Webinar: Route map to Net Zero Construction

Emissions Analytics is pleased to welcome Daniel Marsh and Carl Desouza from Imperial College London as our guests to discuss the “Route map to Net Zero Construction.”

Construction machines are typically diesel powered and, depending upon their age and application, can produce relatively high levels of NOx and particulates in urban environments. The construction industry is determined to reduce its environmental impact and meet NetZero targets, but choosing the right path can be daunting when numerous alternatives exist. There is no one size fits all solution.

Our webinar will discuss results from various projects that were led by Imperial College London, alongside Emissions Analytics’ real-world emissions testing services.

This is not intended to be a definitive guide or to provide prescriptive answers, simply to share independent test results and support sharper industry discussion.

Webinar: Exposures to particles and volatile organic compounds across multiple transportation modes

Our CEO & Founder, Nick Molden presented a webinar on Exposures to particles and volatile organic compounds across multiple transportation modes on 14th December 2022. To watch the webinar and download the presentation please see below.

The webinar covered what’s is cleanest way to get from London Paddington to the centre of Oxford?  Not in terms of tailpipe emissions, but rather in terms of the traveller’s own exposure to the air quality inside the mode of transport.  Emissions Analytics studied this in a project for the TRANSITION Network in the UK, and this webinar will present the findings.
 
Personal exposures were tested in real-world conditions across nine different transport modes on journeys, covering active travel, public transport and private cars.  Such exposures are relevant to questions of traveller comfort, safety in the context of airborne diseases such as Covid-19 and a growing awareness of health, safety and productivity effects of interior air quality.  Pollutants measured were particle number, particle mass, carbon dioxide and speciated volatile organic compounds, using devices carried on or with the traveller.
 
The results will reveal the most and least polluted methods of transport, and the likely sources of the pollution.  Further, the dynamic nature of pollution will also be shown, to quantify when total exposures are mostly driven by short, larger spikes rather than persistent lower levels.  The findings are intended to feed into the growing body of work around vehicle interior air quality, including the new CEN standardised methodology, CWA17934.