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Air Quality

Full air quality assessments and support.

Climate Change

Climate change and GHG emission assessments and advice.

Odour

Odour assessments and advice.

Meteorology

Support with future climate projections, microclimate assessments and current meteorological conditions. 

Monitoring

Monitoring of emissions and concentrations.

Modelling

We are experts in climate and air dispersion modelling.

About us

Kalaco is an independent environmental consultancy. We have a proven track record of providing unique solutions to support clients with complex projects and lead the way professionally, maximising technical knowledge with efficiencies to ensure clients timescales are achieved.

Our growing team of experts has over 80 years of experience in environmental consultancy and collaboratively we draw knowledge and expertise from a range of backgrounds to enable us to deliver services of any scale and for a wide range of industries.

We have substantial experience providing services to the private sector including the following: residential, commercial, industrial, power-generating, waste, agricultural and transport developments. The team also has extensive experience in providing services to the public sector, including support for local authorities, local to national scale emissions inventories and development of guidance and policy.

Services

  • Planning

    We provide assessments to support planning applications. These include: residential developments, manufacturing and industrial, automotive industry, aviation, commercial premises, breweries, landfill, anaerobic digestion (AD), solar, and waste management.

  • Permitting

    We provide assessments to support environmental permitting. These include: permit applications, permit variations, medium combustion plant (MCP), specified generators (SG), data centres, large combustion plant (LCP), energy from waste (EfW), and hydrogen generation.

  • Public Sector Support

    We provide support to local authorities and Government bodies. This includes: technical review services (e.g. EIA reviews), Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) duties such as annual status reports (ASRs), Air Quality Action Plans (AQAP), air quality guidance development, Net Zero duties.

  • Expert Witness

    Our team has experience of providing expert witnesses for planning appeals and litigation. This includes preparing expert reports for air pollution, dust and odour nuisance cases and giving oral and written evidence for planning appeal hearings and inquiries.

  • Design

    Our team advise clients on good practice design approaches to reduce exposure to air pollution within building and outdoors and to design a climate resilient development.

  • Environemental Data

    We provide environmental data to industry. This includes meteorological data from both observational weather stations (OBS) and numerical weather predictions (NWP) from our in-house modelling. We also provide other data such as terrain, emissions, land-use characteristics.
    Check out our EnviroDataServices website for details.

Services

  • Planning

    We provide assessments to support planning applications. These include: residential developments, manufacturing and industrial, automotive industry, aviation, commercial premises, breweries, landfill, anaerobic digestion (AD), solar, and waste management.

  • Permitting

    We provide assessments to support environmental permitting. These include: permit applications, permit variations, medium combustion plant (MCP), specified generators (SG), data centres, large combustion plant (LCP), energy from waste (EfW), and hydrogen generation.

  • Public Sector Support

    We provide support to local authorities and Government bodies. This includes: technical review services (e.g. EIA reviews), Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) duties such as annual status reports (ASRs), Air Quality Action Plans (AQAP), air quality guidance development, Net Zero duties.

  • Expert Witness

    Our team has experience of providing expert witnesses for planning appeals and litigation. This includes preparing expert reports for air pollution, dust and odour nuisance cases and giving oral and written evidence for planning appeal hearings and inquiries.

  • Design

    Our team advise clients on good practice design approaches to reduce exposure to air pollution within building and outdoors and to design a climate resilient development.

  • Environemental Data

    We provide environmental data to industry. This includes meteorological data from both observational weather stations (OBS) and numerical weather predictions (NWP) from our in-house modelling. We also provide other data such as terrain, emissions, land-use characteristics.
    Check out our EnviroDataServices website for details.

Capabilities

  • Air Quality

  • Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience

  • Odour

  • Bioaerosols

  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • Meteorology

  • Microclimante

  • Accidental and Emergency Releases

  • GIS

  • Data Analysis, Machine Learning and AI

  • Modelling

  • Monitoring

Modelling

  • Air Quality

    Dispersion models such as ADMS-6, ADMS-urban/roads, AERMOD, CALPUFF, EMEP MSC-W (EMEP4UK), CMAQ.

  • Climate

    We can produce modelled weather data for current and future climate change scenarios

  • AI and Machine Learning

    We are leading the way in the use and development of AI and machine learning tools to support with environmental protection.

Modelling

  • Air Quality

    Dispersion models such as ADMS-6, ADMS-urban/roads, AERMOD, CALPUFF, EMEP MSC-W (EMEP4UK), CMAQ.

  • Climate

    We can produce modelled weather data for current and future climate change scenarios

  • AI and Machine Learning

    We are leading the way in the use and development of AI and machine learning tools to support with environmental protection.

Monitoring

  • Air Quality

    We use appropriate techniques to measure ambient and indoor air quality including passive diffusion tube samplers, reference standard analysers, low-cost sensors (LCS), drones/UAVs and satellite data.

    We have the capability to monitor many different pollutants. Typical pollutants include NO2, PM2.5, ammonia, carbon monoxide.

  • Climate

    We can monitor carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases including methane using a range of techniques.

