Welcome to EssexAir
The Essex Air Quality Consortium is on a mission to improve air quality in Essex, working together to make changes across the county that will help to make the air we breathe cleaner and healthier. As part of our mission, we're helping the people of Essex understand what air quality is and how they can play a part in making it better.
Why is air quality so important?
Air pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK and was attributed to between 26,000 and 38,000 adult deaths in England in 2019. It reduces life expectancy by causing cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and lung cancer.
While air pollution effects everyone, children, older people or people with pre-existing health conditions are more likely to be susceptible.
Therefore, improved air quality in Essex will not only improve people's own health and that of their families, but also protect the most vulnerable.
This website includes useful information about air pollution, its impacts and what we can all do to help improve air quality in Essex.
Live Monitors
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a gas that is produced along with nitric oxide (NO) by combustion processes (i.e. burning of fossil fuels).
Latest News
Have your say on new Essex Air Quality Strategy
We have worked together to develop a new draft Essex Air Quality Strategy and now we want your feedback to help improve and finalise it. The strategy sets out our plans to help improve air quality across Essex and reduce the impacts of air pollution on people’s health.
Website launched to help highlight the issue of air pollution
A new website has been launched to raise awareness of air pollution in Essex and highlight the simple actions people can take to reduce emissions and help protect themselves and their families.
Air quality the focus at skills festival
Hundreds of school pupils learned about the issue of air pollution at a special careers event. Representatives from Jacobs, working through Essex Highways, attended the 2023 Chelmsford Skills Festival in June.
Accreditations
The Essex Air website has been developed by Essex Highways (a strategic partnership between Ringway Jacobs and elements of Essex County Council) and funded by Defra through the 2021/2022 Air Quality Grant scheme.
