STEINACH, Switzerland, Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IQAir today announced 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 empowers schools to monitor air quality and provide real-time environmental data to their community. This not only helps to protect children's health, but also expands environmental awareness around the world," said Frank Hammes, Global CEO of IQAir.

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 to understand and address air pollution.

Children are especially vulnerable to environmental air pollution, because relative to their body weight, they breathe more air than adults. Their higher breathing rates, coupled with still-developing organ, immune, and nervous systems, increase 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.

Supporting a school is simple: select a school you would like to 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, allowing them to share their real-time air quality data and details about their school.

Each participating school will receive an outdoor air quality monitor to track PM2.5 and other environmental parameters in real-time. Schools4Earth 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 Environmental Programme'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 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 to grow into a worldwide movement for cleaner air.

"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 students 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.

ABOUT IQAir:
IQAir is a Swiss technology company that empowers individuals, organizations, and governments to improve air quality through information, collaboration, and intervention. 

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