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[SAMHE Project @SAMHEProject]

Our Teacher Resource Pack is live!
It enables schools without a #SAMHE monitor to access versions of our educational activities, together with teacher guidance and example #AirQuality data and graphs for pupils to work with.
Download it FREE👉 https://t.co/iKZAoNLqMd

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[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

Thanks for reading and, as I have said before, X is not designed for in-depth scientific debate. I’m always happy to meet people to discuss the details of anything scientific but I might not be able to respond on X.

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

B) @SAMHEProject is also working directly with teachers, school leaders, and pupils to support their understanding of their school’s air quality and to guide their efforts to improve it.

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

A) @SAMHEProject is creating a large dataset indicating the state of air quality in UK schools and its effects - using that to report scientific findings (some of which are unpopular on X!) and to work with government and unions to improve guidance and future provision, and ...

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

4) Finally, I want to emphasise that @SAMHEProject is only about trying to help improve air quality in schools - @SAMHEProject is working with schools to help improve air quality in two main ways: ...

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

Without knowing occupancy and window opening some suggestions made (e.g removing 11:30-14:00) would result in lowering the daily mean CO2 reported - certainly the much talked about 'lunch hour' makes a non-significant difference on the vast majority of days shown.

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

Before everyone gets going about our favourite 'lunch hour', zoom into the attached figure (from https://t.co/VYJBZbiQvF) notionally similar classrooms and occupancy - so ventilation behaviour has a leading order effect ...

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

3) The vast majority of data we analyse is from when classrooms are occupied: we know schools are operational on the days analysed and monitors are placed in teaching spaces; these tend to occupied most of the day (schools don't have many empty classrooms kicking around!) And ...

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

2) Article goes to effort to infer pp vent rates, concluding the below - these rates account for inoccupancy and are far more meaningful than CO2 thresholds. Fact tha t these rates are low & adherence to the guidance is high = best evidence for the need for change.

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

Finding most the data shows adherence to guidance can still mean that many do not, see our highlight: "Most classrooms conform to CO2 guidelines but some regularly exceed, often significantly so" - so we can all agree that there is lots of improvement still required.

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

1) It's a research article, not an opinion piece - only reporting facts allowed, not passing personal opinions on the suitability of guidance. I made it clear on X that the BB101 thresholds are not what we should be aiming for but, for now, they are the guidance for UK schools...

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

we also use the analysis published here https://t.co/ozeQoqnt1K to demonstrate that the associated per-person ventilation rates are low (relative to almost all available guidance). Thoughts please @CathNoakes @CorsIAQ

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

@CathNoakes @CorsIAQ My own takeaway is that the @SAMHEProject dataset has already proved it's value just based on one term of looking at just CO2, there is so much more evidence that will follow from this data - thanks to @SarahWest_SEI and all of the amazing @SAMHEProject team...

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

@CathNoakes @CorsIAQ Loads more findings within - my fav is that CO2 levels are statistically differ within primary and secondary schools but translating to per-person ventilation shows there is no difference as the latter appropriately accounts for differing generation rates of different age groups

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

Very glad to see this paper out: https://t.co/AilRQG3fbb, reporting evidence based on the first term of CO2 data from the @SAMHEProject - headline is that adherence to UK guidance for schools is relatively high most of the time; however, ...

[Henry Burridge @HenryBurridge]

Proud to be watching Alice and Sam present @SAMHEProject to a packed room @ERGImperial - very well received, well done them!!!

[SAMHE Project @SAMHEProject]

📢The support we can offer #SAMHE schools will reduce from 31 July, when our current funding ends. But don’t worry, you can keep using your #AirQuality monitor and the Web App for many years to come!

If you haven't signed up yet, you have till 31 May!
👉https://t.co/C7SrX756FL

[SAMHE Project @SAMHEProject]

🥳We're delighted to have published an article explaining how and why #SAMHE was #codesign-ed with teachers and pupils!
HUGE thanks to our Co-design and Pioneer schools - we couldn't have done it without you
#CitizenScience #CitSci #scied #AQ
cc @EuCitSci
https://t.co/ZdcJHEnusQ

[SAMHE Project @SAMHEProject]

Hear teachers explain why they love #SAMHE!
Thank you Andy Brittain, Alex Burns, Gemma Hortop, Steven West and their schools for wholeheartedly embracing SAMHE project and their willingness to share their stories and enthusiasm!
https://t.co/TEO7MtxVcU
#classroomair #edutwitter

[World Ventil8 Day @WorldVentil8Day]

Our heartfelt thanks go out all those who took part in #WorldVentil8Day . Your contribution made a difference and supported our goal to #BreatheBetterLiveBetter.
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