See how you can engage with air quality data to improve your health and wellbeing this Clean Air Day.
There are many data sources of air quality in central London, we like LondonAir – the website of the London Air Quality Network (LAQN). At this website you can sign up for air quality alerts and it has a useful guide to the different types of air pollution and health advice.
With all this in mind, you can:
- Stay one step ahead: Are you going for a run in your lunch hour or before or after work? Do you walk or cycle around London? See where the cleanest air is and consider using that as your running space and as part of your commuting route. If the air quality is poor between you and your destination, take back streets. If you can put a physical barrier between you and the source of poor air quality, like a block of buildings between you and a main road for example, you can reduce your exposure to pollution.
- Sign up for alerts: Visit the LondonAir website and sign up for alerts about poor air quality which give you a head start on taking action.
- Work with us: We deliver projects with businesses in the London Heritage Quarter area that reduce air pollution. In this way we directly support the work of organisations such as Westminster City Council, Transport for London, and the Greater London Authority. If you are based in London Heritage Quarter and want to improve air quality, please get in touch.
- Work within your organisation: If you work in operations, facilities, or procurement you have a unique role and can create tangible air quality benefits. For example, changing your vehicle fleet to electric or reducing the number of vehicle deliveries to your premises such as through order rationalisation or sharing suppliers with neighbours and other building tenants helps improves air quality locally. Similarly, reducing the use of diesel backup generators at your site can help reduce emissions. The Environment Agency provides helpful guidance on this.
- Sign the Sustainable City Charter: The Charter’s initial focus is on carbon emissions, but climate action also brings wider sustainability co-benefits, such as improving air quality. Westminster Abbey is the latest organisation to sign up. The Charter has over 100 signatories. Join here today.
From personal habits to workplace initiatives, everyone can help improve local air quality.
