal Council's Air Pollution Control Strategy (LRK) and for dealing with cantonal submissions concerning planning for control measures;
• participates in working groups under the UN/ECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to develop Protocols on the reduction of air pollutants within a pan-European framework.

Topic:

Topic Air

Personnel

Richard Ballaman
Position: head of section
Responsibilities: Technical and administrative management
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Hugo Amacker
Position: deputy head of section (in jobsharing)
Responsibilities: Air Pollution Control Strategy (LRK); Air pollution studies; Measurement technology
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Brigitte Gälli Purghart
Position: deputy head of section (in jobsharing)
Responsibilities: Air Pollution Control Strategy (LRK); Respirable fine particulates (PM10); NOx inputs
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Lara Lüthi
Compiti: Effects of air pollution on human health
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Reto Meier
Responsibilities: Effects of air pollutants on ecosystems; Exposure limit values, critical levels/loads; UN/ECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution: effects/strategies
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Harald Menzi
Responsibilities: Ammonia abatement measures in the agricultural sector
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Last modification 06.12.2018