www.care4air.org eZine Issue 2 May 2004

Contents

1. Welcome to eZine Welcome Issue 2 Businesses Welcome to the second edition of the Keen On Going Green Sheffield Care4Air eZine – a regular Your Nominations update about what’s happening in 2. Car Care Sheffield to improve air quality. Maintenance Top Tips 3. Care4Air Award Winners 2004 4. Travel Plans Useful Websites

Your Nominations

The awards scheme has been launched across the South region to recognise people’s contribution to improving air quality. Awards fall into a number of categories and are open to all in the area. Categories: SHEFFIELD BUSINESSES • Regional • Businesses KEEN ON GOING GREEN • Public Sector, NGO’s and Health Sector Sheffield delegates have given upcoming Organisers of the seminar, supported • Education Sector technologies in environmentally friendly by the Care4Air campaign, were keen • Community Groups and vehicles the thumbs up at a seminar. to introduce local businesses to the Individuals environmentally friendly technologies of • Transport Providers The Green Fleet Management Best the future, but also show them current Practice Seminar gave business options. • Individuals leaders, fleet, transport and If you are aware of any project, environmental managers first hand Stewart Marsden, National Transport business or organisation who insight into the technologies of the Manager for a division of BT and Dennis may be eligible for a Care4Air future, including a vehicle powered Chapman, a Service Manager for BT Award - email: completely by electricity. Fleet took the opportunity to try out [email protected] the latest low emission vehicles Delegates were excited to learn the including the Toyota Prius Hybrid technologies for such a vehicle are not Vehicle, which was launched in January. Find out about the first far away and many felt it a viable Care4Air Award Winners option. continued on next page... on page 3. 1 234 www.care4air.org eZine Issue 2 May 2004

Stewart said: “We found the journeys, rather than going on seminar very interesting, Car Care individual errands, have an impact particularly the new technologies on vehicle emissions. Avoiding non – like the completely electric vehicles. essential journeys at peak times, Care4Air, the campaign to improve At BT we have many environmental keeping vehicles well maintained air quality in South Yorkshire, has policies in place and it seems that and following simple rules at the released tips for car owners to a low or zero emission vehicle could petrol pump can also help keep the promote the idea they can save be the next evolutionary step.” air clean. Small changes to the way time and money whilst helping to drivers use their vehicles can help keep the air clean. Bernd Hoermann of Sheffield City the environment, and save people Council’s Environmental Protection money at the same time.” Care4Air want people to use their Service said: “Encouraging car more efficiently, and consider companies and organisations with Top Tips So Motorists alternative modes of transport. large fleets to take up green fleet Can Care4Air management, by for example using low emission vehicles, is key to our • Drive more efficiently, keep within air quality action plan for the city. speed limits, and always use the highest gear traffic conditions “We are very excited by the new allow. technologies and want Sheffield to • Avoid rapid acceleration and heavy benefit from them, and the seminar braking, both lead to greater fuel is a great way of bringing them to use and more pollution. the attention of Sheffield’s business and fleet managers.” • Avoid using your car for short journeys, walk, cycle or use public He continued: “Our promotion of transport instead. green transport initiatives will not • Make a single journey rather than stop at the seminar, we have also lots of short ones, as fuel is launched Sheffield’s first Green wasted every time you start up Fleet Network ensuring we continue the car. to hold these valuable seminars which promote and share good • Try to car share whenever ideas and good practice in green possible. fleet management. This is vital to • Maintaining your car regularly also keep the ball rolling, encouraging helps reduce emissions and save businesses to look at their green Care4Air is a partnership between you money, as badly maintained offer, which will ultimately improve Sheffield City Council, Doncaster cars tend to use more fuel and air quality for everyone.” Metropolitan Borough Council produce more exhaust fumes. (MBC), Rotherham MBC, Barnsley After the meeting Bernd invited 10 • If you see an excessively smoking MBC and South Yorkshire people / organisations to attend a exhaust from a lorry or bus, take Travelwise. The campaign highlights steering group meeting on 4th May down the vehicle details and time initiatives within the region’s 4 Air where he will be seeking agreement and place you saw it, then contact Quality Action Plans. It aims to for the terms of reference for the the national smoky vehicle hotline reduce air pollution in South green fleet network. Shortly after on 0870 6060440. Yo rkshire by raising awareness of that he wants to arrange the first air quality issues and encouraging network meeting. Many local people to reduce unnecessary organisations have expressed their vehicle use, become energy interest in joining the network to efficient and use newer, more find out about how they can be environmentally friendly more environmentally friendly and technologies. Care4Air. Mark Daly from Care4Air said: For more information on the Green “There are so many ways that car Fleet Network, or to get involved owners can help reduce air please call Bernd Hoermann on pollution, whilst saving time and 0777 647 6802. money. Simple steps like planning 1 2 34 www.care4air.org eZine Issue 2 May 2004

Care4Air Award Winners 2004

A successful Sheffield based air quality-monitoring project has become the first winner of a Care4Air Award in Sheffield, the award recognises individuals, organisations and companies for their contribution towards improving air quality. Members of the East End Quality of Life Initiative and Tinsley Forum, based in Tinsley, have been presented with the Award by Jan Wilson, Sheffield City Council Leader.

