Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Jim and Simon go to Westminster
Jim and Simon were invited to the Great Western Research (GWR) event 'Innovation through Collaboration', Portcullis House, Westminster on 29th June. The event celebrated the achievements of the Great Western Research project to date and called for further funding to maintain momentum. Jim gave an enthusiastic presentation on his experiences as a research supervisor on Simon's PhD - made possible through the GWR initiative – and Simon presented an academic poster on his research. The event was well attended by GWR, Students, Fellows, Supervisors and Business Partners and joined by senior academics from across the South West and representatives of the SW-RDA, HEFCE, Research Councils, and the Technology Strategy Board. The event was sponsored by Phil Willis MP Chair of the Commons Select Committee responsible for science and technology. Go to Simon's webpage to see the poster and find out more about his research.
Monday, 29 June 2009
Jo presents at EPUK East Midlands Division AGM, Buxton
Jo Barnes gave a presentation on the 2009 LAQM Technical Guidance to the EPUK East Midlands Division AGM at the Tarmac Lime and Cement plant at Tunstead Quarry, in Buxton, Derbyshire last Thursday, 25th June. Malcolm Brown and Rhonda Newsham (British Geological Survey) also gave a very interesting talk on the use of GIS in assessing assessment of contaminated land exposure and Peter Grosvenor and Frank Emerson (Tarmac) spoke about the operations at the quarry and gave us a fascinating tour of the works. The presentations and tour were well-received by the audience of Environmental Protection Officers and Councillors from the region. [Photographed L-R Jo Barnes (UWE), Peter Grosvenor and Frank Emerson (Tarmac), Malcolm Brown and Rhonda Newsham (British Geological Survey.]
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
And the winner is...
...Rose Bailey from the AQMRC!
Rose was awarded a cash prize for her presentation at the Faculty of Environment and Technology Postgraduate Research Conference last Monday (15th June). Her talk on "Managing carbon emissions at the city scale: opportunities and challenges" outshone all of the other presentations from Bristol Institute of Technology (BIT) and Built and Natural Environment (BNE) postgrad students. Visit Rose's research webpage to read all about her research.
Well done, Rose!
Rose was awarded a cash prize for her presentation at the Faculty of Environment and Technology Postgraduate Research Conference last Monday (15th June). Her talk on "Managing carbon emissions at the city scale: opportunities and challenges" outshone all of the other presentations from Bristol Institute of Technology (BIT) and Built and Natural Environment (BNE) postgrad students. Visit Rose's research webpage to read all about her research.
Well done, Rose!
Thursday, 18 June 2009
The John Rose Award and Non-Exhaust Emissions - calling all postgrads - applications welcome
Atmospheric particle pollution has been linked to a number of health issues and is thought to be directly responsible for a reduction in the life expectancy of a person living in the UK by an average of 7-8 months. Road transport is a major source of atmospheric particle emissions, particularly within urban areas. Current legislation has only focused on reducing emissions from the exhaust pipe of vehicles. New studies have shown that other unregulated vehicle-related emissions, such as non-exhaust emissions, can equal or surpass exhaust contributions.
The winner of the John Rose Award 2008 from the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) was Samantha Lawrence, for her PhD research on non-exhaust particles. Samantha Lawrence has used the £1000 grant to publicise her work on non-exhaust emissions and to launch a campaign to encourage the Government to create appropriate legislation to control non-exhaust emissions. As part of this campaign, a Government e-petition has been created. You can add your name to the petition at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/non-exhaust/.
In collaboration with the IES, Samantha has also created an exciting new website with information on her research, interactive features and learning resources. Please visit www.ies-uk.org.uk/non-exhaust.
The IES hosts the John Rose Award every year to reward outstanding pieces of environmental post-graduate research, which have the potential to motivate people and facilitate environmental improvement. The £1000 grant is used to publicise the results of the work to the general public.
We are pleased to announce that applications for the 2009 John Rose Award are now welcome. The applicant must have completed, or be in the writing-up stages of a postgraduate piece of work that can contribute to positive environmental change. Upon winning the Award, applicants will receive £1000 to promote their research to the public, along with the chance to speak at the prestigous Burntwood Lecture to an audience of scientists and environmental professionals. The Award will be officially presented by Paul Leinster, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency at the 2009 Burntwood Lecture on 11th November at the Royal Society in London.
