What products or services does your company offer that can support local authorities to reach their net zero targets?

EMSOL helps local authorities understand, evidence and reduce pollution and emissions generated by their own operations, contractors, transport networks and regulated sites.

Our platform combines real-time environmental monitoring with video analytics to identify not only when pollution occurs, but also what caused it. This allows councils to move beyond measuring environmental impacts and focus on practical interventions that deliver measurable improvement. Typical applications include:

• Waste and recycling centres
• Fleet depots and transport hubs
• High streets and town centres
• Construction and regeneration projects
• Schools, hospitals and public buildings
• Industrial and regulated sites
• Community air quality programmes

EMSOL provides real-time monitoring of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone, noise and weather conditions. Our unique source attribution technology links pollution events directly to vehicles, machinery and operational activities, enabling targeted action. Impact is measured through:

• Reductions in pollution exceedances
• Improvements in local air quality
• Evidence-based emissions reduction programmes
• Supply chain engagement and behavioural change
• Carbon reduction initiatives linked to transport and operational activity
• Improved regulatory compliance and environmental reporting

Today EMSOL has processed over 1.3 billion environmental readings and identified more than 40,000 pollution events across the UK and internationally. Targeted pollution spike data is attributed with supply chains.

What sort of local authorities do you think your product or service could help?

EMSOL can support any local authority seeking to improve environmental performance, deliver net zero objectives, defining planning guidance for construction and waste sites, reduce transport emissions or better understand pollution impacts within their communities. Our solutions are particularly valuable for authorities responsible for:

• Net Zero and Climate Action Plans
• Air Quality Action Areas
• Waste and Recycling Operations
• Fleet Decarbonisation Programmes
• Highways and Transport Planning
• Regeneration and Construction Projects
• Environmental Health and Regulatory Enforcement
• Community Engagement and Public Reporting

We work with metropolitan authorities, London boroughs, district councils, combined authorities and regional partnerships. The platform is equally suited to local authorities looking to evidence environmental impacts, engage suppliers and contractors, or demonstrate measurable outcomes from climate and clean air initiatives.

Can you give us an example of a local authority you have worked with?

London Borough of Merton – Waste Site Emissions Reduction‍

EMSOL helped Merton Council transform a long-standing environmental challenge at its Weir Road waste sites. By combining air quality monitoring with activity data and source attribution, the Council gained objective evidence of pollution sources, enabling operators to implement targeted improvements. The result was a reported 28–40% improvement in environmental performance, reduced complaints, improved stakeholder confidence and a more proactive approach to environmental management.

The London Borough of Merton wanted to better understand the environmental impact of activities taking place at its waste and recycling facilities and identify practical opportunities to reduce pollution.

EMSOL deployed its monitoring and video analytics platform across multiple waste sites, providing real-time environmental data and visual evidence of pollution-generating activities. The system identified specific operational behaviours contributing to elevated particulate emissions, allowing targeted interventions to be implemented by site operators. The result was a measurable reduction in particulate pollution across the monitored sites, with PM2.5 reductions of up to 46% and PM10 reductions of up to 47%.

The project demonstrated how local authorities can use evidence-led environmental management to improve air quality, support climate objectives and strengthen environmental governance across operational assets.

What is the cost of your support to local authorities?

EMSOL offers flexible deployment models depending on project scope. Projects typically range from:

• Pilot projects from approximately £3,000–£10,000
• Single-site monitoring programmes from approximately £5,000–£8,000 per annum

Principally EMSOL seeks an enterprise model for the use of our technology and innovation. As such our Local Authority projects aim to be only proof of concept for a scalable enterprise solution. That enables a win-win approach and solution to sustained growth without over commitment to the public funding.

We are happy to work with local authorities to develop phased programmes, pilot studies and grant-funded initiatives.

"The introduction of sensors on the sites and outside allowed facts to be
obtained covering noise, vehicle movements and air quality. Merton moved
from being reactive to every complaint to being on the front foot, often able to
identify and resolve issues before they escalated."

— Jason Andrews, Air Quality & Contaminated Land Manager, London Borough of Merton

For enquiries, please contact sales@emsol.io or freddie.talberg@emsol.io.