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Air Quality Management Areas: Implications for planning applications
What is an Air Quality Management Area? In the UK, there are Air Quality Standards which set the legal limits for outdoor levels of certain pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) and sulphur dioxide (SO2), at certain locations where members of the public would be regularly exposed. Air Quality Standards areContinueContinue reading “Air Quality Management Areas: Implications for planning applications”
Comparison of EFT v11 and EFT v12: Implications for Air Quality Assessment
On Friday 24th November, Defra issued a new version of its Emission Factor Toolkit (EFT v12). The EFT is routinely used in air quality assessments across the UK and provides estimates of how emissions from different types of vehicles, in different parts of the country will change in the future. An update to the EFTContinueContinue reading “Comparison of EFT v11 and EFT v12: Implications for Air Quality Assessment”
Low NOx Boilers: Meeting London’s Air Quality Regulations for a Healthier Environment
If you’re looking to buy a new gas boiler for your home, it’s important to consider the environmental impact of your choice. Nitrogen oxides (NOx) are a harmful pollutant emitted by gas boilers during combustion, and they can contribute to poor air quality and respiratory problems. In the UK, there are regulations in place toContinueContinue reading “Low NOx Boilers: Meeting London’s Air Quality Regulations for a Healthier Environment”
Why Indoor Air Quality can be worse than Outdoor Air Quality?
Indoor air quality is given less considerably consideration by the UK government and the media and, surprisingly, there are no air quality standards that protect members of the public from dangerous of pollutants, across all indoor environments. This is problem as indoor air quality can be worse than outdoor air, and often considerably so. ResearchContinueContinue reading “Why Indoor Air Quality can be worse than Outdoor Air Quality?”
The Chief Medical Officer’s Report on Air Pollution: What could it mean for developers?
England’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, in his annual report published on 8th December 2022, set out that more must be done, and can be done, to improve air quality across the UK. The report’s executive summary begins by explaining that “air pollution affects us all” and that the mortality burden associated with airContinueContinue reading “The Chief Medical Officer’s Report on Air Pollution: What could it mean for developers?”
Woodburning and Air Quality in the UK
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Great Smog, a pollution event that engulfed London in a thick ‘pea-soup’ cloud of noxious gases. The pollution event was caused by calm, cold conditions coupled with the burning of coal and other solid fuels. Early estimates reported that more than 4,000 people died; however, recent researchContinueContinue reading “Woodburning and Air Quality in the UK”
Bringing air pollution into the light: where can you find data about air quality?
You will take about 22,000 breaths today. That equates to an average of about 917 breaths per hour and 15 breaths per minute. For billions of people around the world every breath is exposing their bodies to increasing levels of air pollution, which may cause short term health effects (such as rashes, headaches, asthma attacks) orContinueContinue reading “Bringing air pollution into the light: where can you find data about air quality?”
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