Science & Air Quality
Before the character,
comes the data.
Every Air Team story is born from published evidence. This page gathers the institute’s scientific output and the curated literature behind our content.
2–5×
more pollutants indoors than outdoors
US EPA — IAQ studies
1,000+
ppm of CO₂ already reduces attention
cognition & ventilation literature
<1,000
ppm is the classroom ventilation reference
ASHRAE 62.1 / technical consensus
Research and curation lines
Our curation — and, in time, our own output — is organized along four lines:
IAQ in school environments
Indoor air quality in classrooms: ventilation, occupancy, CO₂ and the effect on learning and absenteeism.
Air and child cognition
Effects of CO₂, particulate matter (PM2.5/PM10) and volatile compounds on attention, memory and development.
Respiratory allergies
Dust mites, fungi, out-of-range humidity and the environmental triggers of childhood asthma and rhinitis.
Intervention effectiveness
What actually works: natural and mechanical ventilation, filtration, monitoring and habit change.
How science becomes children’s content
Between the paper and the character there is a process. Every piece of content goes through double review: the scientific one checks that simplification preserves the truth of the data; the pedagogical one checks that the language reaches the child at the right age. When both approve, the content is published — and the grounding reference is recorded.
That is why the Air Team can say the Mold Baron “likes damp, forgotten corners”: because the literature on indoor fungi says exactly that, in other words.
References that guide the project
While our own output is under way, these are the public baselines we use as a ruler:
- WHO — Global air quality guidelines (2021) and indoor dampness & mould guidelines
- ASHRAE 62.1 — ventilation standards for acceptable indoor air quality
- US EPA — IAQ Tools for Schools program and indoor exposure studies
- Peer-reviewed literature — studies on CO₂, cognitive performance and children’s respiratory health
Research is done in networks
Are you a researcher in IAQ, child health or science education? We want to collaborate — from content review to field studies in program schools.