About Element Birmingham
Element Birmingham (formerly Catalyst) is a Safety & Environmental Compliance specialist office providing MCERTS Emissions Monitoring and Noise & Acoustics consultancy. Birmingham is one of the UK’s leading MCERTS and UKAS accredited (EA approved) stack emissions testing facilities supporting a diverse range of clients in sectors including Energy from Waste, Power Generation, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Chemicals, Aggregates and more.
Emission Testing Services
Via our network of 11 regional offices, over 50 accredited teams and the largest resource of MCERTS certified instrumentation, we are here to help you with all things Environmental Compliance related including; Environmental Permit Compliance, ISO 17025 UKAS-MCERTS Emissions Testing, EN 14181 CEMS Verification via QAL2 & AST, Odour Monitoring, MCPD Emissions Testing, 2-Second, 850oC Residence Time Verification, FTIR Process Emissions Monitoring, Landfill Gases, Bioaerosols monitoring.
As part of our stack emissions field work services, we are proud to be able to offer an innovative online e-Mission Portal for Stack Emission Testing for our customers.
Acoustic & Consultancy Support
We provide acoustic and consultancy support as part of our Total Environmental Compliance service capability. We offer Noise Modelling, Air Dispersion Modelling, Environmental Permit support, Planning consultancy, Odour Modelling, Ambient Air Monitoring, Environmental Noise Assessments to BS 4142, Environmental Impact Assessments, Ground borne Vibration surveys and Acoustic Camera noise investigations.
Standards we test to and things we test
- Stack emissions
- Process emissions
- Landfill gases
- Bioaerosols
- Odours (for odour monitoring and modelling)
- Ambient air (for monitoring)
- Noise (acoustic environmental noise assessments)
- Ground borne vibration
- MCERTS (Monitoring Certification Scheme) Emissions Testing
- UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) Accredited Testing
- ISO 17025 UKAS-MCERTS Emissions Testing
- EN 14181 CEMS Verification (Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems) via QAL2 & AST
- BS 4142 Environmental Noise Assessments
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