Policy/guidance development & research

AQC provides input to both local and central governments, and to the European Commission with respect to the development of air quality policy and guidance. Some recent examples include:

• Development of Technical Guidance for Review and Assessment, carried out on behalf of Defra and the devolved administrations.
• Review of options to tackle PM₁₀ hotspots in London, carried out on behalf of Transport for London.
• Input to the development of the DMRB Screening Model carried out on behalf of the Highways Agency.
• Provision of air quality advice to Transport Scotland for the trunk road network.
• Development of air quality guidelines for National Road Schemes, carried out on behalf of the National Roads Authority in Ireland.
• Development of Indoor Air Quality Guidelines, carried out on behalf of the National Department of Health in South Africa.
• Development of Evaluation Criteria for Air Quality Management Plans in South Africa, carried out on behalf of the Department for Environment, Agriculture and Transport.
• Study of options for the implementation of an exposure-reduction approach for Particulate Matter, carried out on behalf of Defra.

AQC staff have also been members of a number of expert panels and working groups assembled to advise both the UK Government and the European Commission. These have included:

• UK Government’s Photochemical Oxidants Review Group
• UK Government’s Quality of Urban Air Review Group
• DfT’s Monitoring and Modelling Panels supporting work on Model Development for Heathrow Airport
• UK Government’s Air Quality Expert Group
• UK Government’s Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants
• EC Working Group on Airborne Particles
• EC Working Group on Ozone
• EC Working Group on Guidance
• EC Working Group on Implementation
• EC Clean Air for Europe Steering Group
• CEN Working Group on PM₁₀ and PM_2.5