New paper on bioaerosol monitoring

Check out our new paper on Scoping studies to establish the capability and utility of a real-time bioaerosol sensor to characterise emissions from environmental sources published in Science of The Total Environment with our EndotoxII Project partners from Cranfield, Open University, Plymouth, Public Health England and the Environment Agency. The EndotoxII Project, funded by NERC (NE/M01163/1), is investigating the monitoring, modelling and public health impact of bioaerosols emissions from biowaste and intensive agricultural facilities. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718330845

 

 

Laura De Vito presents at the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen

Dr Laura De Vito (Air Quality Management Resource Centre) was at the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen to present the results of a project on the links between socioeconomic status and exposure to air and noise pollution. The project, led by Dr Jo Barnes (AQMRC) and in partnership with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment and Trinomics, assessed the latest evidence and state of knowledge regarding the role of socioeconomic factors in determining exposure, susceptibility and vulnerability to air pollution and noise. The results of the project contributed to inform the EEA’s Knowledge Innovation Actions and the debate about environmental justice in Europe.

 

Supporting the Eden Project's Invisible Worlds Expo

AQMRC are very excited to have had the opportunity to support the development of the Eden Project's Invisible World Exhibition. The permanent exhibition, which is due to open on 25th May 2018, aims to reveal a world beyond our senses: too big, too small, too fast, too slow, too far away in space and time. Enda Hayes @ AQMRC has been helping colleagues at Eden to ensure that narrative on the 'Pollution and Solutions' section of the exhibition is scientifically robust and relevant.

Tim presents new work on sustainability of new housing developments at AAG

On Tuesday 10th April, Tim gave a presentation at the 2018 meeting of the American Associati9n of Geographers looking at the energy performance of new housing developments in the UK.

The presentation clearly exposes the issue that whilst we are improving the electricity and gas consumption of new housing, the new developments appear to be significantly driving up car use.

Chatterton, T. (2018) Sustainable developments? Assessing the direct energy (building and vehicles) consumption of new housing developments in the United Kingdom using social and structural benchmarking. In: American Association of Geography Annual Meeting 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana, 9-14 April 2018. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/35704/1/Tim%20Chatterton%20-%20AAG2018%20Sustainable%20Developments%20%28Circulation%29.pdf

New UK Centre on Energy Demand announced

Tim is Co-Investigator on a new £19.5 million research centre funded by the EPSRC and ESRC that has been announced today.

The  UK Centre for Research on Energy Demand (UKCRED) brings together a world-leading and multi-disciplinary group of over 40 academics at 13 institutions across the UK, and will be led by the RCUK Energy Demand Research Champion, Professor Nick Eyre, at the University of Oxford.

 

The centre will develop and deliver internationally leading research, focusing on energy demand from a systemic, socio-technical perspective.

 

https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newukcentreforresearchonenergydemandannouncedbyepsrcandesrc/

 

 

 

Tim gives kick-off plenary presentation at Air Quality 2018 Conference

On Monday 12^th March, Tim gave the introductory plenary presentation at the 2018 Air Quality: Science and Application conference in Barcelona.  The talk, “Putting People at the Heart of Air Quality Management”, based around the work of the ClairCity (www.ClairCity.eu), MOT (www.MoOTproject.net) and Disruption (www.DisruptionProject.net/ www.fleximobility.solutions) posed challenges to the scientific air pollution community to work view air pollution as a social problem as well as ether an environmental one.

 

A copy of the one-page abstract and slides is available from the link below:

Chatterton, T., Hayes, E., Barnes, J., De Vito, L., Boushel, C., Husby, T., Ivanova, O., Csobod, E., Szuppinger, P. and Heves, G. (2018) Putting people at the heart of air quality management. In: Air Quality 2018: Science and Application, Barcelona, Spain, 12-16 March 2018. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/35484

Tim Gives Masterclass on Planning and Air Quality

On 20^th January, Tim presented at a Developer Masterclass on “Air quality and its impact on planning and development”.

The event was hosted by TLT and Peter Brett Associates and held at the TLT offices in Bristol.  Tim presented alongside Graham Harker, the Air Quality Team Leader at PBA.

 

Tim talking to DEFRA, NCAS and TSUG

On the morning of 17th January, Tim will be present in work from ClairCity, Disruption and the MOT project to a DEFRA policy workshop coordinated by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science. The invited presentation will deal with developing a more social approach to air quality management.

In the afternoon, he we be presenting work from the MOT project to the Transport Statistics User Group at TfL.  This presentation will look at the spatial and temporal diffusion of hybrid and electric vehicles in Great Britain.

For more info on these projects see:

ClairCity www.ClairCity.EU

MOT www.MOTproject.net

Disruption www.Fleximobility.Solutions

TIm on Plenary Panel Session about AQ at UTSG 2018 Annual Conference

On Thursday 4th January, Tim will be participating on a plenary panel discussion on 'Tackling Air Pollution in the UK – what more should we be doing?' At the 50th Universities Transport Study Group Snnual Conference in London.