Please visit http://www.ies-uk.org.uk/awards/awards.php for more information and to apply. The closing date for applications is 2nd October 2009.
The winner of the John Rose Award 2008 from the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) was Samantha Lawrence, for her PhD research on non-exhaust particles. Samantha Lawrence has used the £1000 grant to publicise her work on non-exhaust emissions and to launch a campaign to encourage the Government to create appropriate legislation to control non-exhaust emissions. As part of this campaign, a Government e-petition has been created. You can add your name to the petition at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/non-exhaust/.
In collaboration with the IES, Samantha has also created an exciting new website with information on her research, interactive features and learning resources. Please visit www.ies-uk.org.uk/non-exhaust.
The IES hosts the John Rose Award every year to reward outstanding pieces of environmental post-graduate research, which have the potential to motivate people and facilitate environmental improvement. The £1000 grant is used to publicise the results of the work to the general public.
We are pleased to announce that applications for the 2009 John Rose Award are now welcome. The applicant must have completed, or be in the writing-up stages of a postgraduate piece of work that can contribute to positive environmental change. Upon winning the Award, applicants will receive £1000 to promote their research to the public, along with the chance to speak at the prestigous Burntwood Lecture to an audience of scientists and environmental professionals. The Award will be officially presented by Paul Leinster, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency at the 2009 Burntwood Lecture on 11th November at the Royal Society in London.
Please visit http://www.ies-uk.org.uk/awards/awards.php for more information and to apply. The closing date for applications is 2nd October 2009.
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Mofoluso's presentation at the AQMRC Seminar Series
Mofoluso recently gave a presentation to the University community as part of the AQMRC Seminar series, describing the current status of his PhD research. The presentation, "Applying remote sensing and GIS techniques to air quality and carbon management in the Niger Delta" gave insight to the methods Mofoluso is adopting for the research and can be accessed from his Research page on the AQMRC website.
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Rose to present at International Conference on Human Ecology
Rose has had two abstracts accepted for the International Conference on Human Ecology, to be held at the University of Manchester from 29th June to 3rd July. The conference theme is 'Human Ecology for an urbanising world', and Rose will be presenting a paper entitled 'Managing carbon emissions at the city scale: opportunities and challenges' in the climate change and the urban environment session. Rose will also be presenting an overview of her research in the research paper workshop for PhD students. More information on the conference can be found on the Society for Human Ecology website
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
UWE and Cranfield NERC funded research on impacts of commercial composting
Read the recent press release on this NERC funded project at http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/article.asp?item=1470&year=2009.
Institute for Sustainability, Health and the Environment Inaugural Conference
More than 100 invited guests drawn from practitioners, researchers and policy makers in public health, local authorities, environment, planning, business and other organisations attended the inaugural conference of the Institute on April 21st . The conference entitled Anticipating Tomorrow for Change Today featured amongst others a presentation from the co-directors of ISHE, Judy Orme and Jim Longhurst outlining the vision, aims, capacity and capability of the Institute .
Read the associated press release here. http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/article.asp?item=1468&year=2009
The presentations from the conference will be available on the ISHE web site (http://www.uwe.ac.uk/ishe/) soon.
Read the associated press release here. http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/article.asp?item=1468&year=2009
The presentations from the conference will be available on the ISHE web site (http://www.uwe.ac.uk/ishe/) soon.
AQMRC Work Featured in Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference
The work of the Air Quality Management Resource Centre was presented at the Faculty of Environment and Technology’s Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference held on April 23rd 2009. Click here to see the presentation on AQMRC delivered by Jim Longhurst.
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Biomass and Air Quality Guidance Consultation Now Online
The draft biomass and air quality guidance is now available on the Environmental Protection UK website for consultation. The link is:
www.environmental-protection.org.uk/biomass
The consultation period will run until Friday 8th May, responses should be sent to Ed Dearnley via post or email.
Environmental Protection UK
44 Grand Parade
Brighton
BN2 9QA
Email - ed.dearnley@environmental-protection.org.uk
www.environmental-protection.org.uk/biomass
The consultation period will run until Friday 8th May, responses should be sent to Ed Dearnley via post or email.
