Indoor plants can quietly reshape the health and quality of homes and workplaces
Houseplants and more advanced plant systems, such as indoor living walls and hydroponic towers, have the potential to raise indoor humidity, boost thermal comfort...
How better sealant design extends building life and cuts environmental costs
Lessons From Scotland’s building envelope projects (words: Strathclyde Sealants)
When we talk about reducing embodied carbon in construction, the conversation typically focuses on structural materials...
The height of practicality: Measuring PM in the clouds above Delhi
The drone incorporating the low-cost PM sensor, AE-51 micro-aethalometer, and meteorological sensors (image credit: Ajit Ahlawat, TU Delft / TROPOS).
Cost-effective sensors on drones...
Europe’s hidden methane impact from landfills: New study
A new study appears to show that methane from landfilled municipal waste in Europe is a major, long-term climate risk that is systematically underestimated...
Ferries trade group warns of urgent need to deliver green shipping corridors
Interferry, a global trade association for the ferry industry, has warned that ferry operators are facing rising costs under the EU Emissions Trading System...
Clean Air Coalition warns the Scottish Government must get tougher on wood burning
To mark Clean Air Night (22 January), Healthy Air Scotland, a coalition of public health, transport and environmental charities is calling on the Scottish...
PM2.5 from tyre and brake wear can be remedied by a simple switch to...
Levels of PM2.5 from tyre and brake wear can be cut significantly by a simple switch to (often inexpensive) brake pads and new braking...
“You can’t control what you can’t measure”: Keeping track of IAQ
Public health initiatives around air pollution have closely tracked the availability of technologies for monitoring. Instrumentation firm ACOEM UK is supporting emerging initiatives in...
Uncharted dust
A new study in Sweden indicates a need for caution in the metals recycling sector, where elevated levels of metals in the blood of...
Measuring movement creates new way to map indoor air pollution
A new way of measuring and analysing indoor air pollution appears - in initial trials - to establish a clear link between office occupancy,...
Air alliance: Merger brings AQMesh into larger gas analysis portfolio
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Gas Data.
Environmental Instruments, the manufacturer of the acclaimed AQMesh air quality monitoring system, has...
Odour control system combines neutralisation with fragrance design
A new product offering in the odour control space appears unusual in its combination of industrial odour neutralisation with deliberately designed “mood-enhancing” fragrances.
The AiroVive®...
The fine particle threat from DC motors
An electric air fryer.
Ultrafine particles (UFPs) emitted from small home appliances with electric heating coils and brushed DC motors are an unhappy addition to...
Multiplexed gas analysers can lower costs
James Clements is MD of Signal Group
A gas analyser is not just for regulatory compliance, explains James Clements, MD of Signal Group. Process managers...
Galvanic lead-free oxygen sensor for industrial safety is a world first
Gas sensors developer Alphasense has introduced what's said to be the world’s first galvanic lead-free oxygen sensor (O2-A2-GLF) for industrial safety applications.
The O2-A2-GLF sensor...
The inside track on lingering odours
Indoor surfaces have an unexpectedly strong ability to absorb and hold harmful chemical compounds that can threaten human health for as long as a...
Getting a clearer picture of odour discrimination
Explainable AI (XAI) is being used to reveal how chemical sensors discriminate among various odourant molecules, in a new study. The findings may help...
Study explores the lingering threat of “thirdhand smoke” in homes
While the dangers of secondhand smoke are widely recognized, a new study offers detail on a more persistent and stealthier hazard hiding in our...
Water research body says updated Carbon Accounting Workbook is now live
UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has released the latest version of its Carbon Accounting Workbook (CAW), providing companies with the consistent, science-backed data needed...
New report sizes up EV brake and tyre emissions
A newly published report by consultancy firm Ricardo, for the UK Department of Transport (DfT), has found that levels of PM2.5 from tyre wear...
