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Guy Fawkes Night returns every year on the 5th November and is celebrated all over the UK, bringing us towering infernos and glorious displays of fireworks all to be witnessed with the delights of sparklers and toffee apples. However, we are quick to forget that the celebration has a tremendous impact on the UK’s air … Continued

So far it’s been a successful year at Redmore Environmental, and our recent invitation from The Yuppies Club to sponsor their ‘Spooktakular Halloween Party’ only highlights our continued growth as an environmental consultancy. Of course we couldn’t turn the opportunity down and are delighted to announce we will be supporting the event alongside our good … Continued

Introduction to Kitchen Odour Assessment Hot food takeaways, restaurants and other premises containing commercial kitchens have potential to cause noise and odour issues from kitchen ventilation exhausts, particularly when located in close proximity to housing and when not well managed or poorly installed. This has led to a requirement for a Kitchen Odour Assessment to … Continued

ALast week saw the launch of BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) UK New Construction 2018, which will act to replace the 2014 guidance of the same name with additional opportunities for BREEAM air quality credits. Registrations for the 2014 scheme will close towards the end of March, whilst those currently registered under the … Continued

“Clean Air for Everyone” On the 4th September 2015, a seven metre tower was erected in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This acts as a vacuum cleaner for the air, removing harmful pollutants and other contaminants. Today it provides a surrounding park and playground with air that is 75% cleaner than the rest of the city. In the … Continued

The Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) has recently launched the new document ‘Guidance on the Assessment of Mineral Dust Impacts for Planning’. After several years of development, a working group of air quality professionals and regulatory bodies have provided new guidelines which provide advice on robust and consistent good-practice approaches to assess the impacts … Continued

Electric Vehicles The idea of electric vehicles circulates in the news on a frequent basis, but last year less than 1% of cars sold were electric. Two global companies, Tesla and Google, have been aiming to find ways to make owning an electric vehicle easier and more desirable. The premium electric vehicle company Tesla has … Continued

Europe’s car industry has suggested that the entire road infrastructure of Europe should be resurfaced in order to prevent the requirement for mandatory cuts to car emission targets by 2030. Emission Targets Proposal In a document produced by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), which was released to the Guardian newspaper, the association suggested a … Continued

Biogas Buses A pilot project on biogas buses by operator First West of England has demonstrated the potential of using bioenergy as fuel for public transport. A 40 seater bus, nicknamed the bio-bus, has been running since March 2015 in the EU’s European Green capital, Bristol. The success of this pilot has led to proposals … Continued

Strasbourg’s European Commission Plenary Sessions On 27th October a resolution was passed by the European Commission in Strasbourg, committing to stricter diesel emissions testing and investigation of suspected emissions test fraud. This resolution supports the move for real driving emissions (RDE) tests, mentioned in our October article ‘Eliminating Emissions – Diesel and the Euro 6 … Continued