25.-26.03.2024 – Annual meeting of the DECHEMA "Gas Cleaning" specialist group
At this year's annual meeting of the "Gas Cleaning" specialist group, members of the working group presented results from a large number of ongoing research projects in Dresden. They also took the opportunity to look beyond the horizon of their own research projects.
16.02.2024 - heise-online
Prof. Dittler spoke to heise-online about how you can determine the concentration of particulate matter in the air you breathe in your own living environment.
04.10.2023 - Planet Wissen
In the "Planet Wissen" contribution "Fireplaces - cozy & dangerous" Sonja Mülhopt and Achim Dittler explain about harmful wood stove smoke gases.
https://www.planet-wissen.de/sendungen/sendung-kaminoefen-100.html
04.07.2023 - Federal winners of Jugend-forscht visits us
Felix Hörner, Felix Makartsev and Michel Weber - national winners Jugend-forscht 2023 - visited the working group Gas-Particle-Systems for an exchange about mobile fine dust measurements, gas-particle measurement technology and fine dust sources. The 3 students of the Lessing-Gymnasium Karlsruhe developed a mobile geo-data acquisition system, with which the fine dust pollution of the breathing air can be recorded.
23.06.2023 - FAZ guest article on emissions from wood stoves
In a guest article for the FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), Prof. Dittler discusses what emissions wood stoves cause and what this means for breathing air quality in residential areas.
Link: https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/wohnen/heizen-mit-holz-so-gesundheitsschaedlich-sind-rauchgase-aus-dem-holzofen-18983124.html
11.06.2023 - Short statement on wood stove emissions for "Bericht aus Berlin".
Prof. Dittler spoke briefly with "Bericht aus Berlin" (report from Berlin) about wood stove emissions that are harmful to health and the climate. You can find the contribution in the ARD media library (from minute 18).
Link: https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/bericht-aus-berlin/bericht-aus-berlin/das-erste/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLmRlL2JlcmljaHQgYXVzIGJlcmxpbi8yMDIzLTA2LTExXzE4LTAwLU1FU1o
04.06.2023 – Controversy in the boiler room : Why pellet heating systems don't help protect the climate
Achim Dittler spoke briefly with the FAZ about the emissions of pellet heating systems.
Here you can find the link to the article.