Environmental Protection UK
44 Grand Parade
Brighton
BN2 9QA
Email - ed.dearnley@environmental-protection.org.uk
Monday, 6 April 2009
AQMRC at Environmental Protection UK Spring Workshop
The AQMRC team attended the Environmental Protection UK Spring Workshop in beautiful Northamptonshire last week and contributed a couple of presentations and a workshop to the proceedings. Dotun struck a chord amongst the delegates with his presentation on 'Air Quality and the Local Transport Planning Process', while Jo addressed the 'Capacity development and capability enhancement opportunities for air quality and carbon management professionals', introducing the Masters level CPD training course that is currently being developed by the AQMRC, and Tim gave an animated introduction to the LAQM process in his 'LAQM for beginners' workshop (pictured). The presentations are available from the Environmental Protection UK website http://www.environmental-protection.org.uk/events/details/?id=1743.
Monday, 30 March 2009
Tim elected to UKPHA Council
At Tuesday's AGM of the UK Public Health Association, Tim was voted on
to UKPHA Council as a trustee. On the council Tim will represent the
views of the Chairs of the UKPHA's Special Interest Groups.
to UKPHA Council as a trustee. On the council Tim will represent the
views of the Chairs of the UKPHA's Special Interest Groups.
AQMRC and ISHE well represented at the UKPHA annual forum
AQMRC and the new Institute of Sustainability, Health and Environment
were well represented at the UKPHA public health forum in Brighton this
week. Over half a dozen people represented The University of the West
of England presenting a wide range of work, chairing sessions and
organising workshops.
were well represented at the UKPHA public health forum in Brighton this
week. Over half a dozen people represented The University of the West
of England presenting a wide range of work, chairing sessions and
organising workshops.
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
RSC Interview with Jo
The January edition of the Royal Society of Chemistry Environmental Chemistry Group's biannual Bulletin features an interview with Jo Barnes http://www.rsc.org/images/ecgbull0901_tcm18-142982.pdf. Jo is the Honorary Secretary of the ECG and this interview offers a reflection on her move from Cornwall College to the AQMRC, UWE and on her career so far. For more information on Jo visit her webpage www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/jo.html.
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Simon's case study interviews near completion.
Simon has been visiting south west local authorities to investigate the level of cooperative inter-professional engagement between officers dealing with air pollution and officers responsible for carbon management at a local level. This stage of the project will complement the research findings from earlier work (click here for more information) and will further investigate some of the barriers to integrated management highlighted by the questionnaire survey stage of the project.
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Jo, Tim and Dotun to speak at Environmental Protection UK Spring Workshop
AQMRC will be represented by three speakers at the forthcoming Environmental Protection UK 2009 Spring workshop taking place on 2nd to 3rd April themed; Beyond the Limits: From Assessment to Action.
Jo will be speaking on "Training for Air Quality Professionals". She will be discussing the HERDA-SW project, which she is currently managing, in which AQMRC are currently developing a series of air quality and carbon management modules for air quality professionals in the South West Region (For more on the HERDA-SW project click here).
Tim will be sharing his vast knowledge on the LAQM process and a review of helpful information and where to get it in a friendly workshop setting to delegates who are new to the process.
Dotun will be speaking on "Air Quality and Local Transport Plan". He will be summarising the key findings from his 3-year research on the subject, and provide recommendations on how to keep air quality at the top of the agenda in the proposed LTP3 and improving engagement between the environmental health officers and transport planners. Find out more about Dotun’s research here.
Jo will be speaking on "Training for Air Quality Professionals". She will be discussing the HERDA-SW project, which she is currently managing, in which AQMRC are currently developing a series of air quality and carbon management modules for air quality professionals in the South West Region (For more on the HERDA-SW project click here).
Tim will be sharing his vast knowledge on the LAQM process and a review of helpful information and where to get it in a friendly workshop setting to delegates who are new to the process.
Dotun will be speaking on "Air Quality and Local Transport Plan". He will be summarising the key findings from his 3-year research on the subject, and provide recommendations on how to keep air quality at the top of the agenda in the proposed LTP3 and improving engagement between the environmental health officers and transport planners. Find out more about Dotun’s research here.
Dotun concludes case study interviews
Dotun just concluded the case study interviews on the integration of air quality into the Local Transport Plan process at various local authorities in England. This involves visits to West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Greater Nottingham, Bedford, Devon, Leicestershire and Hampshire. He appreciates the support and encouragement he received from all the participants.
