The 2018 Annual Air Quality Seminar was held on Thursday 4th October at Caerphilly Council Chamber at Penallta House. The seminar theme this year was Tackling Air Pollution at a local level Local and links with Climate Change and Air Pollution. The Final Programme for the event is available below:
Seminars
WAQF 2018 Seminar: Tackling Air Pollution at a local level Local and links with Climate Change and Air Pollution
Published Date: 24/09/2018
- Final Programme108.72 KB
WAQF 2017 Seminar: Policies introduction to NO2 plans and Clean Air Zones and Regional and Local Measures
Published Date: 06/11/2017
The 2017 Annual Air Quality Seminar was held on the 12th October at Caerphilly Council Chamber at Penallta House. The seminar theme this year was NO2 plans, Clean Air Zones (CAZ); and the way forward from a national, regional and local level. It included case study on a Local Authorities Action Plan, a presentation on implementing Clean Air Zones, and examples of impacts of measures such as walking schools and the introduction of low emission buses. The programme for the event and each of the presentations are available from the links below:
- Programme181.42 KB
- By Maria Godfrey, Caerphilly
- Implementing Clean Air Zones2.66 MBBy Beth Conlan, Ricardo Energy & Environment
- Remote sensing of vehicle emissions777.96 KBBy Rebecca Rose, Ricardo Energy & Environment
- By Charlotte Grey, Public Health Wales
- By Laurence Jones, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- By Rachel Maycock, Living Streets
- By Dr Tim Barlow, TRL
WAQF 2016 Seminar: Policy updates and developments in Air Quality Research
Published Date: 19/10/2016
The Annual Air Quality Seminar was held on Thursday 6th October 2016 at Caerphilly Council Chamber at Penallta House. The Morning Sessions theme was mostly related to Policies and Air Quality, with talks on State of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR) and Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. The latter half of the day was more focused on some of the research that is taking place within air quality including, air quality research using telematics data, the use of satellite measurements and the potential for this to be used of air quality monitoring, a non-bias review of different types of small air sensors and sources of Nickel in Pontardawe. The programme for the event and each of the presentations are available from the links below:
- Programme80.25 KB
- By Michael Evans, Natural Resources Wales
- By Martin McVay, Welsh Government
- By James Tate, University of Leeds
- By Pete Edwards, University of York
- By Anna Font, King's College, London
- Catalytic paints to reduce NOX969.92 KBBy David Carslaw, AQEG
- Traffic impact on ecology1.72 MBBy Ricardo and Carmarthenshire – Nick Rand and Olly Matthews