Being in or next to an Air Quality Management Area lowers the bar for needing an air quality assessment. Here is how to check AQMA status in five minutes and what it means for your application.
Hospitals are one of the few buildings where the air itself is part of the treatment. Patients recovering from surgery, people with weakened immune systems, and staff working long shifts all depend on air that is clean, well ventilated and properly monitored. Yet most guidance you’ll find online is written for American or Canadian hospitals, […]
Gyms put more strain on indoor air than almost any other type of building. Dozens of people breathing hard in one room, chalk dust in the lifting area, disinfectant sprayed on equipment all day, and often a studio with no windows at all. Members come to get healthier but if the ventilation can’t keep up, […]
You’ll see PM2.5 and PM10 on air quality reports, planning conditions and monitoring data all the time. They sound similar, but they behave differently, come from different places, and are treated differently under UK law. This guide explains the difference in easy way what each one is, where it comes from, what it does to […]
Schools and care homes have something important in common: they hold some of the people most affected by poor air quality, for some of the longest hours of the day. Children’s lungs are still developing. Older residents in care homes often already live with respiratory or heart conditions. Both settings also answer to a regulator […]
Industrial developments face tougher air quality scrutiny than almost any other type of scheme. Between a busy planning process and, very often, a separate environmental permit, an industrial project can need two different air quality assessments looking at two different things. Get either wrong and you’re facing objections, delays, or refusal. This guide explains what […]
