Conference programme for April event in Telford
THE organisers of AQE 2015, the international Air Quality and Emissions show, have announced a comprehensive conference programme for the event which will take...
Anything but an open road
Paul Marsh reports on efforts to minimise the contribution of road traffic to air pollution
CITY dwellers in many areas of Europe are exposed to...
Sampler hunts fugitive air pollution
INDUSTRIAL sites and highways could become cleaner in the future thanks to shark-shaped samplers that hunt ‘fugitive’ air pollutants.
Scientists at Lancaster University and the...
Integrated device is mobile game-changer, claims supplier
OEMS and mobile device manufacturers are alerted to the release of what is described as "the world's first environmental sensor combining pressure, humidity, temperature...
Intelligent sensing
AN intelligent air quality sensing module from SGX Sensortech is intended to remove the hassle from monitoring air quality in the car, the home,...
Riyadh monitoring contract
RICARDO-AEA has been awarded a three-year contract to provide city-wide air quality monitoring and data analysis for Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh – the...
Analyzing waste gases during simulated Mars mission
NASA's Anne Caraccio uses the portable gas analyser outside the experimental 'habitat', a task intended to help evaluate the suitability of waste off-gases for...
Donation funds school air sensors
NON-PROFIT organisation Change London has been given £1million by Addison Lee founder John Griffin to fund the first 500 schools-based air quality sensors to...
EVs help map urban pollution
AERIAL surveying specialist Bluesky is helping develop a mobile mapping system to measure pollution at street level.
Working with the University of Leicester, the Leicestershire...
First continuous air quality monitoring for Faroe Islands
THE Environment Agency of the Faroe Islands together with the municipality of Tórshavn has installed two ambient air quality monitoring stations as part of...
GMB calls for action over urban air
A study conducted for the GMB Union has highlighted the "dangerous" pollution levels to which some UK workers are being exposed, prompting the organisation...
Tracking pollution hot spots with continuous measurement
SITUATED in the south west of Wales, in a largely rural area bordering the Brecon Beacons, Carmarthenshire’s air quality is predominantly good.
However, there...
NOx and the city
Paul Marsh of Envirotec offers an update on attempts to curb air pollution in the UK
IT'S the single biggest environmental health risk in the...
Nosing out the controversy over AD plant emissions
IN March local campaigners succeeded in blocking plans to build an energy-from-waste plant in Ramsbottom in the Greater Manchester area.
Concern over the smell...
Dispersion modelling expert
AIR quality specialist Gary Wilson has joined environmental firm SLR Consulting as an Associate in its Shrewsbury Office.
Gary has over 8 years’ experience...
Streaming air quality data over the web
A live demonstration took place at the recent Freescale Technology Forum - hosted by embedded systems specialist Freescale - of the use of machine-to-machine...
UK sued over air pollution breaches
THE European Commission has launched legal proceedings against the UK over its failure to comply with European air pollution limits.
On 20 February the Commission...
Profiling pollution – Bluesky launch air quality mapping service
AERIAL mapping company Bluesky is launching a service to map air quality across towns and cities. Having successfully completed a project to map air...
Why monitor indoor air quality?
INDOOR air quality (IAQ) relates to a number of environmental factors inside a building that can impinge on the health, comfort, or work performance...
Reducing toxic emissions from waste incineration power plants
AIR pollution control technology for waste incineration is available from Lührfilter.
Domestic and municipal waste that might otherwise have gone to landfill can now be...
