Energy Conferences and Workshops in New Zealand

In February, Tim has been invited to participate in the International Energy Authority Demand Side Management programme (http://www.ieadsm.org/)  Task XXIV workshop in Wellington, New Zealand.  He will be helping organise part of the workshop based around the Four Dimensions of Behaviour (4DB) Framework developed as part of his current ESRC funding in partnership with Charlie Wilson at the Tyndall Centre at UEA.

Whilst he is there he will be attending the Energy Conference 2013, organised by The National Energy Research Institute and Victoria University of Wellington and entitled: Energy at the Crossroads: Energy Innovation for a Sustainable Society. http://www.theenergyconference.org.nz/

He will be presenting an oral paper entitled “Which Types of Interventions Work the Best in Changing Domestic Energy Using Behaviours?” based on the work that UWE undertook in partnership with RAND Europe and the Tyndall Centre at UEA for the Department of Environment and Climate Change.  This work has now been published as part of DECC’s Energy Efficiency Strategy
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/tackling/saving_energy/what_doing/eedo/eedo.aspx

 http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/tackling-climate-change/saving-energy-co2/6921-what-works-in-changing-energyusing-behaviours-in-.pdf

He will also be presenting a poster on his current ESRC funded work entitled “Improving Opportunities for Energy Reduction from 'Behaviour Change' through the Use of Multiple Models and a Better Characterisation of Behaviour”.

DECC and Social Science - Bridging the Gap Workshop

On 19^th December, Tim attended a workshop organised by DECC and hosted by the UCL Energy Institute to bring together academics from the social sciences, with members of the social research and customer insight teams at DECC.  The workshop stems from Tim’s 2010 Fellowship based in the DECC, as well as work undertaken for DECC in partnership with RAND EUROPE and the Tyndall Centre at UEA over the summer of 2012. 

 

All in all, the workshop was seen as being a very successful and important step forward in improving the mutual understanding between academics and the policy realm.   However, it was also clear that it was a small step in a much longer path towards allowing the social sciences to significantly shape whatever pathway we find ourselves on towards meeting the 2050 climate goals.

Seasons Greeting from all at the

Air Quality Management Resource Centre

The Mismanagement of Air Quality - Invited Presentation, Southampton University’s Centre for Environmental Science

On December 12^th 2012 Jim Longhurst was delighted to deliver the first Christmas lecture for Southampton University’s Centre for Environmental Science. Jim took a deliberately polemical position is his talk contrasting the successful review and assessment process with the action planning process in local air quality management. He described how the review and assessment of local air quality had been successful in identifying areas of air quality objective exceedence and in so doing had delineated a new geography of air pollution. He contrasted this with the failure of the action planning process to revoke air quality management areas. He reviewed the variety of evidence from official sources indicating the scale and magnitude of the health effects arising from exposure to adverse concentrations of air pollution and asked why we had arrived at a position where the policy intent and the process of remediation were misaligned. He explored whether this was a political failing and described the situation as the mismanagement of air quality.

Funding success for 2050 Low Carbon Bristol public engagement project

Rose's 2050 Low Carbon Bristol public engagement project is gaining momentum as more funding is secured to support communication activities and a further research bid.

Rose was the 2012 winner of the IES 'John Rose Award', to communicate the result of postgraduate research to the general public. Rose commissioned local street artist Andy Council to produce two visual representations of the future low carbon scenarios for Bristol from her PhD research. 

Scenario X (left) and Scenario Y (right)
©Andy Council 2012

Rose will be using these images as the basis of a public consultation and 'Dialogue' with the public, using an app from local digital democracy company Delib, and has now secured additional support and £2000 funding from the Green Capital Partnership's Community Challenge Fund to design and build some new interactive webpages as part of their redesigned website. 

Rose also yesterday secured a further £3500 of HEAT@UWE bidding funding, to support the development of a bid for external funding for an interdisciplinary research project. This will allow Rose to extend this initial phase of communication and engagement work into a larger and research project.

Danish Workshop

On 28th November, Tim will be helping run a stakeholder workshop at the Danish Centre for Environment and Energy in Roskilde, Denmark ad part of UWE's work to support the review of the Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution.

Tim in EU Meetings

On Tuesday 27th November, Tim will be in Brussels attending meetings with DG-ENV for UWE's projects on ozone and stakeholder recommendations.

