1. NILU – Making a difference for the environment
Foto: Bjørn Faafeng, NIVA
Kjeller
Oslo (CIENS)
Tromsø (The Fram Centre)

2. About NILU Founded in 1969 Independent foundation from 1986
Board members appointed by the - Norwegian Ministry of the Environment - The Research Council of Norway

3. Vision
Research for a clean atmosphere

4. Our research
Through research, NILU shall increase the understanding of processes and consequences related to
atmospheric composition
climate change
air quality
hazardous substances
and their environmental effects.

5. Services and products
Based on its research, NILU markets integrated services and products within the
analytical,
monitoring and
consulting sectors

6. NILU’s work philosophy
Research
Products
Money
Qualifications
Research needs
Research based services
Qualifications
Publishing

7. Our research topics Atmospheric composition
GHG and climate forcing agents
Ozone layer depletion and UV radiation
Long-range transport of air pollution
Urban and industrial pollution
Aerosol and particulate matter
Environmental contaminants
Health-effect  studies
Environmental Impacts and Economics

8. Monitoring Climate change Global air quality
Air pollution transport pathways

9. Observatories from pole to pole
Zeppelin (The Arctic)
NILU is monitoring climate change and long-range transport of air pollutants at four observatories:
Zeppelin in the Arctic
Troll in Antarctica
Birkenes and ALOMAR in Norway
NILU contributes measurements to several monitoring programs from these observatories as well as from several regional monitoring stations.
Troll
Troll (Antarctica)
Birkenes (Norway)
Alomar (Norway)

10. International assignments
Sept. 2014

11. Project portfolio 2013

12. Major international NILU clients
The European Commission (EC)
European Environmental Agency (EEA)
European Space Agency (ESA)
Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD)
World Bank (IBRD)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

13. International and innovative
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Innovation nilu AS
100%
PortsEYE AS
80%
NILU Polska Ltd.
90%
uMoya NILU Ltd.
34%
WAG AS
33,33 %

14. Certifications and accreditations
ISO certified in accordance with NS-EN ISO 9001:2008 – Quality management systems and NS-EN ISO 14001: Environmental management systems
NILU’s field measurements and chemical laboratories are accredited in accordance with
NS-EN ISO/IEC 17025

15. NILU’s organisation Managing Director Research Director
HighNorth (Tromsø)
Administration
Innovation
Communications
EU Coordinator
QA Manager
Atmosphere
and Climate
Urban
Environment and Industry
Environmental
Chemistry
Environmental Impacts and Economics
Monitoring and Instrumentation
Technology
Software and Hardware Development
NILU’s Organisation sept. 2014

16. Thank you for your attention!
Zeppelin
Troll
Birkenes
Birkenes
Alomar