Including the closely related terms indoor air quality, and air pollution.
…. Impact across our principles Decarbonisation of home energy consumption, and increasing energy efficiency. Allowing residents to better cope with extreme heat/cold. Improved energy efficiency and reduced expenditure for those in social housing and protecting health through good indoor air quality and adequate ventilation. Existing examples Newham Council awarded £1.7million SHDF funding…
… Transition Plan Where Newham is Now The Just Transition Plan can deliver further co-benefits for our residents. Potential interdisciplinary co-benefits: → Electrification of home and school fixtures (from gas) provide direct air quality benefits for children and families → Reducing and decarbonising vehicles could improve traffic safety and air quality for cyclists and pedestrians → Increased…
… high street and community amenity participation with better air, traffic and environmental quality Source: 2016 data from Imperial College London, https://www.londonair.org.uk/london/asp/annualmaps.asp Annual mean NO2 air pollution for 2016, in microgrammes per meter cubed (μg/m^3) Source: CDRC Mapmaker Passes annual mean objective Fails annual mean objective At right: this map (Newham inset…
…) shows air quality data across London. We can see that Newham’s major roadways fail annual mean objectives, but that residential neighbourhoods perform significantly better. Key: 31 Newham’s Just Transition Plan Where Newham is Now https://www.londonair.org.uk/london/asp/annualmaps.asp Newham’s residents do not experience their neighbourhoods - including climate risks…
… in poverty. Newham residents experience the highest rates of death attributable to air pollution in London (1/7 deaths in 2019). According to a 2020 British Heart Foundation study, Newham has the worst levels of fine particulate matter pollution (PM 2.5 ) in the whole of the UK. 726 people in Newham died of Covid-19 between March 2020 and April 2021. Newham’s mortality rate was more than…