Rose and Jo present ECO Stars toolkit

Dr Rose Bailey and Jo Barnes presented their work on the Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of the South Yorks ECO Stars scheme at the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, Sheffield last Wednesday.  The presentation and toolkit demonstration were very well received by an audience including the ECO Stars steering group, fleet operators, and David Pryke (DfT) and Robert Vaughan (Defra). This Q&QA work builds on one of the key recommendations from an Evaluation study that UWE undertook on the South Yorks ECO Stars scheme in 2011. For more details about the ECO Stars scheme visit their website http://www.care4air.org/archive/ecostars/index.html.

Defra Sounding Board for Guidance on Cost-Effective LAQM Measures

On Friday 13^th September, Tim was an invited participant to a workshop at Defra on the development of a guidebook for local authorities on cost-effective measures to improve public health through the reduction of air pollution.