'Air as a common good' paper published

AQMRC, UWE is pleased to announce the publication of a paper co-authored by members of the Faculties of Environment and Technology and Business and Law, and led by Dr Mark Everard. 'Air as a common good' has just been published online in the Journal of Environmental Science and Policy and can be found at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2012.04.008. The paper explores the ecosystem services of air alongside its legal status and discusses how an ecosystem approach could improve management of air.

Europe's air story told in pictures

European Environment Agency (EEA)
www.eea.europa.eu

Air is a tricky subject to photograph, but this challenge has proved to be a source of inspiration for the winners of photo storycompetition ‘ImaginAIR’, organised by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

Read more ...

What works in energy saving?

DECC has just published a new report on 'what works in changing energy behaviours in the home?' http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/tackling-climate-change/saving-energy-co2/6921-what-works-in-changing-energyusing-behaviours-in-.pdf

The report is from a project that Tim Chatterton undertook with RAND Europe and Charlie Wilson from the University of East Anglia.

It forms part of the wider evidence base for DECC's new Energy Efficiency Strategy http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/tackling/saving_energy/what_doing/eedo/eedo.aspx#

Jim chairs international expert panel in Portugal

The Environment and Global Changes Panel of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) met in Lisbon between the 7^th and  9^th of November 2012. The international expert panel, chaired by Jim Longhurst, evaluated 341 research proposals and made recommendations for funding to FCT.  

 

FCT Panel Members

Back row, left to right: Joel Knoery, Sabine Kleinsteuber, Christian Kjær, Alastair Grant, James Longhurst, Jürgen P. Kropp, Ingvar Brandt, José Miguel Rodríguez Maroto, Vincent O'Flaherty. Front row, left to right: Matt Bentley, Mara Silva, Georgina Mace, Ariana Zeka, Maryse Labriet, Lídia Ferreira, Jose Maria Baldasano Recio, Darren Reynolds, Petros Samaras.

 

Mo receives IAQM Ian McCrae Travel Award

One of our recently completed PhD students, Dr Mofoluso Fagbeja, has just been awarded the IAQM McCrae Travel Award.

The award is for a paper presentation at the 2013 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland USA in March.

The paper is titled, "A subjective assessment of the suitability of SCIAMACHY total column CO measurements to interpolate reliable concentration estimates over a low-latitude region."

Congratualtions, Mo!

Tim at Behaviour, Energy and Climate Change in Sacramento

Tim is currently attending the BECC conference in Sacramento, California this week. He will be presenting the work that he has been doing with DECC, Defra and DfTon multi-model approaches to energy behaviour, and running a workshop for practitioners on the 'Four Dimensions of Behaviour' (4DB) framework that he has been developing with Charlie Wilson at UEA. The workshop "When is a behaviour not (simply) a behaviour?" Will take examples brought by participants and use the novel 4x5 framework tool to examine the key characteristics of each behaviour and explore how they differ and how different models and tools for understanding them and devising interventions might be more or less applicable.

ImaginAIR - vote for your favourite photostory

The ImaginAIR competition - launched in September 2012 - asked Europeans to tell their story of air through three photographs and a short paragraph. Here are the finalists from the competition. Our external jury will select five thematic winners, but you get to choose the public vote winner. Vote for your favourites before 14 November 2012 to determine which photo story should win the ImaginAIR Public Choice Award. The photostory that receives the most votes will win the award. Become a member of our public jury. The decision is in your hands.
Vote for your favourites now

Jim Longhurst to Chair the Environment and Global Change Panel as part of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) 2012 evaluation process

The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) is the public research-funding agency which selects and distributes research funds for a wide range of scientific fields of research. FCT places high importance on the international peer-review evaluation process as a critical element to ensure credibility and quality in all its activities.   FCT has established six high-level panels of leading field scientists to take part in the 2012 evaluation process and selection of the best applications.

The Board of Directors of FCT have invited Professor Jim Longhurst to chair the Environment and Global Change panel in the 2012 evaluation process. The Environment and Global Change panel will consider some 335 proposals in four sub themes:

• Global Environmental Change

• Sustainable Management of Resources
• Environmental Technologies
• Environmental Modelling and Assessment
 

For further information on the work of FCT see http://www.fct.pt/

AQMRC Port Talbot Report providing advice to Ministers

The 2009 report by AQMRC for the Welsh Government reviewing air pollution in Neath Port Talbot continues to be of importance.  The report is currently linked to the front page of the Welsh Government air quality website, described as "Advice to the Welsh Ministers on further measures to pinpoint the sources of particulate matter." 

