Organised by the IAQM Early Careers Network Subcommittee, this free webinar will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in air quality, with focus on how early career professionals may be able to utilise it. Attendees will hear from both established and early career speakers, who will cover a range of perspectives on the topic.

The webinar will feature two keynote speakers:

• Jamie Clayton, Associate Director at Ricardo and IAQM Committee member, will provide a follow-up to his article 'Air Quality and Artificial Construction Dust Monitoring Intelligence: Swinging the IAQM into Action', which was published in October 2024.
• TBA - our second keynote speaker will provide an overview of a project which deployed an AI-driven recommender platform to translate the data from Indoor Environmental quality sensors installed in 3 offices into actionable insights.

We will also hear from the Early Careers Network:

• Subcommittee member Jekabs Jursins will act as Chair for the session.
• Network member Tiffany Cheung will present a case study on AI use in her role. Her talk will provide an insight into a machine learning model which was developed to quickly predict nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations at roadside locations in London, leveraging publicly available data. Some of the information used to predict concentrations included annual average daily traffic, percentage of heavy duty vehicles, index of multiple deprivation score and more. A number of regression models were fitted and their model performance evaluated. It showed that the predictions are within +/- 25% of the NO2 air quality objective of 40µg/m3 (equivalent to 10µg/m3). This level of accuracy is considered acceptable the model verification process as detailed in Defra’s Local Air Quality Management Technical Guidance (TG22). The model provides a valuable tool for facilitating decision-making and protecting people against poor air quality without the need for resource-intensive dispersion modelling.

The event will culminate with a Q&A - we encourage attendees to make the most of this opportunity to learn from experts and peers alike.

Speakers

Jamie Clayton

Jamie Clayton is an Associate Director at Ricardo. Jamie has worked as an air quality consultant for over 15 years. In his early career his main focus was assessment through dispersion modelling; in recent years his focus has shifted to monitoring and improvement measures. He is interested in how the activities of air quality professionals will change in the future due to both technological advances, and prioritisation of different topic areas (such as sustainability/net zero or indoor air quality)

Adam Taylor

Adam's work is well recognised in the indoor air quality sector, resulting in him holding positions such as the chair of the Building and Engineering Services Association (BESA) IAQ Group and serving as the UK representative for the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC). Adam has been involved in the developing field of indoor air cleaning technologies: in 2018 he founded ARM Environments, a specialized IAQ contractor. He joined AirRated in 2020 to spearhead the development and oversight of the Design and Operation standard, was involved in development of the latest version of Fitwel, and he has previously had a role as WELL Faculty.

Tiffany Cheung - ECN member

Tiffany Cheung is a senior air quality consultant at Arup with over six years of experience working on a wide range of air quality modelling, monitoring and advisory projects across sectors including aviation, property and construction. Tiffany has completed a MSc in Environmental Technology at Imperial College London and is currently finishing a degree apprenticeship with Multiverse (the delivery organisation) on Data Analytics.

Jekabs Jursins - Subcommittee member and webinar Chair

Jekabs is an Air Quality Consultant at Ricardo, coming from a background in Geophysical Sciences at the University of Leeds. His main area of expertise lies in the policy review of National Air Pollution Control Programmes submitted by EU Member States under the National Emission reduction Commitment Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/2284) for the benefit of the European Commission. He also provides air quality modelling and assessment support in Local Air Quality Management processes.

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