Pollution
The national planning policy framework (NPPF) defines pollution as:
'Anything that affects the quality of land, air, water or soils, which might lead to an adverse impact on human health, the natural environment or general amenity. Pollution can arise from a range of emissions, including smoke, fumes, gases, dust, steam, odour, noise and light.'
CIRIA's Delivering green infrastructure along linear assets. Scoping study (phase 1) defines pollution as:
'A change in the physical, chemical, radiological or biological quality of a resource (air, land or water) caused by humans or their activities that is injurious to the existing, intended or potential uses of the resource.'
NB On 20 May 2019, the British Safety Council launched a campaign to have air pollution recognised as an occupational health hazard for construction workers and others who work outdoors. Ref https://www.britsafe.org/about-us/press-releases/2019/it-s-time-to-recognise-air-pollution-as-an-occupational-health-hazard/
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- BREEAM Indoor air quality plan
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- BREEAM Indoor pollutants VOCs
- BREEAM NOx emissions
- BREEAM Reduction of night time light pollution
- BREEAM Reduction of noise pollution
- BREEAM Safe containment in laboratories
- Brownfield land.
- CDM.
- Construction dust.
- Contaminated land.
- COSHH.
- Deleterious materials.
- Designing to reduce the chemical, biological and radiological vulnerability of new buildings (IP 7/15).
- Diffuse pollution.
- Environmental health.
- Fertilizer groundwater pollution.
- Greenhouse gas.
- Health and safety.
- Hazardous substances.
- Indoor air quality.
- Light pollution.
- Methane and other gasses from the ground.
- Miasma theory.
- Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990.
- Pollution Prevention Guidelines (PPGs).
- Ozone depleting substance.
- Noise pollution.
- Radon.
- Solid and liquid contaminants risk assessments.
- Sources of external pollution.
- Sustainability.
- Sustainable materials.
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