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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
UK air quality improvements will likely depend on low-emission vehicle technologies like Hyundai's hydrogen-powered car

Something in the air? UK focus

European government's are struggling to address the issue of air quality in a way that is practical and meaningful. For the UK the problem...
Odour pollution

Pollution is costing more than obesity

Deaths in London’s most polluted areas are costing twice as much as obesity. The statistics are revealed in a study from the London Assembly which...

Danger in the air we breathe

A report in September by the European Environment Agency revealed that almost a third of the people living in Europe’s cities are exposed to...

REC assess air in Barnsley

EXPERTS from REC Ltd provided an air quality assessment which helped gain full planning consent for a food store and associated facilities in Barnsley. During...

Botswana team plans for future

A project led by the air quality team of consultant Mott MacDonald is establishing the first internationally compliant air quality and meteorology monitoring network...
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New gas analyser rental website launched

Signal Group is very excited to have launched their all new rental website with full on-line booking facilities. Utilising the very latest web technology,...
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One Directive to rule them all…

The countdown has begun for UK regulators who have until January next year to implement Europe’s new Directive on Industrial Emissions in British law....
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The Neutraliser

An odour-suppression expert has won a contract to work on a £20m advanced waste treatment centre in Scotland. Midlands firm Air Spectrum Environmental was approached...
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Energy to the four in Vietnam

A fourth gas cleaning and energy recovery package from Acwa Air is helping a Vietnam province reduce its carbon footprint. The NSG Group plant at...
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Air we go

ORGANISERS are preparing the ‘house full’ signs for the Air Quality and Emissions 2013 event. More than 75% of stand space had been booked by...
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Gasmet – Measure on the move

Gasmet Technologies Oy of Finland has launched a portable FTIR gas analyser that enables the field measurement of “literally thousands” of gases. The DX4040 is...