The quality of air in our schools is directly shaping our children's health, attendance, and ability to learn.

The Paper:Impact of Air Quality including Thermal Conditions on Educational Buildings on Health, Wellbeing and Performance by Duncan Grassie and researchers from the UK Health Security Agency and Eurovent.

This scoping review is essentially a stock take—gathering all existing research to map out what we know, where the evidence is strong, and where the gaps remain.

The Fundamental Question: Children spend approximately 30% of their waking hours in educational buildings—breathing air and experiencing thermal conditions they have absolutely no control over. What is the collective evidence telling us about how these environments are shaping their health, attendance, and crucially, their ability to learn?

The Paper

Impact of Indoor Air Quality, Including Thermal Conditions, in Educational Buildings on Health, Wellbeing, and Performance: A Scoping Review

https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12080261

The Air Quality Matters Podcast in Partnership with

Zehnder Group - Farmwood - Eurovent- Aico - Aereco - Ultra Protect -

The One Take Podcast in Partnership with

SafeTraces and Inbiot

Do check them out in the links and on the Air Quality Matters Website

Chapters

• 00:00:00 Introduction: Understanding Scoping Reviews and Educational Environments
• 00:01:49 The Three Pillars: Health, Absenteeism, and Performance
• 00:02:00 Health Impacts: The Respiratory Connection
• 00:02:50 The Absenteeism Crisis: Quantifying Lost School Days
• 00:03:46 Academic Performance: The CO2 and Temperature Effect
• 00:04:56 Solutions Part 1: Source Control as the First Line of Defense
• 00:05:32 Solutions Part 2: Ventilation as the Critical Intervention
• 00:06:11 The Economic Case: A $4 Million Investment with $110 Million Returns
• 00:06:30 The One Take: From Evidence to Action and Our Responsibility
• 00:07:44 Closing: Thanks and Next Steps