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Rose attends Carbon Connections conference
Rose attended the second Carbon Connections conference, 'Success through Innovation - Knowledge Transfer and the path to a low carbon economy', held at the Natural History Museum, London, on 12th March. Speakers included Prof. Bob Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor to Defra, and Jonathon Porritt, Founder Direcrtor of Furum for the Future, who spoke on the urgent need for mitigation of climate change, and the ways we might do this in the UK.
Carbon Connections, based at the University of East Anglia, is an investment body, set up by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to seek out, encourage and invest in carbon-saving innovation either through technological advance or behavioural change.
Carbon Connections, based at the University of East Anglia, is an investment body, set up by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to seek out, encourage and invest in carbon-saving innovation either through technological advance or behavioural change.
Rose presents at RGS-IBG postgraduate forum mid-term conference
Rose presented her research at the RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum mid-term conference, at the University of Plymouth, on 7th March. The conference provided an opportunity for a large number of postgraduates to present their research, and gain feedback from other postgraduate research students working on all aspects of Geography. The conference also included poster presentations and exhibitions, and workshops addressing aspects of postgraduate development. Rose's presentation can be downloaded here.
Rose has nominated herself as next year's conference organiser, with the help of other research students in the faculty, and is hoping UWE will win the vote! Watch this space for news...
Rose has nominated herself as next year's conference organiser, with the help of other research students in the faculty, and is hoping UWE will win the vote! Watch this space for news...
Monday, 2 March 2009
Welcome back, Nicky
AQMRC is delighted to announce that Dr Nicky Woodfield will be working with AQMRC on a range of projects in the next year.
Nicky was the first appointment to AQMRC back in 1997 and as well as coordinating the work of the Centre studied part time for a PhD which was awarded in 2004. Her thesis was entitled Conflict and consensus in spatial and temporal designations of Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) to secure air quality objectives in Great Britain and her research led to a large number of papers and conference presentations. The staff in AQMRC look forward to working with Nicky on a range of LAQM projects.
Nicky was the first appointment to AQMRC back in 1997 and as well as coordinating the work of the Centre studied part time for a PhD which was awarded in 2004. Her thesis was entitled Conflict and consensus in spatial and temporal designations of Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) to secure air quality objectives in Great Britain and her research led to a large number of papers and conference presentations. The staff in AQMRC look forward to working with Nicky on a range of LAQM projects.
Farewell and Good Luck, Nurul
After 8 years in Bristol, first as a PhD student and then as a Research Fellow, AQMRC has bid farewell to Dr Nurul Leksmono. Nurul has returned to her home city of Jakarta, Indonesia to work for the environmental consultancy ERM. We wish Nurul well in this the next part of her career and we look forward to the opportunity for collaborating on some interesting and challenging new projects.
Nurul first joined AQMRC in 2001 to study for a PhD funded by the Environment Agency. Her PhD 'Sustainable, proportionate and cost-effective action plans to deliver air quality objectives within AQMAs' explored the relationship between the LAQM and the IPPC regimes and focused on the application of the above principles within the development of air quality action plans. Her PhD was supervised by Jimi Irwin, Katy Ling and Jim Longhurst.
Following the award of her PhD Nurul worked on a range of AQMRC projects including the ESRC 'Science in Society' project 'Consultation as Science Communication' (see http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/esrc/), the ESRC Impact project 'Mediating Consultation: Private Sector Consultancies Engagement in Local Air Quality Management Consultation' (see http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/Mediating_Consultation.html) as well as providing technical and policy support for AQMRC activities including the Defra Review and Assessment contract and a wide range of LAQM projects.
Everyone in AQMRC will miss Nurul greatly, and wish her all the best.
Nurul first joined AQMRC in 2001 to study for a PhD funded by the Environment Agency. Her PhD 'Sustainable, proportionate and cost-effective action plans to deliver air quality objectives within AQMAs' explored the relationship between the LAQM and the IPPC regimes and focused on the application of the above principles within the development of air quality action plans. Her PhD was supervised by Jimi Irwin, Katy Ling and Jim Longhurst.
Following the award of her PhD Nurul worked on a range of AQMRC projects including the ESRC 'Science in Society' project 'Consultation as Science Communication' (see http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/esrc/), the ESRC Impact project 'Mediating Consultation: Private Sector Consultancies Engagement in Local Air Quality Management Consultation' (see http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/Mediating_Consultation.html) as well as providing technical and policy support for AQMRC activities including the Defra Review and Assessment contract and a wide range of LAQM projects.
Everyone in AQMRC will miss Nurul greatly, and wish her all the best.
