Energy Fuels and Vehicles Working Party
Theme: Shaping the UK toad transport Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
- 18 March, 2025
- 14:00 – 16:00
- Chair Jason Airey, Executive Director, WCRAQ
- Location: online
- Free to attend for qualified audience
14:00 – 14:05: Welcome and protocol – Sally Cumner, Executive Director, WCRAQ
14:05 – 14:15: WCRAQ update – Barry Sheerman, Chairman, WCRAQ
1415 – 14:30: Introduction to energy fuels and vehicles and WCRAQ strategy for 2025 – Jason Airey, Executive Director, WCRAQ
14:30 – 15:00: Shaping the UK toad transport Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) – Florencio Cuervo, CEO, LEVE Mobility
- Find out how the ETS Policy Framework is gearing up and what it means for you.
- Discover the options for the UK road transport ETS – what are the risks and opportunities
- See the government and industry forums for soft power and implementation schemes.
15:00 – 15:45: Debate and questions – Jason Airey, Executive Director, WCRAQ
15:45 – 15:55: Conclusion and further actions – Jason Airey, Executive Director, WCRAQ
15:55 – 16:00: Close of event – Sally Cumner, Executive Director, WCRAQ
Request to attend: [email protected]
Air Monitoring Working Party
Time to confront the toxic elephant in the room – Let’s talk about the impact of ULTRAFINE PARTICLES (UFPs)
- Date: 10 April, 2025
- Time: 15:00 – 17:00
- Chair Air Monitoring: Ralph Wilce, Owner, Wijs Air
- Location: online
- Free to attend for qualified audience
Programme
15:00 – 15:05: Welcome and protocol – Sally Cumner, Executive Director, WCRAQ
15:05 – 15:15: WCRAQ update – Barry Sheerman, Chairman, WCRAQ
15:15 – 15:20: Introduction to Air Monitoring Working Party – Ralph Wilce, Chair, Air Monitoring
15:20 – 15:35: Important aspects for the measurement of ultra-fine particles (UFP) in the European regulatory framework – Dr Sebastian Schmitt, Applications Engineer, TSI GMBH
- Learn about state-of-the-art instrumentation to measure particle number concentration and particle size distribution according to EN16976:2024 and CEN/TS17434:2020.
- See the characterisation results of instruments as well as the environmental sampling lines.
- Address the challenges of such measurements close to UFP sources.
15:35 – 15:40: Questions
15:40 – 15:55: Diffusion charging-based instruments for ambient air quality measurement – Prof Dr Martin Fierz, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
- Learn what can be measured with diffusion-charging-based nanoparticle detectors.
- Learn about cost and maintenance benefits compared to traditional nanoparticle detectors such as CPCs / MPSSs.
- Learn more about alternative metrics, which may be better than the particle number.
15:55 – 16:00: Questions
16:00 – 16:15: Ultrafine particles in ambient air – Emerging technologies bridging the gap between emission and immission legislation – Dr Florian Huewe, MD, nanoDust
- Gain insights into ultrafine particles in the air we breathe.
- Understand the critical differences between nanoparticles in ambient air and regulated emissions.
- Explore the importance of technology openness in air quality monitoring.
16:15 – 16:20: Questions
16:20 – 16:45: General Q&A and debate – Ralph Wilce, Chair, Air Monitoring
16:45 – 16:55: Future Actions – Ralph Wilce, Chair, Air Monitoring
16:55 – 17:00: Close of Working Party – future dates – Sally Cumner, Executive Director, WCRAQ
Request to attend: [email protected]
Date TBC (postponed)
- 11:00-12:30: in-person event only
- WCRAQ Hydrogen Working Party
- Location: ULEMco HQ, Liverpool
- Chair: Jason Airey
Speaker: Amanda Lyne, MD, ULEMco – Timescales and specification/sweet spots for hydrogen commercial vehicle solutions that will deliver CO2 reduction and improved AQ before 2030.
12:30 – 16:00: in-person event only
Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]
- Date TBC (postponed)
- WCRAQ Energy Fuels and Vehicles Working Party
- 11:00 – 15:00: in-person event only.
- Chair: Jason Airey
Speaker: Charles Stephenson – JCB HQ Stafford – HICE (hydrogen internal combustion engine)
Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]
25 November 2024
- WCRAQ Air Health Working Party
- 14:00-15:30, Teams meeting only
- Chair: Prof Sir Stephen Holgate
Speaker: Prof Rosie McEachan, Born in Bradford – Air Pollution and health inequalities.
Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]
25 November 2024
- WCRAQ Education WP
- 14:00-15:30, Teams meeting only
- Chair: Larissa Lockwood
Speaker: Nathan Wood, Ventil8 Day on 8 November 2024
Request to attend by emailing Sally Cumner at [email protected]