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CL:AIRE
Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments (CL:AIRE) stimulates the regeneration of contaminated land in the UK by raising awareness of, and confidence in, practical and sustainable remediation technologies. Established in 1999, CL:AIRE is an independent, not-for-profit organisation.
CL:AIRE is part-funded by English Partnerships. A representive of English Partnerships sits on Cl:AIRE’s Board of Trustees.
CL:AIRE fulfils the need for objective, scientifically robust appraisals of remediation technologies and effective methods for monitoring and investigating sites. Its Technology and Research Group (TRG) draws on some of the foremost professionals and academics within the field to provide credible, third party appraisals of remediation technologies.
Objectives
CL:AIRE is committed to increasing the uptake and development of innovative and practical solutions to the remediation of contaminated land with the following core goals:
- To provide a unique system of independent appraisals for technologies, monitoring and site investigation techniques to give confidence to site owners and developers
- To disseminate scientifically credible and practical information on contaminated land and remediation to all interested parties
- To provide invaluable support to private and public bodies in accelerating the sustainable regeneration of contaminated land
- To promote business opportunities for all partners, by linking problem holders with appropriate solutions.
Information services
By disseminating information and acting as a credible resource for all stakeholders, CL:AIRE provides a free information service including the following features:
- Personalised website account
- PDF Bulletins and selected publications available to download
- eAlerts on the latest news, events and technologies
- Newsfeeds
- Search the CL:AIRE Project Directory
- Search the Events calendar
To register for a free online CL:AIRE account and benefit from the services above please visit the CL:AIRE website.
Technology demonstration and research projects
CL:AIRE encourages technology demonstration and research projects to raise industry's awareness of, and confidence in, technologies that have been applied on real sites. From these projects, CL:AIRE can provide all those with an interest in contaminated land with documented, high-quality, and scientifically-robust demonstration reports that appraise available remediation technologies.
CL:AIRE’s aim is to build a portfolio of these technology demonstration and research projects. The projects use different technology providers, under different conditions and show successes as much as lessons learnt. This means a thorough understanding of the application of a technology can be achieved. To do this, CL:AIRE actively seeks the participation of site owners, consultants, developers, remediation companies and technology providers to become project partners.
CL:AIRE accepts a variety of projects which are evaluated on their technical merits by the Technology and Research Group against a transparent set of criteria.
English Partnerships and CL:AIRE
CL:AIRE is part-funded by key government stakeholders in recognition of the importance of its work:
- English Partnerships
- Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department of the Environment Northern Ireland
- Environment Agency
- Welsh Assembly Government
English Partnerships sits on CL:AIRE’s Board of Trustees and has supported CL:AIRE from its inception. When appropriate, English Partnerships' remediation projects are submitted as CL:AIRE projects. The final outputs are reported as summary findings and experiences, which are then made available to any interested party through CL:AIRE.
