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Air Quality – Engagement
Prepared for:Stakeholders in Camden
On behalf of:Camden Council
Date:January to March 2013
Contents
o Introductiono Situationo Air quality and healtho Air quality in context
o Solutionso The goal & The challengeo Borough actionso Partnership opportunities
Introduction
o Situation
o Poor air quality in Camden is the result of emissions from:o Transport (cars, taxis buses and coaches)o Buildings (gas from boilers)o Supply chain (LGVs and rigid HGVs)
o There is a great deal of work already being done by the council, the GLA, TfL and DEFRA but not all targets are being met
o We need the help of businesses
o Air quality and the business – current perceptions:o No perception of the problemo Know it’s a problem but not the extento Agree it’s an issue but what can I do?o Am fully aware of the extent of the problem
Introduction
o Air quality and health
o Poor air quality has a significant impact on health
o What should we focus on to get the message across?
o Up to 10,000 deaths every year in London are attributable to poor air qualityo More people die in London every year as a result of poor air quality than
nationally from road traffic accidents o The effects of poor air quality are worse than passive smokingo The lung capacity of children in areas of poor air quality is reduced by at
least 5%o The economic cost of the health impact of poor air quality in the UK is
around £15 billion
Introduction
o Air quality in context
Introduction
o NO2 Concentrations
Introduction
o NO2 Concentrations
Solutions
o The goalo To make Camden a healthy place to live, work and do
businesso Resulting in improved employee and resident wellbeingo Corporate Responsibility and reputation management
o The challengeo If you don’t know that it’s a problem you won’t look for
solutions to improve the situationo Any action we take has an almost immediate effect
o Solutions:o Communications – profile raisingo The Built Environment – increasing building efficiency and
reducing gas consumptiono Transportation – promoting walking and cycling o Supply Chain – reducing the number of vehicles delivering
to your premises and the emission profile of the fleet
Solutions
o Borough actions
o Award-winning green fleet which has large range of bio-methane and electric vehicles
o Gas consumption in Camden’s corporate buildings has reduced by 16% (2,053,805kgs) between 09/10 and 11/12
o Significant reductions in car use and increases in walking and cycling (225%) over the last ten years
o Expansion of car club membership reaching 6,700 with 265 car club spaces in the borough
o Delivery of an innovative electric vehicles project where local businesses were offered free two-week trials of electric vehicles
o High-level lobbying of the GLA and central government to put in place further measures to help us improve air quality
o Promotion of Walkit – urban walking route planner
Solutions
o Partnership opportunities
o Become an Air Quality Championo The Air Quality Pledgeo Breathe Better Together
o Join the Camden Climate Change Alliance
o Euston Road:o Get involved with the GLA green infrastructure
project o Take advantage of TfL subsidised recharging points
o For Fleet Operators:o Sign up to the EV trials schemeo Convert one or more vehicles to bio-methane
o The Built Environment:o Energy Efficiencyo Low NOx boiler installation
Next Steps
o Outcomeso Collation of findings
o Distribution of further information required
o Development of integrated opportunities
o For further information on air quality please contact: Poppy Lyle at Camden [email protected]
o Questions and answers