Working with business

2nd July 2015

Andrew Grieve

• Business Improvement Districts – BIDs & the LAQN

– Clean Air Better Business

– Fresh Air Squares

• City Air app

• LondonAir API

Business Improvement Districts Business Improvement Districts

Business Improvement Districts

- NOx analyser installed 2013

- Part funded by Westminster & Land Securities

- “Improving air quality on a local street level is one of our public realm priorities. We help improve business efficiencies and enhance wellbeing.” – Victoria BID

- Work with over 40 businesses

- 14 companies named as ‘Air Quality Champions’

Business Improvement Districts

- NOx analyser installed 2014

- Fully funded by inmidtown

- £150k cycle hub

- Zero emissions taxis/couriers 60% of all journeys

- Milk delivery consolidation

- Winners of 2015 ‘Sustainable Cities’ award

Business Improvement Districts

- NOx analyser installed May 2015

- Fully funded by Northbank

- ‘Busiest point for bus transport in the city’ – Publica report 2014

- Tops list for improvement

from London Cycling Campaign

Clean Air Better Business

Clean Air Better Business

Electric

vehicle

promo

Greening the BIDs

Delivery consolidation

Cycle

strategies Wellbeing

routes

Air quality information

Clean Air Better Business

Clean Air Better Business

Clean Air Better Business

Fresh Air Squares

Fresh Air Squares Over 60 entries

Fresh Air Squares

CityAir app

CityAir app

CityAir app

CityAir app - demo

CityAir app - response

Featured on the App store Featured on the Guardian

“We publicise the City Air app to London staff through presentations and articles and we are investigating installing it as a standard app on company smarthphones” Hannah Kershaw - Environmental Operations Manager – Lend Lease

“That is excellent. I will ensure this is distributed to all our staff to utilise” John Spall – Energy Manager – Wellcome Trust

LondonAir API

“Data is the 21st century’s new raw material.” UK Cabinet Office

LondonAir API - Hourly/Daily/Annual data and meta data - Access to over half a billion measurements with 193,000 added daily

LondonAir API

LondonAir API

Summary

• Business community engaged with air quality

• Part of the solution

• Creativity & enthusiasm

• Grassroots movement

• Evidence base for interventions and improvements