Thursday, 19 February 2009
LAQM Guidance and tools now available
The LAQM Policy Guidance (England only); Practice Guidance (England only) and Technical Guidance (all of the UK) have been launched today (19th February 2009) in electronic format (hard copy to follow). New support tools are also now available and the Report Submission Website is now live. These documents and support tools can all be accessed at the links below:
LAQM Policy Guidance (England only): http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/airquality/local/guidance/pdf/laqm-policy-guidance-part4.pdf.
LAQM Technical Guidance (all of the UK): http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/airquality/local/guidance/pdf/tech-guidance-laqm-tg-09.pdf.
LAQM Technical Guidance Support Tools: http://laburnum.aeat.co.uk/archive/laqm/tools.php.
These documents and links for the LAQM Practice Guidance (England only) are also available on the LAQM Guidance pages of the Defra website: http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/airquality/local/guidance/index.htm.
Report Submission Website: http://www.airquality.co.uk/archive/la_report_admin/logon.php. Further information and login details, etc, will be sent out next week.
LAQM Policy Guidance (England only): http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/airquality/local/guidance/pdf/laqm-policy-guidance-part4.pdf.
LAQM Technical Guidance (all of the UK): http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/airquality/local/guidance/pdf/tech-guidance-laqm-tg-09.pdf.
LAQM Technical Guidance Support Tools: http://laburnum.aeat.co.uk/archive/laqm/tools.php.
These documents and links for the LAQM Practice Guidance (England only) are also available on the LAQM Guidance pages of the Defra website: http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/airquality/local/guidance/index.htm.
Report Submission Website: http://www.airquality.co.uk/archive/la_report_admin/logon.php. Further information and login details, etc, will be sent out next week.
The Review and Assessment website FAQs will be updated tomorrow.
Bookmark these links and happy reading!
Rose and Mofoluso's abstracts accepted for RGS-IBG Conference
Rose and Mofoluso have both had abstracts accepted for presentation at the forthcoming RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum mid-term conference, at the University of Plymouth on 7th March. The conference provides an opportunity for postgraduates working on aspects of geography to present their research, and also to participate in workshops addressing aspects of postgraduate development. More information on the conference can be found here.
Friday, 13 February 2009
Celebrating 10,000 subscribers - Science for Environment Policy goes from strength to strength
Now with 10,000 subscribers, Science for Environment Policy plays a key role in disseminating cutting edge, policy-relevant research findings in the environmental sciences. The news alert service is edited by the Science Communication Unit at the University of the West of England on behalf of the European Commission. It was first launched in January 2006 and quickly attracted a considerable number of subscriptions from old Member States of the EU. Recently, these figures have been buoyed by a notable and important increase in subscribers from new EU Member States.
Doubravka Nedvedova of the Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic, the service’s 10,000th subscriber, said: “Being from the Czech Republic, I was delighted to find a service that directly addresses a number of the environmental problems we face both nationally and across the EU. It is very helpful to have such clearly written and relevant information delivered directly to my inbox.”
Brought to you FREE by DG Environment of the European Commission, this information service brings policy-relevant research findings in the following areas direct to the subscriber’s email inbox:
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The service is weekly and covers recently published studies. The articles are written in easy-to-read, non-scientific English specifically to allow non-scientists and non-native speakers of English easy access to the latest scientific research.
To subscribe to the service, send an email to sfep@uwe.ac.uk with the message line: 'subscribe-SfEP' or visit the news alert website at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/research_alert_en.htm
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Air Quality Management Resource Centre are very pleased to be working with SCU on this project.
Rose lectures at University of Iceland
Rose has just returned from giving three lectures at the University of Iceland, from 7th - 10th February. These included lectures on carbon management and carbon footprinting, for Masters students taking a course on 'Sustainable Futures', and a lecture on her research as a case study of carbon management, for Environmental Engineering Undergraduates. The lectures can be downloaded on her research page. Rose is pleased that she managed to see some of Iceland's beautiful scenery whilst there, but isn't sorry to leave behind the sub-zero tempertures!
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
New LAQM training session in the south east
Due to massive demand, Air Quality Management Resource Centre, UWE, and Air Quality Consultants Ltd will be holding another LAQM Training session in the south east in addition to the previously advertised events in Bristol, Reading and York.
The new event will be held at the Hawth in Crawley on Tuesday 3rd March. Please click here to access further information and the registration form.
