2025 Northern Air Quality Conference – AirQualityNews
The 2025 Northern Air Quality Conference. 25th March 2025. We are delighted to announce the 2025 Northern Air Quality Conference will again be at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, taking place on March 25th. This will be our 5th edition of the event, and as ever, we will be bringing together some of the most important policymakers & leading academics who are working on solutions to the ...
A decade of air quality: the past, present and future of clean air
May 31, 2022 · Ozone is not the main cause of human health dangers from air pollution, but it does contribute to the health burden, and rising ozone would have concerning implications for global food supply, warns Professor Fowler: ‘It does have effects on crop productivity, and there is a worry about global supplies of food.
CO2 affects human health at lower levels than previously thought
Jul 10, 2019 · Exposure to carbon dioxide (CO2) poses direct risks to human health at lower levels than previously thought, research has found. Reviewing current studies on the subject, American academics concluded that exposure to ambient CO2 in indoor environments can have harmful effects on the human body at much lower levels, causing health problems such as inflammation, reduced cognitive performance and ...
AirQualityNews – The air quality news and information site
The air quality news and information site. The latest company to announce they will be exhibiting at the Northern Air Quality Conference are Living Walls UK, suppliers of eco-friendly living walls, green roofs and green screens.
Kitchen nightmares: detecting air pollution from commercial ovens
Nov 7, 2024 · With gas burners firing all day and limited ventilation, chefs and food prep staff are exposed to a harmful mix of indoor pollutants. But as Martin Guttridge-Hewitt learns, times are changing. This summer while most of the British media indulged in a snap election feeding frenzy another culinary event got…
The newly published Air Quality Neutral Guidance – what does it …
Mar 30, 2023 · Air Quality Neutral assessments require a comparison of building and transport emissions with benchmarks. Last year, the RPS Group wrote about the Greater London Authority (GLA)’s new draft Air Quality Neutral Guidance, replacing its original guidance from 2014.
Ambient Air Quality Directive published – AirQualityNews
Nov 20, 2024 · The revised legislation means Europe is now on track to deliver healthier air as the agreement imposes stricter limits on pollutants including particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide. Each year air pollution cuts short the lives of almost 300,000 Europeans, contributing to respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular disease and other serious health…
How Local Authorities can jointly tackle climate change and air …
Oct 10, 2024 · The Environmental Policy Implementation Community (EPIC) have today published a guidance document titled: Integrating Action on Air Quality & Climate Change: A Guide for Local Authorities. EPIC is a community of environmental experts within the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) which was formed through a merger between the IES and…
Environment Act – Where did we get to on air quality?
Dec 20, 2021 · Law-firm Squire Patton Boggs explain what the Environment Act means for air quality. On 9 November, the Environment Bill, the UK’s new flagship law on environmental governance and regulation post-Brexit, received royal assent and became the Environment Act 2021. It has been a long road since the…
Why a tram system can significantly improve urban air quality
Oct 11, 2019 · Air pollution and congestion can best be tackled by the provision of high-quality steel on steel public transport, writes Jim Harkins, secretariat, All-Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group. Trams are a serious opportunity in the proposed rebalancing of the North-South economy This can be provided by Transport for the…