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Biomass and Air Quality guidance for Scottish Local Authorities
Environmental Protection UK has produced a draft Biomass and Air Quality guidance document for Scottish local authorities. Based on the Biomass and Air Quality guidance launched last year, this document has been designed to give Scottish local authority officers the specific information they need on biomass. It includes information on the policy background to biomass, climate change and air ...
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Double first: ET launches new combined NOx and Ozone analyser
ET is pleased to announce the new Teledyne API T204 NOx/O3 analyser measuring NO, NO2, NOx and O3 in a single, 19" rack mount instrument. The combined analyser is the same physical size as a standard NOx and weights just 18 kg. Combining the standard reference method monitoring technology of chemiluminescence and UV absorption together in a single package, the T204 truly delivers in terms of ...
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Praxis/Urban monitors to be used for COVID-19 Air Quality Research
South Coast Science are delighted to announce that Cranfield University has selected Praxis/Urban devices for use in a National Environment Research Council (NERC) funded project across the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. The project is funded through the UKRI COVID-19 Urgency programme. It will provide much-needed analysis and insight into how to maintain the health benefits emerging from reduced ...
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Exciting changes to the airTEXT website
Some great features have been added to the airText website: The ‘Air Quality Maps’ page now shows air quality forecast maps created by ADMS-Urban at 7m resolution across London for all 3 days of the forecast, on a familiar Google Maps background with optional local authority boundaries The new ‘Air Quality Alerts’ page summarises the airTEXT air quality alert status ...
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Exciting Changes to the AirTEXT Website
Some great features have been added to the airTEXT website: The 'Air Quality Maps' page now shows air quality forecast maps created by ADMS-Urban at 7m resolution across London for all 3 days of the forecast, on a familiar Google Maps background with optional local authority boundaries The new 'Air Quality Alerts' page summarises the airTEXT air quality alert status across London up to 3 days ...
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DYNAMIC is Dynamic Air Quality Solutions, manufacturer of Dynamic Air Cleaners® since 1982
Dynamic Air Quality Solutions announces the appointment of Johnny Park to Manager of Sales and Training. Mr. Park will be responsible for IAQ product and IAQ communication training to technicians and comfort advisors throughout the company’s Mid-South / Mountain Region. With nearly twenty years of experience in the HVAC industry, Park’s past positions include On-site Product Training ...
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Air Quality Management Training Dates Are Announced Following Positive Feedback from Students
Untitled Document Following positive feedback from Local Authority Environmental Health & Technical Officers Enviro Technology plc, the UK's leading exporter of environmental monitoring instrumentation for air quality and industrial emissions, has announced a series of dates for their 2005 one-day 'Air Quality Monitoring' training courses. The one-day course, which ...
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Many Europeans still exposed to harmful air pollutants
Almost a third of Europe's city dwellers are exposed to excessive concentrations of airborne particulate matter (PM), one of the most important pollutants in terms of harm to human health as it penetrates sensitive parts of the respiratory system. The EU has made progress over the past decades to reduce the air pollutants which cause acidification, but a new report published today by the European ...
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Commission proposes a fine and refers ROMANIA to the Court of Justice of the EU over failure to transpose EU rules on sulphur
17 months after the deadline for transposition, Romania has not transposed EU rules on the sulphur content of marine fuels into its national legislation. The Commission is asking the Court of Justice of the EU to impose a fine. The Commission is proposing a daily fine of EUR 38,042.6, which would be paid from the date of the Court ruling until Romania fully transposes the obligations of the ...
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Defra 2021 Air Quality Model Intercomparison Exercise
CERC are undertaking a project commissioned by Defra in partnership with the Met Office, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London and Ricardo in relation to an intercomparison study between models that have the potential to be used for Defra's compliance reporting commitments. Models involved in the intercomparison exercise ...
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Many Europeans still exposed to harmful air pollutants
Almost a third of Europe's city dwellers are exposed to excessive concentrations of airborne particulate matter (PM). Particulate matter is one of the most important pollutants in terms of harm to human health as it penetrates sensitive parts of the respiratory system. The EU has made progress over the past decades to reduce the air pollutants which cause acidification, but a new report published ...
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European Commission welcomes new air quality directive
The European Commission today welcomed the adoption of the directive on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. The directive mirrors closely the Commission proposal of September 2005 and demonstrates the European Union's strong commitment to improving air quality in the EU by setting binding standards for fine particles PM2.5. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: 'The European ...
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Enviro Technology appointed to service Kent AQN
Air quality monitoring specialist Enviro Technology has been selected by energy and climate change consultancy AEA Technology to manage the service and maintenance contract for the following Kent and Medway Air Quality Network sites: a background site just outside Ashford, a site on the cliffs above Dover Port, a suburban station in Folkestone and a town centre location in Tunbridge Wells. ...
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Environment: Commission takes action against UK for persistent air pollution problems
The Commission has launched legal proceedings against the UK for its failure to cut excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide, a toxic gas. Nitrogen dioxide is the main pre-cursor for ground-level ozone causing major respiratory problems and leading to premature death. City-dwellers are particularly exposed, as most nitrogen dioxide originates in traffic fumes. European legislation sets limits on air ...
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Mobile monitoring station assesses diesel emissions
Researchers in Greece are using a Gasmet FTIR multiparameter gas analyzer, deployed in a mobile van (MOBILAB), to undertake exhaust gas analysis for comparison with ambient air quality data. “This enables us to undertake temporal and spatial air quality measurements from within traffic, measuring emissions during different traffic conditions,” says Apostolos Tsakis, from the Aerosol ...
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Mobile monitoring station assesses diesel emissions
Researchers in Greece are using a Gasmet FTIR multiparameter gas analyzer, deployed in a mobile van (MOBILAB), to undertake exhaust gas analysis for comparison with ambient air quality data. “This enables us to undertake temporal and spatial air quality measurements from within traffic, measuring emissions during different traffic conditions,” says Apostolos Tsakis, from the Aerosol ...
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U.S. Indoor Air Quality Market
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: U.S. Indoor Air Quality Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p0958093/US-Indoor-Air-Quality-Market.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=HVAC INTRODUCTION STUDY BACKGROUND This BCC Research market research report is an update of a report published in 2009. Since then, continuing ...
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