Air pollution has the potential to damage our health and environment. Children are more susceptible to the effects of air pollution, and as such it is important for us to consider areas in which they are potentially exposed to elevated levels, such as at the school gates. East Renfrewshire Council with support from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), are working with the local schools to improve air quality and safety at the school gates.
The project aims to empower the schools through the use of air quality data, taking action to improve air quality around the school, particularly from vehicle emissions associated with school traffic.
Low-cost air quality sensors are being installed at primary schools across the East Renfrewshire Council area. These sensors will be located close to the school gates, to record air quality pollutants associated with traffic movement. Each school will have the opportunity to display their own artwork outside the school gates, providing key messaging associated with actions to improve air quality. The data will be fed back to the schools through a series of classroom-based workshops during which pupils will be asked to delve into the data and use their teaching resources to explore and explain the possible trends and potential sources.
As part of this project, SEPA have developed a visualisation tool which will allow pupils, families and local residents to look at data recorded at their school, exploring some of the potential causes and drivers of local pollution events.
This tool can be accessed here: EastRenfrewshireSchoolsProject (sepa.org.uk)
This page was added on 06 Jun 2024
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