Swap Seats for Fairer Air
One simple action every school can take today.
A campaign by GO AQS and AtmosField
Same room.
Different air.
Fairer seating.
Most classrooms do not know where the best and worst air is. Air does not distribute evenly. Children can sit in the same position every day. Until we understand indoor air behaviour properly, the fairest immediate action is simple.
A different seat.
Every day.
Where practical.
Most schools do not know which seats experience the highest or lowest exposure to indoor air pollution.
Until we understand indoor air behaviour better, no child should unknowingly spend the entire school year sitting in the same position.
Swapping seats regularly is a simple action schools can take today. It costs nothing, requires no equipment and helps share any unknown exposure more fairly while we work towards better understanding.
Swap Seats
No child stays in the same unknown air position.
Same room. Different air. Fairer seating.
Simple
Costs nothing. Schools can begin tomorrow.
Fair
No child repeatedly occupies the same unknown air position.
Practical
Works alongside ventilation, filtration and every other indoor air improvement.
A room average tells us about the room.
Exposure equity asks what each child experiences.
Traditional air monitoring often relies on one sensor or one average value. That matters, but it does not tell the whole story. Air moves around people, furniture, windows, doors, heating, ventilation and filtration devices — so two children in the same classroom can experience different air during the same lesson.
Room Average
- One number
- One sensor
- One assumption
Exposure Equity
- Seat-to-seat variation
- Air behaviour
- Placement logic
- Fairer decisions
Every child deserves fair exposure to clean air — wherever they sit.
Five practical actions, starting today.
Fairer air begins with better decisions.
Schools, colleges, universities, governments and organisations are joining Swap Seats to support exposure equity in classrooms everywhere.