The Latest in Air Quality Action
Find out about the latest news in air quality and how EMSOL is working with key partners.
The Heat Is On: London Climate Action Week 2023
The Heat Is On: London Climate Action Week 2023This week London Climate Action Week (LCAW) is back for 2023. Its focus; harnessing the power of London to find sustainable solutions for global climate action. Founded in 2019 by Sadiq Khan, LCAW is still one of the...
Breathing Easy – Clean Air Day 2023: The Impact of Air Pollution on Mind and Body
The theme for this year’s national Clean Air Day on 15 June is ‘clean up our air to look after your mind’. So, what does this actually mean? This year’s Clean Air Day theme takes a more holistic look at health and the impact of clean air not only on our environment,...
NHS Site-based Emission – How to Reduce Emissions Now
he NHS is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the world. Not only does it employ over 1.3 million people, but it also oversees approximately 1.5 million patient interactions on a daily basis. Ironically, whilst it is responsible for the health and...
Construction Responsible For 18% Of Large Particle Pollution
There have been significant concerns in recent years concerning the devastating impact of air pollution on public health, and now there is an increasing focus on those industries that are a major source of pollution. Historically, the construction industry has...
Air Pollution Detection Software – who needs it and why now?
Discussions over air quality and the effects of the exposure to air pollution has been going on for years. Why? Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, alongside climate change. What has become apparent is that quantifying the impact...
The Battle For Clean Air And The London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)
The battle for clean air is continuing to divide people’s opinions. The implementation of the Ultra Low Emissions Zones (ULEZ) was aimed at reducing air pollution in areas where it has adversely affected air quality. What ULEZ means for locals is that vehicles within...
Reducing Emissions in NHS Supply Chains
Great Ormond Street Hospital Maps Pollution To Records
Leading children’s hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), has recently partnered up with the MRC Centre for Environment and Health to ensure that the average air pollution levels and estimates are recorded on the Electronic Medical Records Epic system. For...
Air Pollution, Supply Chains and Decarbonisation
Since the Paris Agreement, many governments, investors, customers, and regulators are demanding that businesses take the necessary steps to ensure that they keep climate change at the forefront of their operations. Air pollution is still one of the leading causes of...
EMSOL selected for Impact 50 Award – Emerging Company
EMSOL - has been selected for the Hyer Impact Top 50, an initiative that recognises emerging companies positively impacting society and the environment. The achievement is a testament to EMSOL’s hard work, innovation, and dedication towards reducing air pollution and...
Smart City Waste Management – reducing emissions and community impact.
EMSOL is working with Local Authorities, waste partnerships and waste management companies such as Powerday, Reston and NJB to proactively reduce and manage site emissions The problem? Recording, attributing, reducing and reporting emissions is challenging, complex,...
HS2 Site Emissions Control Innovation Project
EMSOL was contracted by HS2 as part of their innovation initiative to collaborate with HS2’s main works civil contractors Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture (SCS JV) to explore the air emissions linked to site activities, to provide root cause analysis and insights...
NHS Case Study
EMSOL deploys air quality monitors and camera technology to provide insight on air pollution issues, root cause identification (including supplier impact) mitigation recording and improvement evidencing. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust required insights to...
John Lewis Case Study
EMSOL installed sensors and camera technology in the loading bay area at Waitrose’s Finchley site in London to monitor noise levels, air quality and vehicle movements. The data was then aggregated and analysed to quantify the environmental impact and to identify...
Smart Waste Cities
Local authorities are under pressure from residents to control the emissions levels of these facilities that are often embedded within urban communities. The businesses that own the problem are keen to manage emissions and minimise the impact of their operations but...
EMSOL is award winning once more!
It's a huge boost to the whole team to have our efforts and successes in air and noise quality reduction recognised by the South East Star. Their journalist wrote the following piece about EMSOL and why we were selected for their award. Thank you to all our supporters...
Winners – Construction Innovation of the Year
EMSOL were delighted to be named as the winners of the Construction News Award for Innovation of the Year. Our category had some very impressive finalists in it which makes the winning even more valuable.Founder and CEO Freddie Talberg collected the award for EMSOL...
Waste Management Case Study
Powerday 'wastes' no time reducing pollution In a UK first, Powerday are using leading edge, innovative technology to proactively reduce air and noise pollution at one of their waste management facilities on Weir Road, London. Change is so often driven to save an...
How are heatwaves impacting air quality?
As the UK reports its highest-ever temperature of just over 40 degrees Celsius during Tuesday 19th July, we take a look at what impact the heatwave is having on our air quality. Do heat waves worsen air quality? In a word - Yes. Heat in the air acts as a lid to air...
Can construction tech clean up our communities?
Proactive pollution resolution. The business of ‘running’ cities is complex, and much of the associated activity is often undesirable for the residents and workers who call our cities home. Operations such as smelly bin collections, noisy construction activity or...
Retail White Paper
Is your retail business site based? Do you have a supply chain? Or both? EMSOL takes a look at why retailers need a simple, effective, data based solution to address air pollution and reach those sustainability goals. Click below to read our white paper for free:
World Asthma Day 2022
To mark World Asthma Day we think it’s important to look at how air pollution is contributing to the number of Asthma sufferers, the severity of the symptoms and the death toll. Air pollution is a very generic term, so when we study air pollution in relation to...
EMSOL wins innovation award
It has recently been announced that EMSOL has won the title of the 'Most Innovative Transport Air Pollution Solution' in the 2022 UK Transport Awards. Accolades like this bring credibility to the EMSOL brand and our solution, plus our customers and partners love to...
River Thames Freight Monitoring Report Released
EMSOL is thrilled to be able to release our report into the River Thames Freight Monitoring project in partnership with Cross River Partnership (CRP). Pollution from road transport is a leading cause of pollution in the capital. Freight adds to both noise pollution...
High Air Pollution Alert
Traffic and car usage in London has now reached pre-pandemic levels and combined with imported pollution from the continent it has triggered a high pollution alert that is expected to last until the end of today. This is the first ‘high’ pollution alert that the Mayor...
New legal limits for PM2.5
On the 16th March the UK Government announced new proposed legal limits for PM2.5 EMSOL takes a closer look at the proposals to answer why they are important, what the new limits are, whether they go far enough and what action businesses can take now. Why is PM2.5...
Queens Square – Croydon Council Case Study
Queens Square - Croydon Council Case Study London feels like it is constantly being rebuilt; nowhere is that more evident than in Croydon which has 11 multi-million pound developments in process during any given month. The resulting pollution and congestion that these...
Why is dust control in construction important?
Dust emissions are often overlooked as companies focus on Net Zero targets but dust emissions have serious health effects for your workers and the local communities you work in. Here's why we think it's important to re-focus on the control of dust emissions in...
The Business Case for Improving Air Quality in Construction
The Business Case for Improving Air Quality in Construction Politicians, the media and the public agree the environment is a top priority of our times and much attention is focused on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions, particularly CO2 . But an...
Businesses cannot afford to ignore their pollution impact
Want to learn how retailers can benefit from evidencing their green credentials? Make sure to download our free paper which can add value to developing or executing on any sustainability strategy. Improving pollution is a major corporate priority – but most large...