14 services found
Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants (CERC) Services
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Environmental Consultancy
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Environmental Consultancy Services
CERC has been providing consultancy services to clients for over 25 years. We’re an independent company with expertise in atmospheric flows and dispersion, well established as an international leader in air quality consultancy. Our client portfolio includes industry, property developers, planners, regulators, law firms, central and local government, universities and consultancies. Whether the focus is human health, amenity or ecosystems, we are ...
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Clean Air Zones Services
The UK government has published the principles for setting up new Clean Air Zones (CAZ) in England. A CAZ can limit entry by more polluting vehicles, for instance by road charging or traffic management. Local authorities who propose a CAZ need to consider how its introduction will impact on vehicle emissions and ...
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Air Quality Management Services
Air quality management refers to the assessment, analysis and mitigation of air quality issues. CERC provides air quality management services to city municipalities, local authorities, national government and agencies, the European Commission, developers and planners. We’ve assessed air quality across cities as diverse as London, Singapore, Tbilisi and Cape Town. CERC has been assisting UK local authorities with their Local Air Quality Management ...
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Industrial Permitting and Planning Services
CERC carries out a huge variety of air quality assessments for permit applications, planning applications or risk assessments, for sites in the UK and overseas. CERC's industrial clients have included Anglian Water, BP, British Sugar, The Carbon Trust, EDF Energy, Johnson Matthey, Mitsubishi Industries, Rolls-Royce, RWE NPower, Savills and Statoil. We use our
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Planning and Development Control Services
CERC carries out air quality assessments to support planning applications for infrastructure, residential and commercial projects. The model used depends on the source types under consideration; as the developers of ADMS,
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Hazardous Releases Services
The modelling of hazardous releases can be required for emergency situations, such as a liquid spill, catastrophic failure of a tank or rupture of a pipeline. Toxic or flammable substances, such as ammonia, chlorine and Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), are often ...
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Odour Nuisance Services
The assessment of odour impacts due to industrial and agricultural processes is frequently required for planning and ...
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Urban Environment Services
With climate change and rapid urbanisation, the influence of the built environment on local temperature and humidity levels is of increasing interest. Policy makers and planners must consider mitigation strategies for urban heat islands that develop during the summer months and make life uncomfortable for residents of cities ...
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Air Emissions Data Consulting Services
CERC has expertise in calculating, managing and manipulating emissions data from a wide spectrum of sources, including industrial processes, road traffic, aircraft, power stations and domestic and commercial ...
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Model Evaluation Services
CERC’s consultants are highly experienced in evaluating the performance of environmental models, at a range of spatial and temporal scales, against measured data. We have expertise in using a range of graphical and statistical methods to determine model performance for both long-term assessments and short-term ...
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Aviation and Air Quality Services
CERC provides consultancy services on aviation and air quality to national and local government, airport operators and ...
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Forecasting
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Air Quality Forecasting Services
CERC provides air quality forecasting services at the urban and local scale, including very high resolution online air quality forecast maps, and air quality alerts to the public by SMS/text message, voicemail, e-mail, smartphone apps and Twitter. The forecasting system combines local data on traffic patterns, weather forecasts and forecasts of atmospheric composition from providers such as
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Environmental Research
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Research Projects Services
CERC undertakes a wide range of environmental research projects broadly covering atmospheric issues and complex flow problems. The projects are varied and have been undertaken for local, national and international organizations, often in collaboration with academic, government or commercial ...
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Software Development Services
One of CERC's principal functions is to make use of new developments in environmental research to develop practical but scientifically advanced environmental software. Since its inception CERC, sometimes with sponsorship from industrial companies and UK government departments, has produced a number of models which tackle issues such as air dispersion of both planned and emergency releases, air quality management, flow over complex terrain and ...