What the CHEPA Calculator tells us about HEPA filters in UK primary classrooms

Imperial College London has released the CHEPA (Classroom HEPA) calculator, a tool designed to help schools understand how HEPA air filtration might reduce airborne particles and infection risk in classrooms. We spent some time exploring the calculator using realistic UK primary classroom assumptions and varying only the things schools can actually control - airflow (CADR) ... Read more

5 thoughtful gifts that actually improve the air you breathe this Christmas 

Over the past few years, I've learned that the best gifts aren't always the flashiest ones. They're the ones that quietly make your daily life better. The kind you don't realise you needed until you have them.  This Christmas, instead of another candle or throw pillow, I'm recommending gifts that do something genuinely useful: they help you breathe cleaner air at home. Here are my top five picks.  ... Read more

Press Release

Cleaner, greener air - Smart Air UK rolls out London’s largest classroom clean air programme Part of the Mayor’s School Filters Programme  Smart Air UK has begun delivering high-performance air filters and air quality monitors to more than 200 schools across London as part of the Mayor of London’s £2.7 million School Filters Programme. Independent testing ... Read more

Press Release

Smart Air UK leads clean air deliveries to London schools  Part of the Mayor’s School Filters Programme  Smart Air UK (T/A Airbon Ltd.) is proud to be a part of the Mayor’s School Filters Programme to deliver air filters and air quality monitors to more than 200 London schools. This initiative is a major step forward in the Mayor of London’s efforts to tackle air ... Read more

Clean air in classrooms: what the GLA pilot study revealed

A recent study commissioned by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and delivered by WSP has confirmed the value of air filtration in schools. The pilot tested a range of air purifiers across five London primary schools to see how well they reduced fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and how practical they were for everyday classroom use. ... Read more

From 'filter' to 'feature': rethinking the air purifier

For many people, air purifiers are still an afterthought. Some have never considered them, others see them as plain white boxes to tuck out of sight. But clean air is something every home and workplace can benefit from. So why not turn the purifier into a feature you are proud to have on display? That ... Read more

1,440 bottles of air - why children can ‘choke’ on classroom pollution

Step into a typical UK classroom: 65 m² floor space, 3.4 m ceiling height. Now imagine it filled with 1,440 two-litre bottles of air, the amount a single child breathes in one school day. Multiply that by 30 pupils and you’ve got 86,400 litres of shared air, recycled and inhaled across six hours of learning. Yet 87% ... Read more

Breaking the barriers to clean air in the office

Why dividers matter Open plan offices bring light, collaboration and flexibility, but they also need boundaries. Dividers and partitions give teams focus, reduce noise and define work zones. The problem? They rarely offer more than function. From barrier to 'feature' What if a divider didn’t just separate space, but actively improved it? Pairing our Blast ... Read more

Clearing the air at events

Thanks for helping us keep the air clean today! We each breathe around 11,000 litres of air every day. Looking after your health isn’t just about food or fitness, it’s also about making every breath as clean as it can be. A campaign by Clean Air Day compared indoor and outdoor levels of ultrafine particle ... Read more

The Mayor's School Filters Programme

The Mayor’s School Filters Programme is one of the UK’s largest school-based indoor air quality projects. Backed by the Greater London Authority (GLA), the programme will deliver air filters (also referred to as air purifiers), air quality monitors and assemblies and workshops on air quality to over 200 primary schools across London. Led in partnership ... Read more

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