Particulate Matters - November 2022
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Welcome to the November edition of Particulate Matters.?
With COP27 making the headlines over the past month, it's no surprise that a lot of air quality news is focused on encouraging governments and environmental decision-makers to make progress on meeting air pollution targets or improving on previous targets.
In this month's edition, we bring you the results from our poll on air quality data awareness alongside some of the latest thought leadership on indoor air quality and how our buildings are making us sick.
Best-practice Design for Air Quality in Commercial Buildings
We've recently partnered with Area one of the UK and Europe’s most progressive and successful workplace design and fit-out specialists for the contents of a brand new guide?‘Best practice design for better air quality in commercial buildings’.
If you're considering moving your commercial space to a new location or even considering a new design or retro-fit of an existing space then this is the guide for you!
The guide covers:
?? The key questions to ask when looking for a new commercial space
?? What to consider when finding a new commercial space
?? Optimising your layout for improved IAQ
?? How to effectively split your project budget when considering IAQ
?? Other elements to consider as well as further resources and advice you can apply to your space today
Click the link below to read the guide ??
Noteworthy News???
The Clean Air Bill, or Ella’s Law, which could enshrine the human right to clean air has passed through the committee stage at the House of Lords.?
Named after Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death, the bill received no opposition as it passed through to the report stage.?
Brought in under Baroness Jenny Jones, the legislation would see a variety of public bodies reviewing and monitoring pollutants and pollution limits, with the aims of achieving clean air in the UK within five years of its passing.
Vox explore how we can fix our buildings to make them healthier and some of the issues that get in the way of that mission.
They look at some of the historic issues with our buildings, how new science and research has helped us understand these issues and some of the measures starting to come into effect to make our building healthier.
Is there a right to clean air? According to lawyers, and an increasing number of affected people across Europe, there is. The UN recently recognised that?everyone has a right to a healthy environment. If this is true, then it should also mean that everyone has the right to breathe clean and healthy air.
This is what Belgians believe, as a group of residents across all three regions in Belgium are taking their authorities to court to defend their right to breathe healthy air.
As the EU sets out new measures to hit an ambitious "zero pollution" target by 2050, it finds itself under fire both from NGOs that say it's lagging behind and from countries that warn it's racing too far ahead.
The plan,?presented last year?as part of the bloc's Green Deal ambitions, commits the EU to reducing pollution “to levels no longer considered harmful to health and natural ecosystems” by mid-century.
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Ministers were accused on Tuesday of condemning another generation of children?to breathing toxic?air?in?London?and other parts of?Britain?by setting a target to tackle it only by 2040.
MPs?in the capital called for the proposed timescale to be sped up by a decade to cut levels of tiny PM2.5 particulate?pollution?which scientists say is particularly harmful to human health.
They spoke out after the?Government?failed to announce a series of new post-Brexit eco-targets by the deadline of October 31 as set by the Environment Act 2021.
IAQ Awareness?
US embassies’ tweets showing real-time air quality data resulted in lower levels of air pollution in cities around the world.
In 2008, the US embassy in Beijing installed an air quality monitor and began tweeting hourly readings. By 2020, more than 50 US embassies in 37 other countries had followed, creating a large data set that researchers could use to assess the impact of disseminating real-time pollution data.
We asked our followers on LinkedIn whether they felt there was enough public air quality data available in their area, here were the results ??
Latest AirScores
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?? London
AirScore?? D&O Platinum
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?? Bath
AirScore?? Gold
We hope you enjoyed this month’s edition of Particulate Matters.?
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Thanks,?
The AirRated team