Indoor air quality assessments and plans
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We provide support on air quality for the public sector
We are proven expert witnesses in air quality matters.
We monitor air quality and dust, over short-term and long-term, for a variety of purposes across the UK.
We are experts in air quality dispersion modelling.
About us
IAQ Consultants, part of Kalaco, is an independent environmental consultancy. We are leading consultancy for the assessment of indoor air quality, helping clients from all over the UK with indoor air quality assessments, professional support for local authorities and professional services to a range of industries.
This includes producing indoor air quality plans for developments in compliance with new building standards such as BREEAM, WELL, HQM and LEED, reviewing whether building materials used are low emission, setting out appropriate ventilation strategies, setting out kitchen extract systems, producing monitoring strategies and undertaking monitoring in compliance with industry standards.
Our team has years of experience investigating air quality within the workplace, supporting COSHH risk assessments and providing expert advice on pollution abatement and control measures. This has included bespoke monitoring surveys to investigate health issues raised by employees to identify and resolve concerns.
IAQ Consultants also provides a wide range of professional services supporting public and NGOs. This has included bespoke research into indoor air quality and behavioural science, developing risk assessment toolkits, undertaking monitoring surveys and producing policy and guidance documents. Our team developed the risk assessment approach and the control measures in the Institute of Air Quality Management’s (IAQM’s) guidance on indoor air quality.

Services

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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), waste management, and composting,
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Permitting
Permit applications. Permit variations. Medium Combustion Plant (MCP). Specified Generators (SG). Data centres. Large combustion plant (LCP). Energy from Waste. Hydrogen generation.


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Public Sector Support
Technical review services. ASRs Air Quality Action Plans (AQAP) Air quality guidance development. Local/national policy.
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Expert witness service
Litigation


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Monitoring
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Modelling capability
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Air Quality
Dispersion models such as ADMS-6, ADMS-urban/roads, AERMOD, CALPUFF, EMEP MSC-W (EMEP4UK), CMAQ.
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Climate
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Projects

Digital ethnographic research
Research
Working with Impact for Urban Health and ClearView Research, our team have been developing a better understanding of how indoor air pollution affects people’s health.

Maidstone Bus Station, Kent
Design
The team have helped redesign the Maidstone Bus Station in order to minimise pollutant exposure. The focus of the study was to reduce indoor exposure from bus emissions due to the undercroft bus terminal.

Grove Tavern, Dulwich
Planning
The team have provided technical review services, produce an indoor air quality strategy and give the client confidence in air quality for their sensitive care home and Almshouse.

SUEZ Recycling
COSHH
The team have carried out the indoor air quality monitoring COSHH assessment for the domestic waste transfer station in Ruislip, London.

South Cost Stone
COSHH
The team have carried out the indoor air quality monitoring COSHH assessment for a natural and engineered stone and ceramic tiling manufacturing facility in Poole.

Priestley Centre, Guildford
BREEAM
The team have helped acquire BREEAM accreditation for a new office development in Guildford.

International House, Ealing
BREEAM
The team have helped acquire BREEAM accreditation for a new retail, office and leisure development in the London Borough of Ealing.

Ty Nant, Swansea
BREEAM
The team have helped acquire BREEAM accreditation for a new residential development in Swansea.
Our team

Kieran Laxen
Director & Founder
kieran@kalaco.co.uk

Dr Claire Holman
Director
claire@kalaco.co.uk

Paul Outen
Associate Director
paul@kalaco.co.uk

George Bratchel
Senior Consultant
george@kalaco.co.uk

Thomas Wescott
Consultant
thomas@kalaco.co.uk

Elen Jones
Consultant
elen@kalaco.co.uk

Ellie Tsiarapa
Consultant
ellie@kalaco.co.uk

Liana Malynczakova
Consultant
liana@kalaco.co.uk
Contact us

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.