Ordnance Survey involved in project to reduce traffic jams and air pollution
A partnership between Ordnance Survey, the Department for Transport, the British Parking Association, and GeoPlace, could dramatically reduce traffic congestion on UK roads by...
London’s air quality goes online
Detailed information on London’s air pollution will now (starting 24 July) be published on breathelondon.org, the website for a new collaborative project to paint a clearer picture of the city’s air quality .
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In most road tunnels there are ventilation systems installed of which there are three...
Air treatment solution undergoes tests at Paris underground station
An innovative air treatment solution has been undergoing tests in the Parisian underground station Alexandre Dumas (Line 2).
The system, called "IP’AIR", is being tested...
Over 70% of Brits oblivious to indoor air’s deadly impact
Veolia calls for stricter guidelines to avoid 20,000 related deaths every year ("but there is a tech solution," adds the firm)
Public awareness of the...
Visualisation firm wins funding from Innovate UK
Air quality expert EarthSense wins grant to develop innovative new air quality services
EarthSense, a visualisation firm with expertise in air quality, announced on 28...
Innovative sensor network monitors ‘vog’ in Hawai’i
In May 2018, the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea erupted with devastating consequences - destroying homes, displacing hundreds of people and emitting high levels of dust...
Parents feeling trapped in pollution-choked cities, says charity as campaign launches providing self-protection advice
Major firms team up with environmental charity to support campaign to clean up the air for families and workers
Fifty nine per cent of...
Tracing the history of an invisible killer
A recent book charts the history of air pollution, and profiles the problem as it presents itself today
Human-caused climate change played limited role in Beijing 2013 ‘airpocalypse’
A new Northwestern University study concludes that human-caused climate change played only a minor role in the air's stagnation
Air sampling one-day course
Air sampling expert SKC is offering a comprehensive one day hands-on practical training course
New portable web-enabled particle monitors
Air Monitors has launched a new range of advanced monitors for airborne particulates
The promise of new shipping fuels
A new paper ‘Sailing on Solar’ presents a vision of how international shipping can meet its target of at least halving emissions by 2050
Rail operator and infrastructure services provider achieve 97% diesel-free ‘Site of the Future’
A project led by Network Rail and Colas Rail has used solar lighting and power generation to prove the viability of a sustainable ‘Site...
Instrument continuously measures the water-soluble gas and aerosol components in air
Metrohm Process Analytics has re-invented its Monitor for AeRosols and Gases in ambient Air (MARGA) instrument as the 2060 MARGA.
When considering the effects of...
Wandsworth Council distorts information on air pollution in the borough
Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Union Council (BWTUC) has said it is very concerned about the way its local council is portraying the ongoing battle...
London firm converts 25-strong waste collection fleet to CNG fuel ahead of ULEZ
London’s largest independent food waste collector has completed preparations for the capital’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) by revealing plans to convert all 25...
Consultancy assists with launch of Herts and Beds air pollution alert system
Launched in early March by 11 Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire local authorities, the new ‘Herts & Beds Air Pollution Alert System’ website and notification service...
“Not just another living wall”: Product uses AI and plants to improve indoor air
A seemingly novel approach to improving indoor air quality is offered by a wall-based installation that uses microbes in the roots of plants to...
Figures show nearly 1 in 3 people are registered at GP surgeries with unsafe...
· 7.5 million NHS patients in London...
· over 2 million NHS patients in the East Midlands...
· 2.5 million NHS patients in the...
