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UK firm presents “game-changing” solution to monitoring indoor air quality

Envirotec Magazine

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a global concern for health, wellbeing and productivity as people spend 90% of their time indoors, where IAQ can be up to 7 times worse than outdoor air quality. million UK homes are hazardous to health, with a cost to the NHS of more than £1 billion per year.

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Strengthen red route pollution monitoring to save lives, says London air report

Envirotec Magazine

The report makes a number of recommendations to the Mayor of London to tackle the city’s air pollution, including: Strengthen monitoring of pollution from London’s red routes and incorporate new monitoring of air quality emissions for the Silvertown Tunnel project.

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Generating electricity using low-grade heat recovered from lignin-derived membranes

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A new study explores an apparently sustainable method of efficiently converting waste heat into electricity using certain wood products, while minimising costs and environmental impact. Lignin, typically overlooked, is a sustainable byproduct derived from wood in paper and pulp production.

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The rise of smart water

Envirotec Magazine

The Earth is a closed ecosystem dependent upon this finite resource, which will have to sustain generations to come. Smart water metering. The first two items: smart metering and leak detection, are more about building awareness of what’s happening, and supporting access to live to monitor water consumption and wastage.

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Sponsored content: Hospital targets energy savings

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So much is written about hospital waiting times and the many pressures that the health services are under, it is very easy to overlook the fact that there are also many positive activities taking place. To find out how Grundfos can assist your energy savings goals visit the URL below. www.grundfos.co.uk.

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Sponsored Content: Big data. Opportunity or needless complexity?

Envirotec Magazine

Water security can be defined as the availability of a sufficient quantity and quality of water to sustain livelihoods, health, socio-economic development and ecosystems. This has prompted growth in high-intensity monitoring systems that generate enormous volumes of data.

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Leveraging Mobile Data

Envirotec Magazine

Anonymised data from the O2 mobile phone network is being used as part of a series of new government-funded trials to help Thames Valley local authorities (LAs) plan improvements to air quality, public health, road surfaces, traffic flow and energy infrastructure. Funded by the Department for Transport through the £22.9m