{"id":39658,"date":"2026-05-18T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/39658\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:44:10","slug":"could-this-be-londons-most-looked-at-air-quality-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/39658\/","title":{"rendered":"Could this be London\u2019s most ‘looked-at’ air quality display?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Southern and Thameslink have joined forces with Imperial College London to highlight air quality issues in south London.<\/p>\n

The community of Peckham is now kept informed by a simple AWAIR display with red, amber, yellow and green LEDs mounted at the exit to Peckham Rye station, one of London\u2019s busiest stations.<\/p>\n

It could be seen by up to 6 million passengers a year and is updated hourly with live data received from an air quality model developed by the University using air pollution measurements from a network of monitoring stations across London.<\/p>\n

The AWAIR project<\/a>, run by Imperial\u2019s Environmental Research Group, already has 15 displays on lampposts around Peckham, as well as one in Peckham Theatre and another in Dene Community Centre. Still more are placed for passengers to see in Gipsy Hill station and on lampposts nearby.<\/p>\n

\nAir Quality Technologist and AWAIR project lead at Imperial College London, Andrew Grieve, said: \u201cGiven how busy Peckham Rye station is, this could well be one of the most looked-at air quality information displays in all of London. I\u2019m so happy to have Southern and Thameslink\u2019s support.<\/p>\n

\u201cAir pollution affects every single one of us, from our first breath to our last, from the youngest to the oldest. What the displays do is integrate air quality information into people\u2019s daily lives in an easy and understandable way. They look up and it\u2019s there. They don\u2019t need to visit a website or download an app.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have a health condition, maybe this can help you plan for tomorrow because we have tomorrow\u2019s forecast on there as well. For everyone else, we hope that by showing what air quality is like, it can help build consensus for improving our air in the longer term.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nSouthern and Thameslink\u2019s Head of Environment and Sustainability Jason Brooker said: \u201cThe World Health Organisation has identified poor air quality as a leading environmental risk to health, with nearly 99% of the global population breathing air that exceeds the WHO safety limit.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Southern and Thameslink, we have worked with AWAIR and Imperial College London to provide a deeper understanding of the quality of the air around this railway station and raise awareness about this vitally important issue. <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s part of our sustainability strategy to work with our communities as a responsible business. Together, we can build a sustainable future.\u201d<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n

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