Air Quality & Greenhouse Gas Management
Atkins has one of the largest teams of air quality specialists in the UK with well over a century’s combined experience. We work with government ministries and agencies (in the UK and overseas), local authorities, industrial operators, developers and utilities providers to identify opportunities as well as constraints. We specialise in finding bespoke solutions to our clients’ air quality problems using state-of-the-art tools and techniques, developing them further where required. We cover a large range of sub-specialisms and provide everything from ministerial advice on matters of national air quality strategy to indoor air quality advice to resolve disputes between tenants and landlords. Knowing how to operate an analyser or run a computational model are key aspects of our capability but our focus has always been to find answers to our client’s issues in a cost-effective way.
Our services include:
Strategic advice to Governments/regulators on policy and best practice
Development of air quality policy and assessment tools
Local and regional air quality assessments and management strategies
Industrial emissions modelling and Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) using UK and US protocols
Detailed dispersion modelling for highways
High level assessments for plans and strategies
Air quality sampling and monitoring surveys
Advice and support for planning applications
Evidence at public inquiries and expert witness services
Carbon trading and benchmarking services
Technical advice on emissions trading, drawing on experience supporting regulators and industry