The Air Quality Management Resource Centre was out in force at the recent Institute of Air Quality Management’s Routes to Clean Air conference, on the 22nd and 23rd of October. The event, co-organised by the AQMRC, the IAQM and Bristol City Council attracted over a hundred delegates keen to discuss issues surrounding vehicle emissions, mitigation measures and the future of air quality within the UK. Jim struck a chord with many delegates during his talk on ‘air quality in historical perspective – or why we fail to learn the lessons of history’. The conference also heard talks from Dr Eckard Helmers of the University of Applied Sciences, Trier on how diesel vehicle emissions may not actually reduce our CO2 contribution compared to petrol vehicle emissions and Dr James Tate of the University of Leeds on how real-world emissions from vehicles are often different to those of type-approval testing.
All in all, the conference was deemed to be a great success with national media outlets running stories derived from a number of the speakers. Jim’s presentation, along with others from the conference can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LyJ24uSbWc
