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Healthy Air in Sheffield Conference
Implementation of Sheffield’s Air Quality Action Plan
02 December 2011
Ogo OsammorSheffield City Council
(Carbon Reduction and Air Quality Team)
Introduction and Background
• Combustion: burning of fuels – Traditional source of air pollution in Sheffield / Nationally
• Regulatory framework: Environment Act 1995– Section 82: Require LAs to review & assess local AQ
Current State of Play
• Sheffield has an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine particulate matter (PM10)
• Nationally, NO2 – a common problem in major cities
• A draft Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) has been developed
• Ambition – achieve National health-based standards and EU Limit values for NO2 and PM10 by 2015
• Aspiration – need to work collaboratively to reduce pollutant emissions, achieve standards and protect health
• Challenge – Air pollution is a big issue– Sheffield up to 500 premature deaths per annum– Similar scale to obesity and cigarette smoking– Reduced life expectancy: UK average 8 months (9 years)– Cost to Sheffield health, £95m minimum
– Need 25% NO2 reduction in Sheffield
Sheffield’s Air Quality Action Plan (Draft)
• 5 key measures
– City Centre Low Emission Strategy
– Low Emission Vehicles & refuelling infrastructure
– Smarter Choices measures
– Eco Stars
– 50mph speed limit on the M1 at through Tinsley.
Sheffield’s Air Quality Action Plan (Draft)
Key Measures
• City Centre Low Emission Strategy
– The most significant existing scheme in the UK is the London Low Emission Zone.
– Scheme: seek to target diesel powered Vehicles (HGVs, Buses, Taxis)
– Enforcement by either low cost enforcement methods as well as cameras.
– Achieve between 1.5% and 10% NOx reductions depending on the degree of enforcement.
– Total estimated cost £617,000, if LEZ– Regulate by either voluntary agreement, a TRO or planning
requirements.
Key Measures
• Low Emission Vehicles & Refuelling Infrastructure– Funded by a combination of LTP and Air Quality Grant
• Smarter Choices– Mixture of softer and harder measures– Journey planning and bike promotion and education– Park and Ride– Tram-Train Project– Bus Rapid Transit North– Supertram additional vehicles
Key Measures
• Eco Stars Fleet Recognition– Currently has 35 member organisations– 3 year development plan is funded from the European ECOSTARS Project– Hoping to increase membership numbers to 50.
• Reduction of M1 speed limit to 50 mph– Government and Members of Parliament to be lobbied to gain their support for the proposed reduction of the speed limit
– Could be difficult in the light of the current proposal to increase general motorway speed limit to 80 mph
Other Measures
• Sustainable transport choices• Planning and land use policy actions• SCC procurement policy• Highways PFI• Eco driving, anti idling campaign• Affordable warmth• Thriving district and local centres strategy
…. To mention a few.
Emission reductions from biomethane combustion compared with petrol and diesel.[1]
85%65%Ozone formation
80%80%HC
98%xPM
50%55%CO
80%55%NOx
DieselPetrolEmission
[1] http://www.biofuel-cities.eu/fileadmin/template/projects/biofuels/files/Publications/Biofuel_cities2.pdf