The new event will be held at the Hawth in Crawley on Tuesday 3rd March. Please click here to access further information and the registration form.
South West EP-UK & AQMRC 11th Annual Conference: Local Authority National Environmental Indicators – Where next?
Environmental Protection UK South West Division & Air Quality Management Resource Management Centre, UWE, are holding their 11th Annual Conference: Local Authority National Environmental Indicators – Where next? at Bristol Zoo on Friday, 20th March 2009.
Please click here for a copy of the flier and details of how to register.
Please click here for a copy of the flier and details of how to register.
Monday, 9 February 2009
Public Health publication
The journal Public Health has just published a paper jointly written by Tim Chatterton at AQMRC, with colleagues at UWE in the Centre for Transport and Society, and the British Market Research Board. The paper provides a summary and discussion of key issues arising in research carried out by them for the Department of Transport.
Understanding how transport choices are affected by the environment and health: Views expressed in a study on the use of carbon calculators
T.J. Chatterton, A. Coulter, C. Musselwhite, G. Lyons and S. Clegg
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Tim Exchanges Knowledge at IEMA
On 28th January, Tim presented the AQMRC's work in the UK, Europe, Africa and Asia to the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment's Knoledge Transfer (Exchange) Workshop. The event, held in Oxford, was aimed at bringing the work of a range of accademic institutions to the the attention of the practioner and business communities and was well attended by representatives from the UK Research Councils, Universities and businesses. Further details of the meeting and presentations can be found on the IEMA website <a heref="http://www.iema.net/conferences/knowledgeexchange">here</a>.
Monday, 2 February 2009
Rose to lecture at University of Iceland, Reykjavik
Rose will be contributing to a weekend of lectures on sustainable futures, at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik. Rose will be lecturing Masters students on carbon management frameworks and accounting techniques. The lecture series has been organised by Professor Vala Ragnarsdottir, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Iceland, and one of Rose's supervisors, and will run from 6th-9th February.
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Rose presents at Regional Studies Association South West Branch Conference
Rose gave a presentation on carbon management in the Bristol Region at the South West Branch of the Regional Studies Association conference at UWE on 23rd January. Rose's presentation included a review of current climate policy and emissions in the Bristol region and an overview of her research, before discussing some of the methods and challenges in emissions estimates and forecasts. Rose's presentation can be downloaded here.
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Consultation on UK application for an extension to meet EU air quality limits
Defra is seeking views on the
PM10 is made up of very small particles of soot and dust in the air, less than 10 micrometers in diameter (human hair ranges from 17-180 micrometers in diameter). The sources of these particles include transport, industrial plants, construction, and extremely small particles carried on the wind from neighbouring countries. There is also a small amount from natural sources, such as dust blown from
Most other Member States have also reported some breaches of the EU PM10 limits since they came into force in 2005: 24 out of 27 reported breaches of the limit in 2007. They will also need to apply to the European Commission for additional time.
Levels of PM10 have been falling across the
The extension would enable current and planned measures to take effect to reduce PM10 levels to within the EU limits by the extended deadline of 2011.
Consultation documents are available to download from the Defra website http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/air-quality/index.htm. The deadline for responses is 10th March 2009.
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Rose to present at South West Branch of the Regional Studies Association conference
Rose is to present at the 1st annual conference of the South West branch of the Regional Studies Association, on Friday 23rd January. Rose will be presenting an overview of her research on carbon management in the Bristol region. The conference aims to facilitate and stimulate dialogue between policy makers and academics with an interest in England's South West region, in an attempt to identify ways to enhance and improve the working of our economy and to make the region a better place to live. More information can he found here: http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/future.asp
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
LAQM Training Days 2009 - booking form available
It won't have escaped your notice that air quality management in 2009 is set to see some changes with the imminent publication of the new Local Air Quality Management Policy and Technical Guidance and tools to facilitate report preparation and submission. To ease air quality professionals into this Review & Assessment year and help them to fully understand the implications of these changes, the Air Quality Management Resource Centre, UWE, and Air Quality Consultants Ltd will be holding a series of Training Days during March 2009. Sessions will be held throughout England (see dates and venues below) and will provide delegates with, among other things, advice on the preparation of LAQM reports (Review & Assessment Reports and Air Quality Action Plans) under the new Technical Guidance, the online USA template and the web submission tool and LAQM support tools. Please click here to access further information and the registration form.