  • Odour

    We use a variety of techniques to monitor odour depending on the source type and the requirements of the study. These methods include field odour surveys (for assessing existing odour sources and often to support planning applications or to corroborate modelling studies), trace gas analyses (chemical speciation and targeted compounds) and odour sampling (sampling to BSEN 13725 and UKAS accredited olfactometry analysis).

Monitoring

  • Air Quality

    We use appropriate techniques to measure ambient and indoor air quality including passive diffusion tube samplers, reference standard analysers, low-cost sensors (LCS), drones/UAVs and satellite data.

    We have the capability to monitor many different pollutants. Typical pollutants include NO2, PM2.5, ammonia, carbon monoxide.

  • Climate

    We can monitor carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases including methane using a range of techniques.

  • Odour

    We use a variety of techniques to monitor odour depending on the source type and the requirements of the study. These methods include field odour surveys (for assessing existing odour sources and often to support planning applications or to corroborate modelling studies), trace gas analyses (chemical speciation and targeted compounds) and odour sampling (sampling to BSEN 13725 and UKAS accredited olfactometry analysis).

Projects

Sherlock Street, Birmingham

Sherlock Street, Birmingham

Planning

The team undertook the air quality and odour assessment for a large residential-led mixed-use scheme, covering construction and operational impacts. Input to the emerging scheme design was provided throughout the process.

Galliard Homes, Isle of Dogs, London

Galliard Homes, Isle of Dogs, London

Permitting

The team undertook the air quality assessment and helped Galliard Homes successfully obtain a MCPD and Specified Generator Environmental Permit for the energy centre of a large tower block in central London.

Guinness Brewery, London

Guinness Brewery, London

Planning

Our team completed the air quality, odour and climate change assessments to support the application for a new Guinness brewery near Covent Garden, London.

Hanwell Chase Phase 3, Cherwell

Hanwell Chase Phase 3, Cherwell

Planning

The team carried out the air quality assessment for Phase 3 of the large urban extension in the traditional market town of Banbury. The assessment was completed efficiently utilising information available from the prior phases and nearby schemes.

105 Victoria Street, Westminster, London

105 Victoria Street, Westminster, London

Planning

The team were the air quality experts for the planning application to demolish the existing building, extend the existing basement and erect a building of ground, mezzanine, plus up to fourteen-storeys comprising commercial and leisure use.

Broadwater Gardens, Welwyn Garden City

Broadwater Gardens, Welwyn Garden City

Planning

The team prepared the Air Quality ES Chapter for a high-quality development of 289 apartments across several blocks of 4 and 9 storeys in height. Support was provided for both the construction and operational phases, taking into account road, rail and combustion plant related emissions and cumulative effects.

Croydon University Hospital, London

Croydon University Hospital, London

Permitting

The team prepared the air quality assessment and helped the NHS Trust to obtain an Environmental Permit for two CHP Plant, which form Medium Combustion Plant (MCP) and Specified Generators (SGs). A detailed assessment was undertaken taking account of the existing boiler, generator and incinerator plant.

Grevenbroich, Germany

Grevenbroich, Germany

Permitting

The team carried out a quantitative assessment of pollutant emissions released to the atmosphere from a proposed saltcake processing plant in Grevenbroich, Germany. This included assessment of nitrogen oxides, dust and ammonia emissions from cooler, crusher and recovery process stacks upon Germany's land use zoning system.

Barrack Street, Birmingham

Barrack Street, Birmingham

Planning

The team undertook the air quality assessment for the erection of a new secondary school building at the former Vauxhall Gardens Education Centre at Barrack Street in Birmingham. The assessment was calibrated against onsite monitoring and detailed consideration was given to the high sensitivity of children's exposure and Birmingham's CAZ.

Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport

Planning

Our experts provided evidence during DCO hearings for the Gatwick North Runway development.

Tata Steel

Tata Steel

Litigation

Our experts were commissioned to provide evidence in the case Pugh & Others -v- Tata Steel UK Limited.

London City Airport

London City Airport

Local Authority

Our experts carried out the review of the air quality and climate change assessments on behalf of Newham Council, which culminated in a recommendation for refusal.

Our team

Kieran Laxen

Kieran Laxen

Director & Founder

kieran@kalaco.co.uk

Dr Claire Holman

Dr Claire Holman

Director

claire@kalaco.co.uk

Paul Outen

Paul Outen

Associate Director

paul@kalaco.co.uk

George Bratchel

George Bratchel

Senior Consultant

george@kalaco.co.uk

Thomas Wescott

Thomas Wescott

Consultant

thomas@kalaco.co.uk

Elen Jones

Elen Jones

Consultant

elen@kalaco.co.uk

Ellie Tsiarapa

Ellie Tsiarapa

Consultant

ellie@kalaco.co.uk

Liana Malynczakova

Liana Malynczakova

Consultant

liana@kalaco.co.uk

Contact us

Email:
team@kalaco.co.uk

Address:
Chapel House
Barton Manor
Bristol
BS2 0RL

Tel:
0117 9112423

Kalaco (Kalaco Group Limited) has a number of brands offering a range of environmental services. These include air quality (outdoor and indoor AQ), climate change, odour, dust, meteorological services. Click the links below to find out more.  

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