James Sneath

The Silsoe Odours team work on site conducting an odour impact assessment

HOW TO CONDUCT AN EFFECTIVE ODOUR IMPACT ASSESSMENT

11th July 2023

Are you familiar with an odour impact assessment or sampling survey? Various odour services are available, which can sometimes feel overwhelming. But rest assured, your contribution doesn't have to be complicated. Today's article is from James Sneath, our Technical Manager at Silsoe Odours. James delivers top-notch service for our clients. He ensures our work follows…
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Odour Panel Members are crucial to the odour testing process

AN OVERVIEW OF ODOUR TESTING

21st October 2020

The business of 'smelling' is undoubtedly unusual. So at Silsoe Odours, we get many questions about what is involved. Are you curious about the process of odour testing and how the odour panel fits within it? Or, as we affectionately know them - sniffers! They are blessed with a particular sense of smell, together with…
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Hedonic tone odour assessments rate the level of pleasure, or displeasure, of an odour

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HEDONIC TONE

27th August 2019

HEDONIC TONE ODOUR ASSESSMENTS In brief, a hedonic tone odour assessment is a subjective testing process. It is an odour service we offer that measures the level of pleasure, or displeasure, that specific odours create when they come into contact with the human nose. We then give a 'score' to each odour. Our highly trained…
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Silsoe Odours testing laboratory achieves UKAS accreditation

15 YEARS OF UKAS ACCREDITATION FOR ODOUR TESTING LABORATORY

5th February 2019

ODOUR TESTING LAB SUCCESS At Silsoe Odours, we know that our clients rely on the accuracy of results from our laboratory. So we are delighted to announce that we have again achieved a successful UKAS audit for the fifteenth consecutive year. In addition, we are proud that the odour testing laboratory at Silsoe Odours was…
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Managing odour is a crucial requirement for achieving planning permission for new and updated developments.

AN ODOUR ASSESSMENT SURVEY IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL

26th April 2018

AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE ARCHITECT’S TOOLKIT There are a plethora of metaphorical hoops to jump through in your bid for a successful planning application. One such ‘hoop’, an odour assessment survey, is on the rise. Evermore, local authorities are adding it to the list of standard requirements when considering planning applications. As an…
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WHAT’S NEXT FOR EN13725?

13th March 2018

EUROPEAN ODOUR STANDARD UPDATE: European Standard EN13725:2022 is now available. At the end of February 2018, WG2 'Odours' of the Technical Committee CEN/TC 264 “Air Quality” met in Trieste, Italy. They worked towards the next phase of updates for the European Standard EN13725 – air quality – determination of odour concentration by dynamic olfactometry. So,…
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Author: James Sneath

HOW TO CONDUCT AN EFFECTIVE ODOUR IMPACT ASSESSMENT

AN OVERVIEW OF ODOUR TESTING

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HEDONIC TONE

15 YEARS OF UKAS ACCREDITATION FOR ODOUR TESTING LABORATORY

AN ODOUR ASSESSMENT SURVEY IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL

WHAT’S NEXT FOR EN13725?

THE FIRST UK ODOUR LABORATORY WITH UKAS ACCREDITATION

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