Visualising Bristol's low carbon futures: John Rose Award public engagement project underway

Thanks to the 2012 John Rose Award grant from the Institution of Environmental Sciences and support from Bristol City Council, Rose's low carbon Bristol public engagement art project is under way.
Rose's PhD research consulted a large group of key local stakeholders about how Bristol might meet it's 80% carbon reduction target in 2050, producing 2 different scenarios for the city. To communicate the results in an engaging way to the Bristol public, Rose is working with local street artist Andy Council to produce visual interpretations of these two difference scenarios. The public will then be able to submit their thoughts and ideas on Bristol's low carbon future through local digital democracy company Delib's 'Dialogue app'.
The first sketches of the two scenarios have been finished, with the final images coming soon. Watch this space for the opportunity to have your say!

"Scenario X": a globalised, high-tech big-tech, 'low carbon business as usual' future

"Scenario Y": a re-localised, high-tech small-tech, 'resilient restructured community' future

AQMRC rolls out carbon support package for green SMEs

AQMRC have been working with South West SMEs on a range of carbon related business support activities through the Environmental Technologies iNet. Rose has been working one-on-one with selected companies to estimate the carbon emissions embedded in their products through lifecycle analysis and embedded carbon footprinting methods. This will help those companies with environmentally friendly products to capitalise on their green credentials, by being able to show commitment to environmental reporting and sustainability in their manufacturing and operations, as well as identify opportunities to further reduce their environmental impact and develop a carbon management strategy. It will also help emerging companies in meeting ever more stringent obligations placed on suppliers by major purchasers, themselves under increasing pressure to report environmental impacts.

For example, the results from one carbon assessment of an innovative new version of a product found that it:

• is responsible for 82% less carbon than the traditional product

• lasts four times as long as the traditional product, escalating the carbon saving to 95%

• has a transportation carbon impact of 97% less than the traditional product

• avoids 9.8 kg/CO₂e through the use of recycled materials

In addition to one-on-one support Rose, Enda and the Environmental iNet team also ran a two-day workshop on the carbon assessment of products, including lifecycle analysis, business incentives for reporting emissions, and ensuring legitimate 'green claims'. Businesses that attended varied from construction, biocrops, high-tech engineering to a zoo, but all went away with a bespoke lifecycle analysis carbon assessment inventory and toolkit and a framework for calculating the emissions from their products. 

The workshop was very popular and fully subscribed so will be running again soon – watch this space.

New Air Quality and Carbon Management Training

The Air Quality Management Resource Centre are now offering CPD training in the following Air Quality and Carbon Management courses (please click on the course name to access the webpage for descriptions and booking forms):

Introduction to Local Air Quality Management	08/11/2012
Review and Assessment: Updating and Screening Assessments & Progress Reports	09/11/2012
Environmental Permitting Regulations	22/11/2012
Review and Assessment: Detailed & Further Assessments	23/11/2012
Introduction to the Science of Climate Change	06/12/2012
Introduction to Climate Change Policy & Carbon Management	07/12/2012
Technical Guidance for LAQM: Monitoring, Modelling & Emissions Estimation	10/01/2013
Air Quality Action Plans and Action Plan Progress Reports	11/01/2013
Technical Introduction to Air Pollution Monitoring	24/01/2013
Integrating Air Quality Management into the Local Transport Planning Process	25/01/2013
Monitoring QAQC: Automatic Monitors and Diffusion Tubes	07/02/2013
Low Emission Zones and Strategies	08/02/2013
Dispersion Modelling & Model Validation, Verification & Adjustment	21/02/2013
Planning and Air Quality: Air Quality Assessments	22/02/2013
Consultation in Air Quality & Carbon Management / GIS for LAQM	07/03/2013
Sustainable Planning & Development: Local Development Framework & Healthy Urban Design	08/03/2013
Air Quality & Carbon Management: International Case Studies	21/03/2013
Action Planning: Behaviour Change & Innovative Technologies	22/03/2013

All of the Air Quality and Carbon Management short courses are run as single day sessions at the main Frenchay campus at UWE, Bristol, from 9.30 to 4.30 with one hour for lunch. The short courses are aimed primarily at professionals working in, or wishing to skill themselves to enter, the field of air quality and carbon management. However, they are equally applicable to those working in related fields such as transport, planning and energy management. The courses are accredited by the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) and the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM). The content of the short courses cover the breadth of air quality and carbon management including principles, policies, practices and integrated solutions. The fees are £150 per delegate with a 10% discount for three or more delegates from the same organisation.

