Air quality

The planning and control of energy generation, energy consumption and industrial manufacturing raises the following questions:

• How can we avoid adverse effects on the environment at a reasonable cost?
• How can we minimise and control air pollution?
• What are the legal requirements concerning to air emissions?
• In flue gas cleaning, how can we ensure energy efficiency and the efficient use of absorbents?
• In transport planning, how can we change driving behaviour, and mode of transport choice, while reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions?

Air quality, energy production and industrial manufacturing

Reducing air pollution from energy producing facilities and industrial manufacturing are two ways of improving air quality.
There are many Flue gas treatment (FGT) technologies, each with their advantages and disadvantages. To reduce our CO2 footprint, energy efficient solutions which often involve a short financial pay back time must be implemented.

Our team of experienced engineering specialists can find the optimal solution for your facility, based on:

• Local requirements
• The needs and requirements of the client
• BAT reference notes
• Best available technique
• Commercially available FGT technologies to reduce pollutants, such as dust, NOx, SO2, HCl, HF, heavy metals, and odours
• Emission limit values
• Quality assurance of automated monitoring systems for emissions
• Consumption of absorbents
• Generation of solid residues
• Ash and residual product disposal
• Wastewater treatment technologies
• Wastewater discharge limit values
• Space requirements 
• Optimising lay-out
• Time requirements for planning permission
• Investment and operating cost, cost effective solutions
• Assembly time
• Outage time for existing process equipment 
• Energy recovery using sophisticated economisers and condensation of water vapour from flue gas, including heat pump technology

Air Quality and traffic

Transportation and mobility in cities have consequences. If we are to maintain an acceptable urban environment as motor traffic increases, we need to pay attention to the quality of the air. This means gathering and analysing environmental statistics and quantifying traffic-related pollution in order to influence driving behaviour and make better-informed transport choices.

Since the early nineties, traffic-related pollution has been a major issue in traffic and urban planning. Municipalities prepare action programmes on traffic and the environment, and authorities carry out environmental impact assessments of infrastructure projects.

Ramboll’s specialists assist customers in making the necessary calculations and evaluations of traffic related pollution. This allows them to minimise the environmental impact of their infrastructure projects. For example, we calculate the emissions and concentrations of exhaust gases such as NOx, CO and CO2, based on traffic data and topography.

Specialist services

Our specialists assist customers in:

• Mobility management plans, including sustainable modes of transportation such as walking, cycling and public transport
• City logistics
• Goods transport planning
• Establishing low emission zones (LEZ)
• All actions to reduce traffic-related pollution by transportation planning

Related services

• Land use planning and development
• Landscape architecture