Increasing air quality risks and a wave of impending legislation could change how the built environment sector operates, writes Helen Mitcheson
Recent judgements and policies have brought air quality to the fore and are likely to have a significant impact on the construction industry.
In late 2020, London Inner South Coroner’s Court concluded that poor air quality near Ella Kissi-Debrah’s home made a “material contribution” to her death, aged nine, in 2013.
Kissi-Debrah lived close to the South Circular Road in Lewisham and the coroner’s inquest recorded that she had been exposed to traffic emissions in excess of World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines and “air pollution was a significant contributory factor to both the induction and exacerbation of her asthma”. She became the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a direct cause of death.
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