Air quality

This is a pre-recorded webinar. Estimated time to view webinar is 5 hrs. It is available for 2 weeks from 27 February - 12 March 2023

Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

The purpose of this course is to point attendees to the knowledge required to manage the LAQM duties required of a local authority – consequently it will focus on the management rather than technical issues of fulfilling legal requirements, establishing the resource base to comply with those requirements, responsibly assessing the need for action, liaising with stakeholders, ensuring that any action taken is cost effective,  and that air quality information is communicated to Defra or the Devolved Administration, and the public in an appropriate manner.

Air quality

This is a pre-recorded webinar.  Estimated time to view webinar is 5 hrs. It is available for 2 weeks from 20-31 March 2023

Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

The aim of this course is to put local air quality management (LAQM) activities into a scientific, technical and legal context. It explains where LAQM fits into the various schemes for environmental protection and, in particular how it interfaces with health, climate change, development control, and traffic management policy.

Air quality

This is a pre-recorded webinar. Estimated time to view webinar is 5 hrs. It is available for 2 weeks from 20 March to 31 March 2023

Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

This course addresses fundamental issues associated with the practicalities of assessing air quality via measurement. The trainer will facilitate a sharing of knowledge and experience of using passive diffusion tubes to monitor concentrations of ambient nitrogen dioxide.

Air quality

This is a pre-recorded webinar available from 20 March 2023 to 30 June 2023. 

Fee = £65.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

The planning of a new development has a direct influence on local air quality and therefore the health of people and ecosystems. Air quality should therefore be a material consideration when planning new developments to ensure they are designed and constructed in ways to minimise emissions and reduce the exposure of people to air pollution.

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) assist developers in determining when an air quality assessment is required for a new development and outline assessment procedures to complete in support of applications for new developments. SPDs typically set out an approach for the calculation of Damage Costs and the identification of suitable mitigation measures where required.

Damage Costs are a set of impact values, measured per tonne of emission of certain pollutants, which are used to estimate the societal costs associated with small changes in pollutant emissions. They are used to determine the scale of the required investment in air quality mitigation measures.

This webinar provides guidance on how to apply emissions and air quality assessment procedures in support of applications for proposed developments and identify suitable mitigation measures to be included at the planning stage. We will also demonstrate how Damage Costs should be applied to determine the scale of the required investment in air quality mitigation measures.

Air quality

This is an interactive webinar delivered by TEAMS 

NB: Start date has been delayed due to waiting for information from Defra on the role of LA's in meeting their new targets.

Fee = £85.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

The World Health Organisation has set challenging updated air quality guidelines. Meanwhile, Defra have published two new air quality targets (standards) to be met for PM_2.5  in England. In addition, legal national emission reduction targets set for the UK for PM_2.5 for 2030 are not expected to be met under currently adopted policies and measures. The Government has consulted on further policies and measures to achieve this target in their revised National Air Pollution Control Programme published in February 2023. The role of Local Authorities in achieving reduced PM_2.5 emissions and concentrations is outlined in the Environmental Improvement Plan (January, 2023) but there is a commitment to elaborate on this in the forthcoming updated Air Quality Strategy due to be published by Government in May 2023.  This seminar will set out the expectations for Local Authorities to improve air quality across their functions.  This will cover the role of Local Authorities to implement, enforce and monitor action at the local level. The opportunities and challenges to embed Defra guidance into local action will be discussed with practitioners.

Air quality

This is recording of a webinar delivered by TEAMS in November 2022.

Fee = £85.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

This webinar will provide an introduction to the use of atmospheric dispersion models for air quality assessments. The webinar will explain different approaches to dispersion modelling, and cover how these tools are used to undertake assessments of air quality impacts in support of planning and permit applications, EIAs and the development of local policy. The webinar will talk through how to set up a roads-based assessment in one of the most commonly used models; ADMS. Attendees will gain a better understanding of why atmospheric dispersion models are needed, how they work and how they’re used for air quality assessments submitted to local authorities.

See Course Programme here.

Air quality

Fee = £160.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

An EMAQ+ delegate who has attended all 5 EMAQ+ Essentials of LAQM modules and taken and successfully passed the associated Online Knowledge checks, gaining all 5 credits, is eligible to sit a final 'Proficiency Test'.  The test is designed to test their co-ordinated knowledge of all the aspects of LAQM covered by the whole programme.

You cannot self enrol yourself for this test.  You will be invited by the EMAQ+ Team to take this test when you are eligible.

Air quality

This is a pre-recorded intermediate level webinar. Duration of this webinar is 1 hr 20 mins. Available from 20 June 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Fee = £85.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

A successful action plan is not just a list of actions that will improve air quality, it needs to provide the basis for successful delivery.  This course will explore issues around developing an action plan that will help prioritise actions and integrate these into existing delivery powers and policies. It will also consider the implementation of the plan looking at issues such as governance, funding and ownership for delivery.

Air quality

This is a pre-recorded intermediate level webinar available from 16 January 2023 until 30 June 2023.

Fee = £85.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

This webinar will cover a range of areas relating to indoor air pollution an area of increasing concern for human health. The webinar will initially focus on types of indoor air pollution, potential sources and the impact that indoor air pollution can have on human health. The differences between outdoor and indoor air pollution will also be discussed identifying any differences in approach or impact that are vital for the handling of indoor air pollution. The legislation regarding the monitoring and regulation of indoor air quality and the roles of various regulatory bodies and the application of the legislation will be covered, this area will also cover the role of building regulations in the matter of indoor air quality. On completion of the webinar we expect delegates will have a better understanding of the sources and impact of indoor air pollution and to understand the relevant legislation for monitoring and regulation.

Air quality

This is a pre-recorded mini-webinar.  It is available from 3 May 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Fee = £65.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

The purpose of this webinar is to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected air pollution levels during the first lockdown, and provide an understanding of how the reduction in air pollution may impact Local Air Quality Management going forward. The first part of the webinar will outline the health impacts of air quality and presents measured and modelled air quality data from 2020, showing changes in pollutant concentrations. We will then look at how these unexpected changes in air pollution are likely to impact Local Air Quality Management, including tools such as the DEFRA background concentration maps and the Emissions Factor Toolkit. We will consider other implications of the change in air quality, including for Air Quality Impact Assessments and planning applications. Finally, we will explore how Local Authorities can make the most of the reduction in air pollution caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, by using it to promote the benefits of clean air and low car usage.

Air quality

This is a pre-recorded webinar.  It is available from 3 May 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Fee = £99.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

The webinar is for those LA air quality and planning professionals at operational level whose duties include planning and air quality management aspects.  Delegates will need a minimum knowledge of air quality management issues and an understanding of the planning application process. This training seminar will benefit those local authority officers who deal with planning applications with regard to air quality impact assessments, mitigation and conditions for development sites.

Air quality

This is a pre-recorded webinar.  It is available from 3 May 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Fee = £99.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

The webinar will consider how atmospheric dispersion modelling outputs are presented in Air Quality Impacts Assessments, submitted in support of planning applications, and provide advice on how model results should be interpreted. The session will include a group exercise in which delegates will be asked to critically review an example air quality assessment. This will allow air quality professionals to better understand the modelling studies that are commonly submitted in support of planning applications, and be better prepared to review them.