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Air Quality England will be updated and refreshed in the coming months.


24/09/2024

Let us know if you have ideas for new and improved content. We are keen to understand and develop the site to meet all our user requirements.  Alternatively, if you have your own requirements and ideas and would like our data science or digital services team to help shape a bespoke solution, then get in touch.  This could be a new website, routine and bespoke data reporting via a shiny-app or data analysis via an interactive report to meet a specific project need. For details on how we can help please contact David Madle, ph. 07968707279 or email david.madle@ricardo.com


Independent Air Quality Sensor Monitoring


20/08/2024

Ricardo experts provide customers with an end-to-end service from procurement, installation, service, maintenance, dataset scaling, validation, co-location correction, ratification, QA/QC, analysis, reporting, and website data dissemination. We can advise on what will work for your project, and how to improve data quality to meet LAQM reporting, and policy decision making requirements. More information can be found in our blog series covering:

Designing and implementing useful applications for air quality sensors

MCERTS and low-cost sensors: does certification guarantee real world performance?

Performance testing of sensor systems – the good, the bad and the hopeless!

Air quality sensors… can you simply plug and play?

For details on how we can help please contact David Madle (ph. 07968707279 or email david.madle@ricardo.com).


News Archive

Ricardo clocks up over 1 billion records of UK air quality measurements

17/07/2024

Clean Air Day

16/06/2024

Independent QA/QC of air quality sensor data

20/05/2024

Call for clarity on DEFRA’s plan to withhold £6m allotted to air quality funding.

25/04/2024

Ricardo works with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to supply, install and provide QA/QC to its air quality sensor network

13/03/2024

Ricardo air quality experts help tackle air pollution from domestic solid fuel burning in Greater Manchester

15/02/2024

Praxis air quality sensors selected for 41 locations across Greater Manchester

18/01/2024

Air Quality Sensor - Designing and implementing useful applications

05/12/2023

COP 28 is upon us - What will governments commit to!?

04/12/2023

Air Quality on Bonfire Night 2023

21/11/2023

Fine Particulates

01/11/2023

Blood pressure risks from PM2.5 exposure

24/10/2023

Defra Air Quality Grant Application deadline 29 September 2023

13/09/2023

Air Pollution Footprint Partnership

11/08/2023

2023 Defra air quality grant

11/07/2023

Ricardo's Local Authority FREE WEBINAR - Tuesday 9th May 2023

13/06/2023

Ricardo's Local Authority FREE WEBINAR - Tuesday 9th May 2023

03/05/2023

Ricardo's Local Authority free webinar - 9th May 2023

23/04/2023

Free Webinar - Spotlight on Local Air Quality: New Technology & Tools - NEW DATE - now Tuesday 9th May, 11:00-12:30

28/03/2023

Defra set out new legally binding environment targets

16/01/2023

Air Quality Sensor - Designing and implementing useful applications

13/12/2022

Bonfire night particulate pollution investigation 2022

14/11/2022

Openair Training 2022 and 2023

20/10/2022

Final reminder for the air quality grant scheme 2022/23

09/09/2022

Reminder - Air quality grant workshop and Q and A Session Thursday, 18 August 2022, 10:00 – 12:30 BST

17/08/2022

Air quality grant scheme 2022 to 2023

18/07/2022

Independent correction of air quality sensor data for Luton Council

21/06/2022

Kent and Medway Air Quality Monitoring

27/05/2022

How to get better value from your air quality monitoring sensor system

20/04/2022

Air Quality Sensors used to inform locals on particulate concentrations

11/03/2022

Ricardo provide evaluation of low cost air quality sensors

28/02/2022

Openair essentials - online training course

24/01/2022

Particulate Pollution on Bonfire Night 2021

09/12/2021

Ricardo and COP26

10/11/2021

ITV News - Air Quality Explained

13/10/2021

Air Quality Grant 21/22 Scheme - Update

24/09/2021

New WHO AQ Guidelines published

22/09/2021

Air Quality Grant 21/22 Scheme - update

27/08/2021

2021-2022 Defra Grant Fund £8m - Applications due late autumn, don't Miss Out!

30/07/2021

Clean Air Day - Thursday 17th June 2021

16/06/2021

New Air Quality Forecast

17/05/2021

New insights into urban air pollution through novel road traffic and vehicle emission remote sensing

20/04/2021

Air Quality Grants awarded across England to fund local projects for cleaner air

11/03/2021

Failed remote sensing measurements provide insights into hybrid vehicle behaviour

04/01/2021

IAPSC Half Day Virtual Conference - 2 December 2020

09/11/2020

Revised EMAQ+ Seminar Programme

23/09/2020

INVITATION TO APPLY (ITA) FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR PROJECTS UNDER THE AIR QUALITY GRANT PROGRAMME 2020/21

10/09/2020

Openair online - 3 part webinar series

13/07/2020

EMAQ+ Subscriptions for 2020/21

10/06/2020

Revised EMAQ+ Seminar/Webinar Programme

21/05/2020

Climate Emergencies Webinar

30/04/2020

Analysis of COVID-19 lockdown on UK local air pollution

01/04/2020

Covid-19 Air Quality Monitoring update

30/03/2020

EMAQ+ 2020-21 Seminar Programme & Subscription

10/03/2020

Ricardo's Air Quality Monitoring Services

18/02/2020

Control of Odour and Noise from Commercial Kitchen Exhaust Systems - Report available

18/02/2020

Ricardo's Real World Emissions Monitoring, looking at ammonia emissions from road vehicles

03/02/2020

Air Quality Sensors

15/01/2020

Seasons Greetings

20/12/2019

London commits to WHO guidelines for PM2.5 by 2030

12/11/2019

Defra Air Quality Grant Scheme 2019/20 ITA_6352

04/10/2019

EMAQ+ SWIPs (Small Waste Incineration Plant(s)) Seminar in Birmingham - 1 October 2019

26/09/2019

Worried about the impact of pollution on your health?

30/08/2019

Cost-effective, time-saving solution to accurately measure ozone precursor VOCs in ambient air

27/06/2019

Real World Emissions

03/06/2019

Real-world performance of emissions abatement retrofits to Scottish Buses

21/05/2019

Free Webinar: Habitats Regulations Assessment of air quality impacts

16/04/2019

£3 million boost for innovative local air quality improvements

02/04/2019

Online air quality management seminar for local authority officers – 11th to 31st March 2019

12/03/2019

Ricardo supports launch of new local authority air pollution alert system

01/03/2019