Environmental Science

Question

      Suggest 5 ways in which air quality can be protected during the construction period of a new development?

Answer 1

Air pollution that is the man-made emissions that are released into the atmosphere. Poor and bad air quality is a global health hazard and is responsible for approximately premature deaths. Further, air pollution significantly increases the warming of our planet, and so our climate going to be changed regularly. As the construction activities are a large contributor to our air pollution, organizations within the sector have a shared responsibility to control or limit the amount bad air they produce. Therefore, it need to have an awareness of the emissions in site work activities and also create and take precautions to limit the harmful impact. By following below mentioned 5 ways air quality can be protected during the construction period of a new development.

1-     Never burn waste materials -by doing so will cause smoke, releasing poisonous gases such as carbon monoxide into the atmosphere. In several countries there are risk being fined for burning materials on site.

2-     Adopt adequate hybrid technology machine in place of diggers and excavators with diesel engines. Example of Volvo – it is currently trialing a prototype hybrid excavator that runs on electric power generated from the down-swing of its boom arm.

3-     Use low sulfur diesel to power equipment and heavy vehicles.

4-     Utilize water sprays or sprinklers to control some types of dust and stop it spreading. This will be beneficial during tasks such as the filling of skips or breaking down of concrete.

5-     Seek source local materials to avoid the need for them to be transported hundreds of miles by rising pollution.