For further information, contact Jo Barnes or the FET Short Course Unit.

Tim writes for 2degrees

Tim's article on "Behavioural change or societal change?" has recently been published on the 2degrees website: http://www.2degreesnetwork.com/groups/managing-sustainability/resources/behavioural-change-or-societal-change/.

Congratulations to Ross Hunter

Congratulations to Ross who successfully defended his PhD entitled “Enhancing air quality in Wales: Relating pollutant interactions to management approaches for Nitrogen Dioxide.” More information on his research can be found here: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/ross.html. Well done Ross!!

 

POST Note on Engergy Use Behaviour Change

The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology has just published a briefing note on ‘Energy Use Behaviour Change’ http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/POST-PN-417.  The note was informed by the report on multi-model approaches to energy behaviour that Tim wrote for DECC during his Fellowship (http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/about-us/economics-social-research/3887-intro-thinking-energy-behaviours.pdf), and he also provided additional support in reviewing the note as part of his Fellowship Follow-On Funding.

 

 

Eleven Member States exceed air emissions limits under LRTAP Convention

Emissions of most air pollutants have fallen over the last two decades in Europe. But many Member States have exceeded internationally-agreed pollutant limits set to protect human health and the environment, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). Road transport, households, power plants, agricultural activities and certain industry sectors continue to emit significant amounts of air pollution.

Read more...

Jo travels to Malta

Jo travels to Malta this weekend for a contract initiation meeting with the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA). AQMRC have been contracted by MEPA to undertake air quality consultancy work in relation to Delimara Power Station. Jo will visit the plant and monitoring sites and discuss the project methodology with the Monitoring Committee. 

And the Dr Nurul Leksmono Memorial Prize goes to... Mo!

Dr Mofoluso Fagbeja was awarded with the Dr Nurul Leksmono Memorial Prize at yesterday's Graduation Ceremony in Bristol Cathedral. The award, which was devised to celebrate the life of our much-loved colleague, is awarded to the UWE Postgraduate International student whose PhD or MSc thesis on the subject of air quality, carbon management or environmental management can be considered the best in the graduating year. Congratualtions, Mo!

Dr Mofoluso Fagbeja

PhD Graduation ceremony

Mofolosu Fagbeja, Simon Baldwin and Rose Bailey were yesterday (26th July 2012) awarded their Doctor of Philosophy degrees at the UWE Graduation Ceremony held at Bristol Cathedral. Their supervisors and AQMRC colleagues were delighted to help them celebrate their well-earned successes and wish them all the best in their future endeavours.

Drs Mofoluso Fagbeja, Rose Bailey and Simon Baldwin

Tim at Caberet of Ideas

On Saturday 21st July Tim will be part of The Cabaret of Ideas event at IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2012. 
For two hours Tim will participate with a range of other nominated experts in what has been described as a 'live Wikipedia type event'
20+12 (in other numbers 32) people from a wide range of fields will gather in the Festival's Spiegeltent to share their passions, thoughts, insights and revelations with member of the public.
 
The event will take place on Saturday 21st July at 11.30am, at the Spiegeltent, Campbell Park MK9 4AD (MK)
 
More details on the festival website http://www.ifmiltonkeynes.org/2012-festival-programme/2012/07/21/the-cabaret-of-ideas.html

Enda interviewed for article on the concept of a sustainable 'Aerotropolis'

Enda was interviewed for an article in the South African urban design magazine, Urban Green File, on the concept of a sustainable aerotropolis (airport city). The article questions if an aerotropolis could be sustainable through efficient waste management? This follows on from a project last year, which Enda led, that delivered a Framework for Sustainability for the development of a Dube Aerotropolis in the vicinity of King Shaka International Airport, Durban.

The article can be found here: http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/brookepattrick/urban_green_file_june_2012_ebook/2012060701/#36

 

Award for Best Poster at Doctoral Exchanges

On 2nd July the Faculty of Environment and Technology held its annual Doctoral Exchange conference. David Williams’ poster: A Social Perspective on Travel, won the best poster presentation award.

