Care4Air

Care4Air Awards 2008

What a night! Over 55 people attended the swanky evening, held at the Millennium Galleries in the heart of the city. The evening began with jazz music and a drinks reception in the tranquil surroundings of the Winter Gardens, before guests were swept into the Long Gallery where a three-course meal was served.

Special guest Jon Mitchell, Meteorologist, ITV Yorkshire, hosted the Care4Air Awards.

There were four categories that nominees were listed under this year and one special individual was presented with an ‘Outstanding Achievement’ award.

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Nominees shortlisted were as follows:

Business Award

Runner Up - Single Use Surgical Ltd
Highly Commended - Garnett Dickinson/Garnett Dickinson Digital
Winner - First South Yorkshire

First South Yorkshire, which is based in Rotherham, was the proud winner of the Business Award category. First won the award for their contribution to improving air quality through the introduction of the new X78 bus service. The buses run from Doncaster to Sheffield via Rotherham and are new Euro 4 standard buses that emit far fewer emissions than the older vehicles - meaning improved air quality along the bus corridor. Recent measurements taken along this corridor have shown that the introduction of the new buses has made a significant improvement to the quality of the air.

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Community Award

Winner - Kiveton Park and Wales Village Hall

The Community category award went to Kiveton Park and Wales Village Hall for their excellent community centre. The centre has been developed to provide an innovative community space � and is thought to be the only one of its kind in the UK. The building includes solar panels, thermal pumps for heating, a water harvesting system and sun tubes to avoid using lighting power in the day-time. All the curtains and flooring are made from reclaimed sources and an exchange heating system is used to avoid using air conditioning.

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Education Award

Runner Up - Carfield Primary
Highly Commended - Sharrow School
Winner - The City School Eco Schools Committee

City School took first place in the Education category after staff and pupils worked hard to reduce the school�s overall carbon footprint by taking action on a wide range of activities such as; installing energy saving initiatives (computer power down devises, stickers next to lights); extensive recycling schemes; and a wind turbine. The school also encourages staff to car share and has recently bought a wood chip boiler to replace the oil-fired boilers currently in use. In addition to the practical work being carried out, much academic work has been in done in the classroom on curriculum related topics, resulting in the School becoming the first Secondary School in South Yorkshire to be awarded the internationally recognised quality standard for Excellence in Sustainability � the Eco Schools Green Flag.

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Individual Award

Winner - Dr Jez McCole

The winner of the Individual category was Sheffield's Dr Jez McCole from Gleadless Medical Centre. For the past two years Jez has been improving air quality by cycling to and from work and also cycling when completing his patient home visits. He has also encouraged a second surgery that he works at to get a bicycle to enable other GPs to follow his lead.

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Outstanding Achievement Award

Winner - Maurice Littlewood

Maurice Littlewood, from Handsworth, won the 'Outstanding Achievement' award for his dedication to improving air quality over many years. Maurice monitors nitrogen dioxide in Darnall and Handsworth and has been using diffusion tubes for several years. He uses this information to support the Darnall and Handsworth Forum, a community group which he Chairs, and calls for improvements to be made to air quality in the area by reducing traffic congestion.

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