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Vaisala launches next-generation air quality sensor to revolutionize the identification of top-priority pollutants across cities and industries
Vaisala launches next-generation air quality sensor to revolutionize the identification of top-priority pollutants across cities and industries Vaisala’s AQT560 provides easy-to-use, real-time insights that empower decision-makers to protect people and property against the effects of damaging air quality. Vaisala, a global leader in measurement instruments and intelligence for climate ...
By Vaisala
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Street-scale pollution maps for Ireland now available
Results from CERC's modelling of street-scale air pollution in Ireland have been published as part of the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report 'Air quality in Ireland 2022'. The full CERC report with high-resolution maps for a wider range of regulated air pollutants is also available. The predicted concentrations were evaluated with measured concentrations with generally good ...
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Creation of an air pollution scenario impact tool
CERC has developed a digital air pollution impact tool to model the impacts of changes to air pollution sources and the adoption of mitigation measures, on levels of air pollution exposure. The tool is potentially scalable to all London local authorities, and could be a 'ground-breaking' example for city authorities around the world, as are CERC's Breathe London and airTEXT services. This is a ...
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UK Air Quality Targets and Legislation 2022
The Environment Act 2021 established a legally binding duty for the UK Government to bring forward two new air quality targets by the end of October. It’s clear that changes are coming for legal requirements around air quality, but what does that mean for Local Authorities and, further down the line, private commercial companies? We asked our expert partner, Dustscan Ltd, for an account of ...
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COP26: Verifying Glasgow`s CO2 emissions using ADMS-Urban and measurements
Verification of carbon dioxide emissions is essential to achieving Net Zero and "keeping 1.5 alive". Researchers from CERC, Cambridge University, and ACOEM have collaborated on a project to verify CO2 emissions across greater Glasgow by combining measurements and CERC's ADMS-Urban air pollution dispersion model. The ongoing study, using available traffic data and emissions factors, suggests that ...
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Empowering Smart Cities Toward Net Zero Emissions
The world's cities can play a central role to accelerate progress towards clean, low-carbon, resilient and inclusive energy systems. This idea is recognized by climate and energy ministers from G20 nations who will meet under the presidency of Italy in Naples to focus on steps that national governments can take to support urban areas to deploy solutions and technologies to reduce emissions. New ...
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Fire Protection and Safety in Tunnels 2020
CODEL International sponsored and exhibited at the Fire Protection and Safety in Tunnels 2020 Virtual Event held over two days on 29th and 30th June. Attendees had the opportunity to engage virtually with the industry to gain insight into the latest advances in tunnel safety with tunnel experts worldwide sharing their latest insights. As exhibitors CODEL presented on the subject of ...
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Addressing air quality in London`s Old Kent Road
The Old Kent Road (OKR) has been designated as an Opportunity Area in the London Plan and Southwark Council are preparing an Area Action Plan. Under the plan, the area will see the addition of 20,000 new homes, 10,000 new jobs and the extension of the Bakerloo Line. With this expected growth, Southwark Council has commissioned CERC to carry out an air quality study to provide a robust, holistic ...
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Pegasor’s New measurement technology for Vehicle inspection stations solves air pollution problems caused by Traffic
Efforts to reduce traffic emissions in Europe advance to the next level in 2021, when the number concentrations of vehicles’ particulate matter emissions and whether they exceed the limit value will begin to be monitored with periodic vehicle inspections. Due to the inaccuracy of the current particulate measurement solution, the system has been unable to detect even the most polluting ...
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Assessing the drop in London road traffic emissions during COVID-19 restrictions
The restrictions imposed by the UK Government to limit the spread of COVID-19 have led to unprecedented reductions in the volume of road traffic; the latest Government figures suggest that vehicle use has dropped to 40% of normal levels. Discerning the impact of this on air quality in our towns and cities is difficult however, because air quality is heavily dependent on the weather. In typical ...
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Air quality services support trial interventions to aid the move to electric vehicles in India
EarthSense have announced details of its latest air quality project, Innovation for Clean Air (IfCA), supporting India’s transition to electric vehicles (EVs). Using MappAir® technology, EarthSense is building a detailed model of air pollution for Bengaluru, formerly known as Bangalore, India. Electric Lithium Cabs bus candidate in Bengaluru to be fitted with the Zephyr® air ...
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Air Quality Monitoring contributes to reduce traffic pollution in Chester, UK
According to the World Health Organization, air pollution is causing around 467,000 premature deaths in Europe every year. Cities around the world are committed to improving air quality by drastically reducing the main contributor: road traffic. In most of the cases, drastic measures are being taken by capitals like London, Paris or Madrid forbidding private cars usage on given days or during ...
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2016 reveals deadly dangers of air pollution
Beijing, London, Mexico City, New Delhi and Paris are among the cities that have drawn attention for their dangerously high air pollution levels in 2016 - but they're not abne. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that 92 percent of the world's urban population now live in cities where the air is toxic. In India, a study found that 41 Indian cities of more than a million people ...
By Camfil Ltd
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Time to set standards for mapping noise and stick to them
SoundPLAN, the leading international expert designer and provider of acoustics and air pollution simulation software for environmental modelling, is calling on the bodies responsible for setting noise standards around the world to ensure that they implement and maintain high quality standards with thorough test procedures and scenarios. The USA’s Federal Highway Administration’s ...
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EPA, California Notify Volkswagen of Clean Air Act Violations
Today, EPA is issuing a notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (collectively referred to as Volkswagen). The NOV alleges that four-cylinder Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars from model years 2009-2015 include software that circumvents EPA emissions standards for certain air pollutants. California is separately issuing an ...
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Air pollution kills 3.3 million worldwide, may double
Air pollution is killing 3.3 million people a year worldwide, according to a new study that includes this surprise: Farming plays a large role in smog and soot deaths in industrial nations. Scientists in Germany, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and Harvard University calculated the most detailed estimates yet of the toll of air pollution, looking at what caused it. The study also projects that if trends ...
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China exports air pollution to the North America’s West Coast
Many of the measures taken by federal, state and local administrations in the United States to improve air quality on its West Coast are being thwarted by air pollution blowing across from China. This is the conclusion of research conducted by Wageningen University in association with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) and the American space agency NASA, recently published in ...
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AQE 2015 Conference details announced
The organisers of AQE 2015, the international Air Quality and Emissions show, have announced a comprehensive conference programme for the event which will take place in Telford, UK, on 22nd and 23rd April. Organiser Marcus Pattison says: “The event could not have been better timed. Just before Christmas, the UK Government issued a consultation that, if adopted, could result in a dramatic ...
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Long-term exposure to air pollution associated with an increased risk of type-2 diabetes
Long-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, a Swiss study has found. The results also suggest that the association between type-2 diabetes and air pollution occurs at concentrations below World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines. Air pollution has been linked with high blood pressure as well as heart and respiratory disease. Heart ...
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Ozone levels still pose risk to health and vegetation
Peak levels of ozone pollution have fallen at rural and urban sites in both Europe and the US in recent years, a new study shows. However, the research also found that limits to protect health and ecosystems are still being exceeded. After particulate matter, ground-level ozone is considered to be the second most important air pollutant in terms of its effects on human health. However, its ...
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