 

The poster can be found at the following location:

http://www.disruptionproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Poster-Disruption-UWE2-Social-Practices-and-Travel.pdf

 

 

FET Doctoral Exchange

On 2nd July the Faculty of Environment and Technology held its annual Doctoral Exchange conference. Three AQMRC PhD students presented their work at the conference.

Rose Bailey's  presentation summarised her completed doctoral research, Jo Barnes presentation reported on her progress approximately half way through  her PhD whilst David Williams' poster presentation set out the context and preliminary results from his  work.

Many congratulations to David, Jo and Rose on their excellent contributions to the Doctoral Exchange Conference.

PhD Successes

AQMRC is delighted to announce that Rose Bailey, Simon Baldwin and Mofoluso Fagbeja will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the UWE Graduation Ceremony to be held in Bristol Cathedral on the 26th of July.

Very many congratulations to Rose, Simon and Mo on this deserved success.

Look out for the photographs from the graduation ceremony which  we will post at the end of the month.

Tim Quoted in Guardian

We have just found out that part of Tim’s contribution to the House of Lords’ enquiry into ‘Behaviour Change’ has been quoted by the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/19/nudge-is-not-enough-behaviour-change

AQMRC win Welsh Government contract to assist in Port Talbot

AQMRC has been successful in winning a prestigious 3 year contract with the Welsh Government to provide independent peer-review of a programme of work to be delivered by the Port Talbot PM10 Data Team (a technical working group). The Data Team are tasked with providing a robust evidence base upon which action can be taken to improve PM10 concentrations in Port Talbot. AQMRC will act as external, independent reviewers to ensure that this programme of work remains focussed on its objective to provide a fit-for-purpose and robust evidence base, and that it is making the best use of scientific data and methodologies.

This project follows on from our 2009 study in which we delivered a comprehensive independent review of PM10 in the vicinity of the Port Talbot Steelworks. (http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/projects.html#An_Independent_Review_of_Monitoring_Measures_Undertaken_in_Neath_Port_Talbot_in_Respect_of_Particulate_Matter_(PM10)_(2009)

Air Pollution 2013 - Call for Papers from the Wessex Institute

UWE is delighted to collaborate with the Wessex Institute of Technology and the University of Siena to organise Air Pollution 2013. This will be the 21st meeting in this important and influential series. The call for papers is now open. Please see the details below.

Organised by: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK                        University of the West of England, UK                        University of Siena, Italy Sponsored by: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment; International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning To learn more about the Wessex Institute of Technology please click here. View full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission requirements online at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/air2013rem1.html

Benefits of Attending ·         Conference Books Papers are published in paper and digital format and widely distributed throughout the world.  Delegates will receive a copy of the book in digital format at the time of registration. Papers are also archived at http://library.witpress.com ·         Open Access Authors have the option to make their work available in Open Access format for wider dissemination. ·         Journal Papers Presenters will be invited to submit a paper to one of the six International Scientific Journals edited by the Wessex Institute. ·         Networking Participants can present their research and interact with experts from around the world, becoming part of a unique community.

Abstract Submission

Submit an abstract online at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/air2013rem1.html or contact the Conference Secretariat below.

Conference Topics

Air pollution modelling Monitoring and measuring Air quality management Indoor air pollution Aerosols and particles Emission studies Air pollution chemistry Source identification Global and regional studies Exposure and health effects Economics of air pollution control Policy and legislation Case studies Innovative technologies

Conference Secretariat

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Presentation at Behaviour, Energy and Climate Change

Tim has had a paper accepted for the prestigious Behaviour, Energy and Climate Change conference in Sacremento in November. The paper will be presenting the work that he has been doing with DECC on developing a multi-model approach to tackling 'Energy Behaviour'.

Tim gives keynote lecture at Trinity College, Dublin

Last week, Tim attended a high profile air quality workshop at Trinity College, Dublin. He gave a keynote presentation on "Air Quality, Climate Change and Energy in thenUK: Moving towards integrated management?"' as well as chairing a session. As well as presenters from Trinity itself, speakers included Dr Steen Jensen from Aarhus University in Denmark, Dr Prashant Kumar from Surrey University and Dr Francesco Calabrese from the IBM Smart Cities programme.

