IQAir, a global leader in air quality technology, announces the launch of Schools4Earth,a new initiative that enables schools to monitor real-time air quality. By providing schools access to low-cost air monitors, Schools4Earth empowers educators, students, parents, and communities with critical air quality data to help protect student health and reduce exposure to air pollution. 

"Schools4Earth empowersBy engaging schools to monitor air quality and provide real-time environmental data to their community. This n, we not only helps to protect children’s’ health, but we also foster greaterexpands environmental awareness around the world,." said Frank Hammes, Global CEO of IQAir."

Why Schools?

Schools are at the center of communities, making them ideal locations for air quality monitoring. With power, internet access, and caring educators, they can serve as air quality hubs, providing essential environmental data for students, neighborhoods and the world.

Children are especially vulnerable to environmental air pollution, because they breathe more air in relation to their body weight than adults. Their higher breathing rates coupled with still developing organ, immune and nervous systems, increases their risk of asthma, cognitive impairments and reduced lung function. Schools4Earth provides real-time pollution data, helping schools:

• Make informed decisions about outdoor activities based on air quality.
• Empower students and educators with environmental education opportunities.
• Contribute to global air quality data, helping researchers and policymakers address pollution.

IQAir estimates that currently only 21% of the world population has access to hyper-local, real-time air quality information. With a vision of every school worldwide monitoring air quality, IQAir estimates that over 94% of the global population would have access to real-time pollution data—filling critical information gaps and improving public health responses.

How Schools4Earth Works

Schools4Earth makes it easy for parents, corporations, local governments and community groups to bring air quality monitoring to schools in their community. 

Supporting a school is simple: select a school you would like sponsor, apply the SCHOOLS4EARTH promo code for 15% off, and IQAir will work with the school to manage the shipment, installation, and setup.

Schools are provided with their own air quality station and contributor profile pages on the IQAir mobile app and website, that allows them to share their real-time air quality data and details about their school

What Schools Receive

Each participating school will receive an outdoor air quality monitor to track PM2.5 and other environmental parameters in real-time. School4Earth provides schools with:

• Real-time air quality updates via IQAir’s mobile app and website.
• Valuable pollution insights to make informed health decisions.
• Contribution to global initiatives, including the United Nations EnvironmentalProgramme’s Global Exposure Map and IQAir’s World Air Quality Report.

Participating schools gain access to critical air quality data while joining a global community of data contributors dedicated to closing global air monitoring gaps.

Schools4Earth’s Global Impact Goals

Schools4Earth aims to equip over 1 million schools with air quality monitors, providing hyper-local, real-time air quality data to over 7 billion people and grow into a worldwide movement for cleaner air.

By building a global network of schools committed to environmental education and action, School4Earth seeks to empower students, educators, and communities with the tools to understand and address air pollution.

"We are committed to ensuring every school and community around the world has access to real-time air quality data," said Hammes. "This initiative has the potential to engage millions of student around the world and empower them as future leaders in science, education, medicine, technology and public policy to improve the quality of life worldwide."

To learn more or support a school, visit the Schools4Earth page today.