Working for an Environmental Company, ETs Engineers are keen to do their bit to keep vehicle emissions generated by themselves to an absolute minimum. One long standing ET engineer, Kevin Phillips ditches his diesel van on the edge of the town or city of his job location and bikes in to service the AQ station whenever possible.
Other ET Engineers have taken to getting to work by train with their bike in tow so they can avoid driving at all. One less vehicle on the road, less emissions and more exercise!
At ET we encourage all our staff to think of 'greener ways to travel to and from their places of work. It's the small things like this that will collectively make the difference.
The Smogmobiles new mapping software is now interactive. Click on the link and have a look!
As part of our ongoing commitment to encouraging a more healthy and environmentally friendly way to travel to work, ET's MD's route to work on Friday 30th Nov was quite different from the usual drive from Cheltenham to Stroud.
Leaving his house at 0705, Duncan ran to Cheltenham train station (1.5 miles) where he grabbed a coffee from the Green Coffee Machine and hopped on the next train to Stroud. From there he ran from Stroud station to ET's office (1.75 miles). After a quick shower and change of clothes he was at his desk ready for work at 0845. Duncan says " I really enjoyed traveling to work today knowing that, not only was I contributing to one less car on the road for the day but I was getting my daily running fix in too!" Going forward, Duncan is aiming to do this once a week, when his schedule allows.
The NERC funded investment will see eight universities led by the NERC Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) create the network of advanced A Q monitoring instruments to detect harmful air pollutants and their sources in greater detail than ever before. The research will provide essential information that will affect policy decisions which will lead to cleaner, safer, air.
As well as analysers to detect toxic air pollutants, the network includes new instruments to detect a variety of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting chemicals, in order to help the UK comply with legally-binding targets set out in the Climate Change Act.
For the Birmingham site, ET have supplied MCERTS approved SO2, direct NO2, NOy Teledyne API analysers and two Los Gatos Research enhanced performance analysers for the measurement of CH4, CO2, CO & H2O and NH3, featured in the photo shown.
The network is due to be operational by the end of 2018.
Happy 'Clean Air Day' everyone! ET encouraged all office based employees to be as environmental friendly as possible on their journey to work today.
Sales Director, Mike Webley walked to walk, with the NEW ET NO2 SmogBox and measured the air quality on his way in to the office, completing a 2 mile stretch in total. The first mile is through residential streets, where pollution levels are low, but the subsequent mile is along the busy A419 road, which has considerably higher pollution levels. Mike says, "Normally when I work to walk, for the 2nd mile I normally walk along the Thames and Severn canal, which is away from the road and the pollution, but today with our SmogBox, I wanted to demonstrate the use of pollution monitoring equipment and how these real time DEFRA MCERTS approved equipment can provide good scientific data.
Watch these videos to see how the Police in Poland have been utilising drone based monitoring technology to sniff-out smog and the use of prohibited fuels.