The quality of indoor air in education environments has a significant impact on learning but keeping air clean using traditional airflow control systems can be expensive. With education budgets under significant pressure, the conflict between these priorities can seem impossible to reconcile.

But here at TEL we’ve done it.

By channelling everything we’ve learned over more than 50 years in airflow control and monitoring, we’ve developed a solution that helps building managers in the education sector:

• Reduce operational costs by up to 85%
• Support learning
• Promote health and wellbeing
• Improve energy efficiency
• Prioritise safety and compliance

Why clean indoor air is important in education   

Indoor air quality (IAQ) affects physical health and brain function, which has a significant impact on learning. Poor IAQ is linked to increased absenteeism (due to illness), poor concentration and even heightened levels of aggression.

Children and young people are especially vulnerable to poor air quality because their bodies (especially lungs and brains) are still developing. They also breathe faster than adults, so inhale proportionally more air.

The clean air challenge

Education environments combine a range of spaces, with different uses, to support a broad range of educational activities and large volumes of people. They also incorporate food outlets and parking (both potential sources of pollution for indoor air) and combine new and old buildings which can make it difficult – and costly – to keep the air inside them clean. 

TEL Solution for Education Environments

Using the knowledge we’ve accumulated designing airflow solutions for labs and research facilities around the world, we’ve developed a range of energy efficient airflow solutions that prioritise safety and support learning: from playgroups and primary schools through to colleges and universities.

Unlike traditional systems that deliver constant air volume regardless of whether (or how) a space is being used, our solutions replace dirty, stale air with fresh clean air precisely according to need, reducing energy spend by up to 85% and ensuring compliance with local standards including BS-EN 14175-6.

At the heart of our solutions for education is the intelligent touch-screen AFA5000 Room Space Controller, which controls and monitors mechanical HVAC and air quality in education environments without the need for a building management system.

For a smarter approach to airflow control, give us a call on +44 (0) 1457 865 635.