air quality legislation Articles
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Air Implementation Pilot - Lessons learnt from the implementation of air quality legislation at urban level
Why have a pilot project for air policy implementation? Almost three quarters of Europeans live in cities. The air quality in our cities is therefore of significant importance to the health of Europeans. Considerable progress has been made in the past twenty years in improving urban air quality, but issues remain. A number of different air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, ...
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Understanding pollutants emissions from Europe`s cities
The EU Air Implementation Pilot project In 2012 the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission's DG Environment established the Air Implementation Pilot project: http://www.eea.europa.eu/air/pilot By exchanging experiences among cities and looking in-depth into their air quality activities, the project aims: to explore how far the implementation of EU air quality ...
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Economic evaluation for air pollution control technologies selection in power plants processes
Air quality legislation is entering a transformation phase, shifting the concept of atmospheric emission control towards pollution prevention and emission minimization through a more integrated approach. This transformation, along with public pressure and increased foreign trade, is providing industries with incentives to consider their effect on the environment and to take action where required. ...
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Thurrock borough council
Service you can trust Back in the early 1990s, before air quality monitoring legislation had come into force, Thurrock Borough Council was one of the first local authorities to become an Enviro Technology customer. Now, with several monitoring stations across the borough, it is one of the strongest advocates for ET’s service and expertise. Environmental Health Officer Mark Gentry said: ...
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Air quality in Europe — 2013 report
Air quality continues to be a very important issue for public health, the economy and the environment. Europe has significantly cut emissions of several air pollutants in recent decades, greatly reducing emissions and exposure to substances such as sulphur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), benzene (C6H6) and lead (Pb). Despite improvements over several decades, air pollution continues to ...
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Review of the requirements for models and model applications
Requirements for models and model applications are reviewed on basis of the Dobris Assessment report and the practice in EU legislation and international organisations, and from the responses of a questionnaire sent to 38 European countries. Model applications are frequently used for regulatory and general assessment purposes by various users (scientists, air quality managers, policy-makers). ...
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EEB response to the mid-term review of the sixth community environment action programme
General message EEB believes that the EU has yet to meet expectations on 6EAP’s obligations and commitments. Only with climate change, itself a highly important field, has the EU delivered what it promised. Elsewhere, important opportunities have been missed, such as new rules for EU spending, and time was lost in producing the Thematic Strategies. EEB even perceives signs of roll-back, of ...
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Regulatory Update for Electric Utilities in 2011
A1.1 Air Quality Regulatory Challenges for Power Generators in 2011 John Kinsman, Senior Director Environment, Edison Electric Institute This presentation will address air quality legislative and regulatory challenges for electric power generators in 2011, focusing upon NAAQS, hazardous air pollutants and greenhouse gases. .A1.2 Clean Air Act Aback Peter Belmonte, Partner, ERM Now that ...
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Artificial neural network based vehicular pollution prediction model: a practical approach for urban air quality prediction
The achievement of local air quality management goals in densely populated built-up urban areas often requires short-term air quality plans or emission management policies. Vehicular pollution modelling is an effective tool in managing the vehicular exhaust emissions in urban environments. In the recent past, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based vehicular pollution models are found to be useful ...
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Passive samplers for air quality monitoring in a Brazilian university
The aim of this paper was to evaluate the applicability of passive samplers for the monitoring and diagnosis of air pollution at Passo Fundo University, focusing on atmospheric pollutants NO 2 and O 3 . The samplers were built in accordance with already verified methodologies and were placed in several locations in the university campus, namely: energy generator, pool heating boiler, ...
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Black Carbon – the elephant in the room!
Traditionally, ambient particulates have been measured gravimetrically according to their size. However, in this article Jim Mills, Managing Director of Air Monitors, will demonstrate that the time has come to change or at least augment the way ambient particulates are monitored and regulated. Air Monitors has supplied most of the UK's ambient monitoring network, but Jim will explain why the ...
By Acoem UK
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Particulate matter from natural sources and related reporting under the EU Air Quality Directive in 2008 and 2009
Much of the air pollution that damages human health and the environment today is the result of human activities. But natural sources also emitt air pollutants, contributing to the exposure of European citizens and ecosystems to bad air quality — and potentially undermining EU Member State efforts to meet the air quality standards set out in EU legislation. Recognising the challenge ...
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Nitrogen Oxides Reactions in Diesel Oxidation Catalyst
ABSTRACT Two catalyst formulations were tested OII a diesel engine. A Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analyzer was used to measure concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Other exhaust gas components were measuredby conventional analyzers. The results indicate that nitrogen oxides (NO,) undergo complex chemical reactions in the diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC). The ...
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken: A History of the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards
ABSTRACT In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Air & Waste Management Association, this review examines the history of air quality management (AQM) in the United States over the last century, with an emphasis on the ambient standards programs established by the landmark 1970 Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments. The current CAA system is a hybrid of several distinct air pollution control ...
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Using ADMS models for Air Quality Assessment and Management in China
Many cities and regions are undertaking studies of air quality in cities to determine both the current state of the environment and the effect of future economic and environmental strategies in order to manage local air quality. Often these studies are driven by legislation such as the European Union requirement to model agglomerations or the Chinese requirements to study air quality capacity and ...
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Taiwan Indoor Air Quality Management Act
On 8 November 2011, the Taiwanese Legislative Yuan passed the Indoor Air Quality Management Act making Taiwan the second nation after Korea to implement an indoor air quality management act. For accurate understanding of indoor air quality, it is advised to simultaneously monitor multiple indoor air quality parameters including gases, temperature and humidity. PPM Technology’s range of IAQ ...
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Breathing Air Quality
The AIRQUAL1 has been at the subject of numerous enquiries and multiple orders from various industries including but not limited to OH&S and certification organisms, air compressor companies, factories and workshops as well as scuba diving center. The AIRQUAL1 Breathing Air Quality Test Kit is designed to provide standalone compliance of AS 1715-2009 Appendix A & BS EN12021 legislation. ...
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Is There a Place for Filtration in Our World in 2050?
Our world is changing faster than ever. How does this change affect filtration, and is there room for filtration in our world in 2050? This provocative title suggests that we can expect massive impacts from various megatrends such as new mobility, renewable energy, increasing health awareness and digitalization. The electrification of the powertrain in vehicles will lead to a massive reduction ...
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Indoor air quality sensors: The top 3 types every building needs
Perhaps for the first time ever, indoor air quality sensing is on the front pages of national newspapers, thanks to the pandemic. Schools, offices, and buildings are racing to implement healthy building strategies with indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors. Given the surge of interest in IAQ, this article provides a simple overview of the types of indoor air quality sensors that facilities should ...
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Eionet priority data flows, May 2014 - April 2015
Overall approach for scoring The evaluation of the overall country performance is based on simple scoring rules: for each data flow, the maximum score is 3 points and the minimum score is – 1 point (see the detailed evaluation criteria on pages 8–17 in this report). Scores from all priority data flow areas are summed up for each country and then expressed as a percentage of the ...
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