British Company enLight Launches Solution to Address Air Quality Challenge

NORWICH, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#NationalCleanAirDay–As part of the inaugural National
Clean Air Day (NCAD), enLight
is delighted to announce the launch of its new Smart
Cities Pilot Kit, designed to help councils and local
authorities understand and address air quality and the associated causes.

A recent parliamentary
report provides compelling evidence for change, stating that every
year a significant number of premature deaths are caused as the result
of poor air quality. Given these substantial challenges and inspired by
the first National
Clean Air Day, enLight has developed a solution that not only
measures the key gasses responsible for poor air quality, but also
overlays this data on other environmental factors such as traffic type
and quantity, ambient temperature, humidity and barometric pressure.

The new enLight^® Smart City Pilot Kit combines an enLight
lighting upgrade with a selection of enSense™ sensors for monitoring air
quality, noise levels, localised flooding and microclimate levels. The
kits enable local authorities to try out new smart city data collection
technologies and use the data to build a business case for a larger
deployment. The Smart City Pilot Kits are offered in recommended bundles
to provide statistically relevant data but they can be customised
subject to specific priorities and available budget.

Laura Peacock, Innovation and Research Manager Infrastructure,
Innovation and Development Communities, Oxfordshire County Council
commented, ‘As part of our Smart Oxford initiative, Oxfordshire
County Council are committed to finding innovative solutions to
tackling the challenges all cities face in improving the quality of life
for our citizens. We welcome collaboration with companies such as
enLight to help us identify the best solutions.’

Chris Large, Senior Partner, Global Action Plan said “Our research
shows the majority of urban residents want to see action to tackle
pollution. National Clean Air Day aims to help people to play their part
in reducing pollution, while avoiding its health impacts. It is also
clear that the public wants business and government to join them in
tackling pollution as swiftly as possible. If new technologies and ideas
can speed up progress, we should welcome them to the mission to clean up
our air.”

Levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), emitted mostly by diesel vehicles,
have been above legal limits in almost 90% of urban areas in the UK
since 2010 and toxic fumes are estimated to cause 23,500 early deaths a
year. 68% of travel to and from work is by car and 46% of 5-10 year olds
are driven to school but air pollution is 9-12 times higher inside a car
than on the street. Air pollution levels are often higher in the morning
but time-based levels across multiple locations are not easy to assess
without the use of dedicated sensors like those now available as part of
the Smart City Pilot Kit. High air pollution is linked to low birth
weight and premature births and that the costs to society of air
pollution are similar to those caused by obesity and smoking.

Gary
Atkinson, CEO of enLight
stated ‘With such worrying statistics facing the nation, air quality
is now a key priority for communities across the country so we are
delighted to be working with councils to help them to better understand
their environment and to deploy our innovative technology to support the
goal for cleaner cities, towns and villages.’

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