MIRAI kick-off meeting – December 22, 2021

MIRAI project aims at assessing risk of airborne infection including SARS-CoV-2 in indoor environment through CO2 and aerosol particulate monitoring.

MIRAI project will include the following activities:

1 – low-cost monitoring of CO2 through Non-Dispersive InfraRed (NDIR) and aerosol sensors through Optical Particle Counter (OPC) in indoor environment

2 – development of a mid-cost calibration and verification system for estimating CO2 and aerosol levels

3 – monitoring of CO2 and aerosol levels in university classrooms, in addition to the number of those present and SARS-CoV-2 positive cases, for several months in spring/summer and autumn/winter of 2022

4 – Application of a model for the estimation of the risk of infection integrated with indoor aerosol dispersion model along with drafting of guidelines for risk mitigation

5. Dissemination of the project results to local stakeholders, the scientific community and a wider audience via web pages and social media.

MIRAI project PI (Alessandro Bigi) and Co-PI (Tommaso Filippini)

Start of CO2 monitoring March 1, 2022

Start of Optical Particle Counter-OPC monitoring May 10, 2022

CO2 and aerosol number size distribution monitoring
OPC 404 measurement- Public Health Department
OPC 403 measurement -Engineering Department

MIRAI project is funded by UNIMORE FAR 2021 Interdisciplinare Mission Oriented Linea FOMO – Fondazione di Modena

Mitigating Indoor Risk of Airborne Infections: MIRAI