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Estate agents were encouraged to automatically share, air pollution, numbers of home buyers.

The industry trade body, said the provision of this information should now be common practice.

"the air quality is now public information, and it will never be the same again," said Mark Hayward, chief executive of the NAEA property mark.

His comments came as a new website has been launched, which details air pollution by zip code.

The Website, called, uses data from King ' s College London to give The Level of Nitrogen Dioxide .

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The Site was created by the Central office of the Public interest (COPI), a not-for-profit campaign,

The Site is currently limited to properties in London. It shows the concentration of Nitrogen Dioxide in the air and compares it to The World -health-Organisation of the annual legal limit of 40 micrograms per cubic meter. Long-term exposure to high concentrations of the gas were.

Humphrey Milles, the founder, said he thinks it could influence where new homes will be built, and that data like this should be used to determine where schools and homes for the elderly to be built.

"show The data, this is not just something that you are exposed to, on The Road , this is the pollution in the air in our homes," he said.

Nitrogen -carbon dioxide is created when gasoline and diesel burnt

Mr. Hayward acknowledged that The Move would be extra work for agencies and on the top of a whole bunch of additional information that the seller, as the energy-efficiency data.

"It may not be popular, because it is an additional information," he told the BBC, beat, especially in a time when The Number of sales fell, the agencies' revenues. But he said that agents can also start now, before you is required by law.

He also said that as information about energy efficiency, you can be ignored by some buyers, which resulted more from their gut than the data.

"no one says that I have to buy the house with the roses around the door, because you have a bad energy balance. "

But more and more people are interested in air quality, when It Comes to the choice of where they live, said Henry Pryor, a buying agent of 33 years.

he says he has included environmental pollution data in its reports for the clients for The Last five years.

Electric Car improvement

the people interested, the air quality is not likely to be able to ask for discounts, but afraid of a certain area, the pressure on prices, he said.

"It's not a negotiation tool, it's going to be a informative tool. "

the air can improve the quality, since more vehicles than electric.

The Number of Electric Car models available to the consumer in Europe is expected to triple by the year 2021, the European Federation for transport and environment.

This shift could help areas with high pollution, said Mr Pryor.

His customers in London often look to The City 's congestion charge zone for clean air, said he, as well as apartments in the vicinity of The City Park.

"More and more people are interested in, what they breathe," he said.

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Source of news: bbc.com