Greater London Authority (GLA)
The GLA is a strategic regional authority, with powers over transport, policing, economic development, and fire and emergency planning. Three functional bodies — Transport for London, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, and London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority — are responsible for delivery of services in these areas.
- Updated 7 years ago
Low Carbon Generators
Greater London Authority (GLA)Listing of low carbon energy generators installed on GLA group properties as requested in question 2816/2010 to the Mayor during the September 2010 Mayor's Question Time. To date information has been provided by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, the GLA and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). Transport for London has provided interim data, and further data will follow. GLA csv LFEPA csv MPS csv TfL csv LFEPA Dat... - Created 7 years ago
Air quality exposure data broken down by parliamentary constituency
Greater London Authority (GLA)This is a dataset of air quality exposure data broken down by parliamentary constituency based on the current 2013 data from the London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory. The legal limit for NO2 is an average annual concentration of 40 ug/m3. - Created 7 years ago
Schools and educational institutions air quality exposure data broken down by parliamentary constituency
Greater London Authority (GLA)This is a dataset of schools and educational institutions air quality exposure data broken down by parliamentary constituency based on the current 2013 data from the London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory.This list includes all educational establishments (excluding private nurseries). Note there are some schools which have closed but these are included for consistency with previous data sets. The legal limit for NO2 is an average annual... - Updated 8 years ago
Analysing Air Pollution Exposure in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)Updated in Februrary 2017. Air quality in London has improved in recent years as a result of policies to reduce emissions, primarily from road transport. However, recently updated maps of pollution concentrations for 2013 (LAEI 2013) still show significant areas of exceedances of the annual mean NO2 EU Limit Values. Improvements are planned to address these, as recently announced in the Mayor’s package of air quality measures. The U... - Updated 8 years ago
London’s Urban Heat Island - During A Warm Summer
Greater London Authority (GLA)For an urban heat island map during an average summer see this dataset. A heatwave refers to a prolonged period of unusually hot weather. While there is no standard definition of a heatwave in England, the Met Office uses the World Meteorological Organization definition of a heatwave, which is "when the daily maximum temperature of more than five consecutive days exceeds the average maximum temperature by 5°C, the normal period being 1... - Updated 8 years ago
London's Urban Heat Island - Average Summer
Greater London Authority (GLA)For an urban heat island map during a warm summer see this dataset. This map shows the results of an ‘UrbClim’ simulation for the mean temperature at midnight during the summer of 2011 (May to September) at a resolution of 250m. This summer has been selected as a typical summer for a West-European city. On average, the night-time temperature is approximately 4°C higher in the city centre. During some hot nights, even larger effects are... - Updated 9 years ago
London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (LAEI) 2010
Greater London Authority (GLA)The LAEI 2010 has since been superseded. Click here for the full list of releases. Estimates of eight key and six subisdary pollutants are included for the base year 2010 and projected forward to 2012, 2015, and 2020. The LAEI area covers the 32 London Boroughs and the City of London and up to the M25 motorway. Due to the size of the LAEI database this dataset has been zipped and needs to be downloaded in five parts. 0 - Documentatio... - Updated 9 years ago
Air quality summary statistics
Greater London Authority (GLA)Data for London air quality monitoring sites showing whether annual monitoring objectives were met for different species of pollutant. Data for 2016 includes the first two months of the year only so this is an indicative outlook. This data was accessed using the London Air API. For some species, all monitoring sites taking measurements have met the monitoring objectives over the last decade. Note that the total number of sites measuring... - Updated 9 years ago
MyLondon
Greater London Authority (GLA)My London is a new tool to help people who are moving to London for the first time or who are moving within London. It allows people to define an area or neighbourhood of interest and pulls back an uptodate range of data important to decision making when moving house. - Created 9 years ago
Understanding Health Impacts of Air Pollution in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)Borough Tables from Understanding the Health Impacts of Air Pollution in London report. King’s College London, commissioned by the Greater London Authority and Transport for London, have calculated the health impacts associated with the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in London. This new study shows that in 2010 there was the equivalent of up to 5,900 deaths across London associated with NO2 long term exposure. (Please note: thes...