Jo presents at Care4Air conference

Jo attended the Care4Air Clearer Future conference "Air Quality in 2012" held at the Mansion House, Doncaster, yesterday. The one-day conference was well-attended and included presentations from ITN's Clare Nasir, talking about the Healthy Air Campaign, ClientEarth's Karla Hill, who spoke about taking the government to task for their failure to meet the EU Limt Values, and Defra's Robert Vaughan, who gave an update on UK air quality policy. Jo presented the findings from the local authority questionnaire survey, conducted by AQMRC and Air Quality Consultants, to voice Environmental Health Officers' concerns about Local Air Quality Management and to identify the barriers to local air quality action planning in the UK. The presentation was well-received and chimed with the earlier presentations from Karla and Robert.

Jim to serve on FCT Environment and Global Change Panel

Following a recommendation from the Portuguese Scientific Council for Natural & Environmental Sciences, the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) have invited Professor Jim Longhurst to serve as a member of the Environment and Global Change panel. Jim will participate in the evaluation of research applications received under the 2012 call for proposals in the sub themes of Global Environmental Change, Sustainable Management of Resources, Environmental Technologies and Environmental Modelling and Assessment.

FCT is the public research-funding agency in Portugal which selects and distributes research funds for a wide range of scientific fields of research.

For further information about FCT visit http://www.fct.pt/

Rose's paper included in European Commission 'Science for Environmental Policy' news bulletin

Rose's recent paper published in the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, entitled 'Exploring a city's potential low carbon futures using Delphi methods: some preliminary findings', was selected for inclusion in this week's 'Science for Environmental Policy' news alert.
Science for Environmental Policy is a free news and information service published by Directorate-General Environment, European Commission. It is designed to help the busy policymaker keep up-to-date with the latest environmental research findings needed to design, implement and regulate effective policies. 
More information on Rose's research can be found on her webpage.

Rose wins the 2012 John Rose Award from the Institution of Environmental Sciences

Rose has been announced as the 2012 winner of the John Rose Award from the Institution of Environmental Sciences, for her research exploring the low carbon futures for the Bristol region. The award aims to help exceptional research fulfil its potential by communicating it beyond the scientific community. A £1,000 grant is awarded to a project that demonstrates innovative, quality research in environmental sciences. The grant will be used for media training and the dissemination of the winner’s project, aiding in promoting the work as widely as possible and so maximise its value.

Rose intends to use the grant, with support from project partners Bristol City Council and in collaboration with the Create Centre, to produce an exhibition of her work, and hopes to collaborate with UWE's award winning animation department to produce an animation of life in 2050 low carbon Bristol!

More information on the award can be found here: http://www.ies-uk.org.uk/awards/awards.php

More information on Rose and her research can be found here: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/rose.html

18th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment

18th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment
15 - 17 May 2012, A Coruña, Spain

Jim Longhurst is co-chairing the 18^th meeting of the Urban Transport conference series and will deliver the conference Keynote address on the 15^th of May. With Carlos Brebbia Jim has also edited  the proceedings of the conference which are published by WIT Press. The conference has been organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology and UWE, Bristol and is the latest in a successful series of collaborations between the two institutions.

Keynote Address

J.W.S. Longhurst, J.H. Barnes, T.J. Chatterton & E.T. Hayes (2012) Managing transport induced urban air quality – A review of British experience. Presented at Urban Transport XVIII,  A Coruña, Spain, May 2012

20th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution

20th International Conference on Modelling,
Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution
16 - 18 May,
A Coruña, Spain

Jim Longhurst is co-chairng the 20^th meeting of the Air Pollution conference  series and will deliver the conference Keynote address on the 16^th of May. With Carlos Brebbia Jim has also  edited  the proceedings of the conference which are published by WIT Press. The conference has been organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology and UWE, Bristol and is the latest in a successful series of collaborations between the two institutions.

Keynote address:

M.A. Fagbeja, J.L. Hill, T.J. Chatterton, J.W.S. Longhurst  & J.O. Akinyede (2012)  Managing air quality in the Niger delta. Presented at Air Pollution XX, A Coruña, Spain, May 2012

The research of Jo Barnes and Dotun Olowoporoku is also being presented at the conference.

J. H. Barnes, E. T. Hayes & J. W. S. Longhurst (2012) Air quality action planning: barriers to remediation in local air quality management. Presented at Air Pollution XX,  A Coruña, Spain, May 2012

A. O. Olowoporoku, J. W. S. Longhurst & J. H. Barnes (2012) Framing air pollution as a major health risk in Lagos, Nigeria. Presented at Air Pollution XX, A Coruña, Spain, May 2012