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CERC at the Recent Harmo18 Conference in Bologna
David Carruthers and Amy Stidworthy recently attended the 18th Harmo conference in Bologna. This international conference aims to harmonise approaches to atmospheric dispersion modelling and model evaluation. They presented two papers: firstly on work using sensor data and inversion techniques to systematically reduce dispersion model error, including a Cambridge case study using CERC's ...
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Green capitals – spreading the green message
Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be here with you and to have the opportunity to announce the winner of 2016 today. I know that Copenhagen has already done a lot during these past months to promote its green activities as European Green Capital and I hope that in the future these will give tourists an additional reason – of course in addition to your Little Mermaid - to visit your ...
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UNEP delivers new climate and air quality monitoring stations for Bosnia and Herzegovina
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) opened two new air monitoring stations in Bosnia Herzegovina today and brought two existing ones back to full function. The move will significantly help the country monitor climate and air quality in line with national and EU law and prevent further illnesses and deaths from outdoor pollution. Thanks to the new and refurbished stations, accurate ...
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Irish EPA assesses NO2 in Dublin using ADMS-Urban
The Irish Environmental Protection Agency has published new evidence on NO2 levels in Dublin. The report has been widely covered including by The Irish Times and RTE. The EPA report draws on a modelling study carried out by CERC using ADMS-Urban. CERC used traffic data provided by Dublin City Council, and emissions data from the EPA and the MapElre project. LIDAR height data was analysed to ...
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Air monitoring revisions would ensure people are protected
EPA proposes to retain national air quality standards for carbon monoxide. After a careful review of the best available science, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to keep the current national air quality standards for carbon monoxide (CO), while taking steps to gather additional data through more focused monitoring. The science shows that the current standards will ...
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TSI Introduces the AirAssure PM2.5 Indoor Air Quality Monitor
TSI Incorporated, a global leader in reliable particle measurements, expands its innovative line of indoor air quality monitors with the introduction of the AirAssure™ PM2.5 Indoor Air Quality Monitor . With its unique auto-zero function, the AirAssure Monitor takes PM2.5 measurements where others don't with unsurpassed, reliable accuracy in a simple design. The wall-mounted instrument ...
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Ecotech project in India
Ecotech, a leading Australian manufacturer of air quality monitoring technology, along with its business partner Envirotech India, signed a contract on the 10/05/2010 with Delhi Pollution Control Commission, New Delhi (DPCC) to supply four air quality monitoring stations in multiple areas within Delhi to examine air quality for the next five years. It will also include air quality monitoring ...
By Acoem
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EPA affirms national air quality standards for carbon monoxide are protective of public health/air monitoring updates will put more focus on urban communities located near roadways
After a careful review of the science, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is affirming the current national air quality standards for carbon monoxide (CO). The science shows that the current standards protect public health, including those who are most susceptible, and the environment. Since 1980, levels of CO in the air have fallen by 80 percent, mostly as a result of motor vehicle ...
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Acoem to present research on the future of small sensor networks for improving urban air quality monitoring at the Cities 4.0 Conference in Malaysia
Grant Kassell, Acoem Engineering Research & Development Manager has been invited as a guest speaker at the Cities 4.0 Conference (Malaysia) which will take place virtually from 21 to 22 September 2021. His paper entitled ‘Future City Scale Small Air Quality Sensor Networks and Addressing the Challenges of Calibration’ is part of Session Three: Green Urbanism for a Greener ...
By Acoem
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EPA identifies areas violating lead standards/ reducing lead emissions will improve public health, especially for children (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that 16 areas across the country are not meeting the agency’s national air quality standards for lead. These areas, located in 11 states, were designated as “nonattainment” because their 2007 to 2009 air quality monitoring data showed that they did not meet the agency’s health-based standards. Exposure to lead ...
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Beaching of Sargassum in Guadeloupe: a network of Cairnet micro sensors maps out the H2S and NH3 emissions
Following the update of health recommendations and the management measures of the High Council of Public Health (HCSP, France), the Regional Health Agency and GWAD’AIR (Approved Association for the Monitoring of Air Quality) have deployed a network to measure hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and ammonia (NH3). This network aims to continuously measure the emanation of these gases from the ...
By ENVEA
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Healthy Schools Monitoring (HSM) network available now from Acoem Australasia
Acoem Australasia is pleased to announce that its recently developed Healthy Schools Monitoring (HSM) network - a system that enables individual classrooms to monitor key air quality parameters and help reduce Coronavirus transmission - is available for immediate roll out across Australian schools. As NSW schools begin to reopen following COVID-19 lockdowns, it is critical that students return ...
By Acoem
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AUG at the 6th Annual Ontario-China Research and Innovation Collaboration Forum
Dr. George Lampropoulos, President and CEO of A.U.G. Signals Ltd (AUG), delivered a presentation on the successful collaboration between Peking University, University of Toronto and AUG – at the 6th Ontario-China Research and Innovation Collaboration on May 15, 2017. AUG was invited to share the experience of successful collaboration with China. Peking University, University of Toronto ...
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EPA strengthens air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a new national air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This new one-hour standard will protect millions of Americans from peak short-term exposures, which primarily occur near major roads. Short-term exposures to NO2 have been linked to impaired lung function and increased respiratory infections, especially in people with asthma. ...
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Airmodus announces the appointment of Dr. Aki Pajunoja as its new Chief Executive Officer
Pajunoja has a broad experience within aerosol science, ambient monitoring, measurement technologies and emission aftertreatment systems. His convincing business and leadership skills Pajunoja has gained in sports and event industry. The last 3 years he has worked as a data analytics team lead in Agco Power Oy, a subsidiary of AGCO Corporation. Pajunoja holds a Master of Science degree (MSc, ...
By Airmodus Oy
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Measuring the impact of air quality management
Dust from mineral deposition sites and transportation from mines has made an imprint on the urban air in Callao, Peru. When measures were introduced to modernise mineral management, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, SMHI, was commissioned to design a new station network for measuring the air quality. Situated in a central location at the port of Callao, Peru, there are large ...
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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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EPA Identifies Areas Violating Lead Standards/ Reducing lead emissions will improve public health, especially for children
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that 16 areas across the country are not meeting the agency’s national air quality standards for lead. These areas, located in 11 states, were designated as “nonattainment” because their 2007 to 2009 air quality monitoring data showed that they did not meet the agency’s health-based standards. ...
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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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ENVEA delivers its 10,000th Cairsens micro-sensor
Cairsens micro-sensors allow to measure specific pollutants with results comparable to reference methods. They are used worldwide by our customers who are looking for new technologies in air quality monitoring. The 10,000th Cairsens micro-sensor dedicated to H2S measurement has just left ENVEA’s factory in the Paris region and is now on its way to Guadeloupe (France), to join ...
By ENVEA
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