Air pollution can damage health from pre-birth to old age – report

A new research report shows air pollution can damage health ‘before birth through to old age’. The report was commissioned by the Greater London Authority through Imperial Projects and carried out by researchers from Imperial College London’s Environmental Research Group who analysed the findings of a range of key studies. Their review focused on the “serious and life-limiting risks of […]

Building Project: Addenbrooke’s Hospital

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Project Info Client: Addenbrooke’s Hospital Building: Two-storey 60 bed ward block Health Technical Memorandum 08-01 Location: Cambridge Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge We were proud to be selected as providers of acoustics advice for the creation of a new block at the internationally acclaimed Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. Our acoustics team were involved from the contractor’s tender […]

Focus on UV filtration systems to kill coronavirus

While healthcare professionals, scientists and engineers battle to keep COVID-19 patients alive and find a cure/vaccine to keep the deadly virus at bay in the future, there might just be one avenue worth exploring for hospital or hotel infrastructure: UV filtration systems. Commonly used to disinfect hospital airstreams from the 1940s to the 1960s,  such […]