10/3/09 Bristol (hosted by Bristol City Council)
19/3/09 Reading (hosted by the Environment Agency)
23/3/09 York (hosted by York City Council)
Further dates may be announced depending on demand. Click here to receive email notification of training sessions and other upcoming AQMRC activities and here to subscribe to the AQMRC Latest News for RSS feed updates.
The Welsh Assembly Government (10/2/2009) and the Scottish Government (13/2/2009) are also hosting LAQM training sessions in Cardiff and Edinburgh respectively. Please contact us for further information on these training sessions.
10/3/09 Bristol (hosted by Bristol City Council)
19/3/09 Reading (hosted by the Environment Agency)
23/3/09 York (hosted by York City Council)
Further dates may be announced depending on demand. Click here to receive email notification of training sessions and other upcoming AQMRC activities and here to subscribe to the AQMRC Latest News for RSS feed updates.
The Welsh Assembly Government (10/2/2009) and the Scottish Government (13/2/2009) are also hosting LAQM training sessions in Cardiff and Edinburgh respectively. Please contact us for further information on these training sessions.
Leadership Foundation
On Thursday 23rd January Jim Longhurst will be speaking at the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education’s (http://www.lfhe.ac.uk/) training seminar being held at
GWR
Back in November Jim Longhurst gave an invited talk on the subject of ‘Major environmental challenges and responses’ at the Great Western Research Conference ‘Future Imperfect’. The film of Jim’s talk can now be viewed as a streamed webcast on the GWR web site at http://www.greatwesternresearch.ac.uk/FutureImperfect.php
RAE 2008
Enda Hayes, Tim Chatterton and Jim Longhurst were submitted as part of the University’s submission to sub panel 32 Geography and Environmental Studies. 70% of this submission was judged as being of internationally recognised quality or internationally excellent. See the RAE web page at http://www.rae.ac.uk/ and http://www.built-environment.uwe.ac.uk/research/newsDisplayPublic.asp?NewsID=1143&rss=True
Promotion to Senior Research Fellow
Congratulations to Dr Enda Hayes on his well deserved promotion to Senior Research Fellow in AQMRC. Read Enda’s web page at http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/enda.html
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
LAQM Training Days 2009 - booking form available
It won’t have escaped your notice that air quality management in 2009 is set to see some changes with the imminent publication of the new Local Air Quality Management Policy and Technical Guidance and tools to facilitate report preparation and submission. To ease air quality professionals into this Review & Assessment year and help them to fully understand the implications of these changes, the Air Quality Management Resource Centre, UWE, and Air Quality Consultants Ltd will be holding a series of Training Days during March 2009. Sessions will be held throughout England (see dates and venues below) and will provide delegates with, among other things, advice on the preparation of LAQM reports (Review & Assessment Reports and Air Quality Action Plans) under the new Technical Guidance, the online USA template and the web submission tool and LAQM support tools. Please click here to access further information and the registration form.
10/3/09 Bristol (hosted by Bristol City Council)
19/3/09 Reading (hosted by the Environment Agency)
23/3/09 York (hosted by York City Council)
Further dates may be announced depending on demand. Click here to receive email notification of training sessions and other upcoming AQMRC activities and here to subscribe to the AQMRC Latest News for RSS feed updates.
The Welsh Assembly Government (10/2/2009) and the Scottish Government (13/2/2009) are also hosting LAQM training sessions in Cardiff and Edinburgh respectively. Please contact us for further information on these training sessions.
10/3/09 Bristol (hosted by Bristol City Council)
19/3/09 Reading (hosted by the Environment Agency)
23/3/09 York (hosted by York City Council)
Further dates may be announced depending on demand. Click here to receive email notification of training sessions and other upcoming AQMRC activities and here to subscribe to the AQMRC Latest News for RSS feed updates.
The Welsh Assembly Government (10/2/2009) and the Scottish Government (13/2/2009) are also hosting LAQM training sessions in Cardiff and Edinburgh respectively. Please contact us for further information on these training sessions.
South West EP-UK & AQMRC 11th Annual Conference - date change
Scrub 26th February 2009 from your diary and add 20th March! We're back to Bristol Zoo for the 11th Annual South West Environmental Protection UK and AQMRC Conference. The theme of the conference is Environmental Indicators, where next? The conference will address local authority environmental indicators (e.g. air quality, climate change, land, noise, etc). Detail agenda to follow shortly.