The Care4Air campaign was launched in Sheffield at the same time.

Tinsley Forum and the East End Quality of Life Initiative began monitoring air quality using simple test tube size equipment in April 1998, enabling local people to take an active role in finding out about air quality in the area. The Sheffield Award Winner tubes are exposed to the air for one targets of a cleaner and greener month, and then sent for analysis. They Sheffield.” measure the amount of Nitrogen Dioxide in the air, which mainly comes from road Mark Daly of Care4Air said: “The East transport. The tubes are placed near End Quality of Life Initiative and the people’s homes, as well as by the Tinsley Forum is exactly the kind of roadside, where air quality frequently projects that deserves recognition. The exceeds government targets because of community have come together to take exhaust emissions. action on air pollution, which damages the environment and contributes to health problems. It’s great to see that Rotherham Award Winner the Tinsley project has encouraged other schemes to start up across the city. Locally run air monitoring empowers the community and gives them a real voice in issues that directly affects their quality of life. I would encourage any community or residents group that wants to undertake this simple yet effective monitoring to find out about air quality in their area, to get in touch with the

Doncaster Award Winners Care4Air Campaign.” Barnsley Award Winners The success of the Tinsley initiative has To put your organisation or led to the study being extended to cover other parts of the City, including Park company forward for a Care4Air Hill, , , , Award visit care4air.org. Gleadless, , Foxhill and Broomhill. Care4Air is being launched across Jan Wilson, Sheffield City Council Leader South Yorkshire, with further Care4Air said: “I’m delighted to present the East Awards being presented to a Barnsley End Quality of Life initiative and the school who run a walking bus service, a Tinsley Forum with a Care4Air Award. Rotherham community group who have Their work and commitment to their helped organise a community bus that community really makes a difference and works like a taxi and Doncaster Royal contributes towards the council’s Infirmary for their transport policy that Walking Bus Service includes a community bus. 12 3 4 www.care4air.org eZine Issue 2 May 2004

Travel Plans Seminar helps Care4Air

Sheffield City Council’s Environmental • Companies interested in saving money Protection Service has held a seminar on on business travel. Travel Plans - a new technique that helps • Facilities managers. organisations manage the transport needs of it’s business so that staff can • Human Resource professionals. commute and work in a more sustainable way. For further information on Travel Travel Plans aim to solve problems Plans, please contact Katherine around insufficient parking facilities, Silk on 0788 764 1266 or email: as well as reducing traffic congestion. [email protected] Travel Plans can also increase productivity by reducing staff travel time. Website Bill Oddie visited Travel plans can: Online South Yorkshire to

• Reduce valuable costs and wasted officially launch the time spent on commuting and Our website is now online. If you Care4Air website. business travel. would like further information you can visit us by clicking on the link • Make car parks more cost effective below: www.care4air.org All will be revealed in and reduce congestion round your work place. next months issue! • Improve staff fitness levels, as well as encourage staff retention and recruitment. Useful • Protect your environment, which will enhance your business image with your Websites community and clients.

The Travel Plan seminar included: Sheffield City Council www.sheffield.gov.uk/ • Explaining Travel Plans. Want to know more about what’s environment/waste-and-pollution happening to improve our air in • Discussing how Travel Plans make good Sheffield? business sense. Clean Air Partnership Contact the Air Quality team on • Learning about the benefits from www.sheffieldairaction.com businesses that have already 0114 2734655 or register to be M1 Corridor Clean developed Travel Plans. on our e-mail list - [email protected] Air Partnership • Show you where to obtain free help (Sheffield & Rotherham area) and resources for setting up Travel www.sheffield.gov.uk/environment/ Plans. waste-and-pollution www.m1airaction.com The UK National Air Quality • Give you the chance to register on a car share database. To find out how you can do your bit Information Archive: to help the environment you can www.airquality.co.uk Who attended? download a pdf from the website Air Quality Management below: www.air-quality-management.co.uk • Companies who are considering asking www.airquality.co.uk/archive/yourbit.pdf Department of Health for planning permission. www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/Health • Companies already conditioned to AndSocialCareTopics/AirPollution/fs/en produce a plan as part of their Current Air Quality Forecast development. www.airquality.co.uk/archive/Current_ • Anyone faced with parking capacity Bulletin.php problems. 0701 • Anyone experiencing recruitment or retention problems. 12 34