Air Purifier for Schools and Colleges

Air quality in schools affects health and academic performance

Ensuring high indoor air quality in educational institutions is essential for safeguarding health and enhancing academic performance. A combination of indoor and outdoor air pollutants, including bacteria, allergens, airborne viruses, and asthma triggers, can compromise the learning environment, impacting both students and staff. Contaminants such as fine particulate matter, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and airborne pathogens require advanced air filtration solutions to maintain a safe indoor atmosphere.

Clean Air Technology, the official distributor of IQAir air purification systems in Ireland, supplies high-performance solutions designed to combat airborne contaminants effectively. These air purification systems for schools and colleges significantly reduce pollutants, creating a safer and healthier environment for learning and teaching.

Air quality technology matters

The Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) system assesses the effectiveness of air filtration. A MERV 13 rating is the baseline for reducing airborne contaminants and limiting the transmission of infectious aerosols. Many educational institutions are now transitioning to MERV 13 filtration. However, IQAir provides advanced air purification solutions with NanoMax filters, which surpass MERV 16 standards. These high-performance filters offer:

• Enhanced efficiency across all particle sizes
• Minimal pressure drops while maintaining high efficiency
• Superior energy efficiency
• Extended filter replacement intervals

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Quality filtration is essential

Effective air purification for large spaces such as learning centres requires advanced filtration technology. IQAir utilises HyperHEPA filtration, a proven system for eliminating airborne viruses, bacteria, and contaminants.

Unlike standard UV or PECO filters, which struggle to neutralise biological pollutants in limited exposure times, HyperHEPA filters provide superior air purification. PECO filters, for instance, operate at approximately 145 m³/h at maximum fan speed, which is significantly lower than IQAir’s output. Furthermore, recent studies in New York City schools revealed that PECO-based systems failed to reduce airborne contaminants effectively, leading to a rise in infection rates.

IQAir ensures that every air purification system for schools undergoes airflow capacity testing with all filters in place, providing accurate efficiency ratings. HyperHEPA filtration captures 99.5% of particles as small as 0.003 microns, significantly improving classroom air quality. Additionally, cumulative clean mass (CCM) assessments confirm its durability, surpassing the highest CCM rating (P4) for particulate matter filtration.

Lower operating costs

A well-designed air purification system for colleges and schools offers long-term operational cost benefits. The IQAir HealthPro series delivers high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration with extended filter life, reducing the frequency of filter replacements and lowering maintenance costs.

For example, when operated at speed 3 for 10 hours per day, an IQAir HealthPro Plus air purifier can achieve operating costs as low as £111.79 per year while maintaining superior air filtration efficiency.

IQAir solutions for schools

Educational environments, including academic facilities, higher education institutions, and universities, require air purifiers for school settings that balance high-efficiency air filtration with low noise output. Many conventional air purification systems either fail to clean the air effectively or present operational challenges for students and staff.

IQAir has extensive experience in providing air purification systems for schools and colleges, collaborating with school authorities and maintenance teams to enhance clean air in schools. IQAir solutions have been shown to reduce air pollution exposure in classrooms by up to 95%. This improvement is achieved through a structured three-phase approach:

With over five decades of experience in air purification, IQAir continues to provide air filtration solutions that maintain optimal classroom air quality and safeguard the health of students and staff.