The ELMINA project aimed at the development of a new generation of electronic noses - designed as compact modules on the basis of highly integrated micro systems, combining high analytical performance and reliability with low energy consumption, inexpensive price and little spatial requirements. These modules are meant to demonstrate the feasibility of intelligent functions for monitoring and controlling industrial production or the household, without causing any substantial additional costs, spatial requirements or energy consumption. Considering the complexity of buildings or production facilities, the development of a network of ENs is required as it shows the greatest potential for multi-location monitoring, for instance for locating the emission sources, watching the spreading and predicting the dissemination of gases or odours. (orig.)SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: ZA 5141(6893) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekHermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren, Bonn (Germany); Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung, Berlin (Germany)DEGerman