Air quality filters for schools to clean up air in classrooms
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched a new £2.7 million programme to bring air quality filters to hundreds of the capital’s schools, “bringing cleaner air to tens of thousands of children in their classrooms.”
Air quality filters “play a vital role” in reducing air pollution, removing particulates generated indoors or that may enter the classroom, such as from the road. The Schools Filters Programme “fulfils a manifesto pledge” from Khan as part of his “wider work to tackle London’s air pollution.”
At least 200 will receive High Efficiency Particulate (HEPA) air quality filters. These have been proven to be effective at reducing levels of the key pollutant PM2.5 benefiting the health of both pupils and staff. Research from City Hall has found that levels of the pollutant in classrooms with the HEPA filters were 27% to 68% lower compared with those without.
Mayoral funding will also provide a support programme for the schools as well as indoor air quality monitors to “understand the impact of the filters,” and lessons and assemblies on air quality to raise awareness of the impact of air pollution among both staff and pupils.
“I’ve made tackling air pollution a top priority as Mayor and along with parents and teachers, I want every single child to breathe clean air in and around their school,” The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said. “In those vital early years, the difference this can make to young people’s health and wellbeing can be lifechanging.”
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