SAMHE: Schools’ Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education
On a mission to understand indoor air quality in UK schools and provide evidence for better national policies and practice.
Context
The quality of our air is important. After all, around 10,000 litres of air passes through each person’s body every day. UK residents spend around 90% of their time indoors, yet regulations to address air pollution focus almost solely on outdoor exposure. Our indoor air often contains pollutants that can damage our health. Young people spend lots of time at school, where poor air quality can have impacts on both their health and their concentration levels. Hence it is important to make sure that the air in classrooms is good, and improve it where it isn’t.
Key aims and objectives
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Sarah West, SEI York, Department of Environment and Geography
Lucy Way, SEI York, Department of Environment and Geography
Victoria Beale, SEI York, Department of Environment and Geography
Dr Henry Burridge, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
Paul Linden, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Imperial College London
University of Cambridge
University of Surrey
University of Leeds
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Global Centre for Clean Air Research, University of Surrey
Centre for Applied Education Research (CAER)
Related links
To learn more visit the SAMHE website