Friday, 12 December 2008
Scottish Government LAQM Training Day 13th February 2009
AQMRC and Air Quality Consultants are running a Local Air Quality Management training day on behalf of the Scottish Government (for Scottish Local Authority Officers). The training events will cover updates to Technical and Policy Guidance, useful tips for undertaking Review & Assessment reports, an introduction to the Review & Assessment Online Report Submission Tool and advice for air quality action planning.
Scottish Government LAQM training day 13th February 2009 (click here for more details and registration form).
Scottish Government LAQM training day 13th February 2009 (click here for more details and registration form).
South West EP-UK & AQMRC 11th Annual Conference
***Note date change above***
Keep 26th February 2009 free in your diary! We're back to Bristol Zoo for the 11th Annual South West Environmental Protection UK and AQMRC Conference. The theme of the conference is Environmental Indicators, where next? The conference will address local authority environmental indicators (e.g. air quality, climate change, land, noise, etc). Detail agenda to follow shortly.
Keep 26th February 2009 free in your diary! We're back to Bristol Zoo for the 11th Annual South West Environmental Protection UK and AQMRC Conference. The theme of the conference is Environmental Indicators, where next? The conference will address local authority environmental indicators (e.g. air quality, climate change, land, noise, etc). Detail agenda to follow shortly.
Friday, 5 December 2008
Sustainable Urban Transport Seminar
UWE and Bristol Environmental Technologies& Services (http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Environment-Planning/Regeneration/bristol-environmental-technologies-and-services.en) Networking Seminar
The presentations from this very well attended seminar held on the 17th November are now available. Click on the links below to see the PowerPoint presentation of Jose Marquez, Graham Parkhurst and Steve Ward.
- Technologies for Sustainable Transport - Dr Jose Marquez Egis Mobilité
- Lessons and Reflections on Recent Developments in Sustainable Urban Transport – Professor Graham Parkhurst, UWE, Centre for Transport and Society (http://www.transport.uwe.ac.uk/)
- The UWE Travel Plan - Steve Ward
This seminar was hosted by the Faculty of Environment and Technology (http://www.uwe.ac.uk/et/) and Research, Business and Innovation (http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/internet/Research/researchatuwe/), University of the West of England, in collaboration with Egis Mobilité
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Congratulations to Mofoluso
Congratulations to
See Mo’s work on his research web site at http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/mofoluso.html
Congratulations to Dotun
Congratulations to
See Dotun’s work on his research web site at http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/dotun.html
Congratulations to Simon
Congratulations to
See Simon’s work on his research web site at http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/simon.html
UKPHA Launch of Climate Connections
On Tuesday 2nd December, Tim attended the launch of the UKPHA's Climate Connections programme, presenting a number of posters highlighting the work that AQMRC and others are involved in in linking climate Change with Air Quality and other health issues.
The posters can be viewed here:
The Climate Connection project is an initiative aimed at bringing public health work into the heart of the fight to combat climate change. The launch was chaired by Prof. David Harper from the Department of Health and included contributions from Sir Liam Donaldson (Chief Medical Officer) and Professor John Beddington (Government Chief Scientific Adviser) and was attended by senior members from all the regional public health communities.
Further details of the Climate Connection work can be found here: www.climateconnections.org
and the programme has also developed the wonderfully entertaining www.carbonaddict.org website.
Latest Newsletter of the European Federation Clean Air and Environmental Protection Associations (EFCA)
The latest EFCA (www.efca.net) newsletter is now available on-line. This edition contains a lot of material relating to the co-management of air quality and climate change, including an extensive report on he recent EFCA symposium in Strasbourg which should be making a real contribution to bringing the issues of air pollution and co-benefits to the climate change debating tables this week in Poznan, and next year in Copenhagen. For further details please download the newsletter here.
(AQMRC, is proud to be involved in the production of the newsletter and to support the work of EFCA).
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Nurul at Better Air Quality Workshop 2008
Nurul presented 2 posters at the Better Air Quality Workshop 2008 in Bangkok on 12-14 November 2008. The titles of the posters are: a) Applying lessons from local air quality management consultation to climate change, and b) The potential impact from increased use of wood-fuelled biomass to loca air quality in London: lessons to exchange with mega-cities in Asian countries. The posters were well received. The main message from the Workshop is the integration of air quality and climate change particularly in relation to transport sector!
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