September 2019
Routes to Clean Air 2019
16th - 17th September 2019 Ambassadors Bloomsbury Hotel, LondonThe Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) presents Routes to Clean Air 2019, a two-day annual conference where air quality, public health and transport professionals, in both the private and public sectors, share their experiences of improving transport emissions. Speakers will discuss a range of topical issues offering their insight into the steps required to improve air quality, including best practice examples and practical challenges faced during implementation. Delegates will gain valuable CPD,…
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Ethics Workshop: Why professionals do wrong and how to avoid it
No organisation can afford to leave ethical decision making to chance. One hasty or ill-conceived action by an employee can harm the reputation of the entire organisation and destroy a career.In a new initiative by the IAQM, we have developed effective ethics training focused on setting expectations of behaviour for air quality professionals in a variety of contexts.For example, how do you react when a client requests a change to your data in a report? How do you establish boundaries…
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IAQM AGM 2019: Air quality – Past, present and future
The IAQM 2019 AGM will be followed by a discussion meeting looking at the past, present and future challenges within the air quality sector. Imagine a future. NO2 concentrations have fallen rapidly, by 2024 only a few exceedances will be present in London - problem solved? History tells us that when one pollutant is well controlled, another pollutant rears its head. We know that over the next few years the focus will increasingly move from NO2 to PM2.5 and the need…
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IAQM Forum – The Environment Bill and Air Quality Targets
Event postponedWe are sorry to announce this event has been postponed.The growing situation with the coronavirus disease outbreak (COVID-19) in the UK is presenting unprecedented challenges for individuals, companies and organisations alike. As a responsible organisation, the IAQM's utmost concern is for the safety of its attendees, speakers and staff. We are therefore reviewing each event on a case-by-case basis. If we do need to postpone these events, we will honour the bookings made for those already registered to attend…
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IAQM Webinar: Has Coronavirus affected local air quality?
There is widespread reporting of improvements in ambient air quality as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but much of the evidence has focused on direct comparisons between air quality measurements made before and after social and travel restrictions were in place. Such comparisons can often be misleading as the social and travel restrictions are not the only factors affecting measured concentrations of air pollutants.Ambient concentrations can change significantly over short periods of time simply because of changes to the…
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