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Hilfe zur Optimierung des Raumklimas
Dokumentierte Verhaltensänderung mit Realdania
Poor indoor climate harms children. SKYEN is doing something about it.
As part of Realdania's national effort to improve indoor air quality in schools, ÅBN, in collaboration with Implement Consulting Group and Alinea, conducted an 18-month field study in 33 schools across the country. The purpose was to test how simple and student-engaging solutions could improve air quality in classrooms without ventilation.
The study included three tools, which were tested separately and in combination:
- THE SKY – a visual nudge that lights up red when the indoor climate is poor and blue when it is good. Makes the CO₂ level visible and activates students in real time.
- Habit kit – a practical package with a uniform scheme and instructions that help students and teachers take action when air quality declines.
- Teaching course – a short, digital learning course that introduces students to knowledge about air, oxygen, the body and why ventilation is important.
The result is clear: The combination of visibility, learning and daily routines creates a noticeable and lasting improvement in the indoor climate in the classroom. After just a few weeks, schools were able to measure a significant reduction in the time with high CO₂ levels – and the effect persisted throughout the school year.
The problem is there (still)
>3 HOURS
During a typical school day from 8am to 2pm, CO2 levels exceed the recommended limit of 1000 ppm.
4000 PPM
CO2 levels reach, in the foliage of a typical school day. That's four times higher than the recommended limit value
LEARNING
Falls when the indoor climate becomes poor. Staying in poor air can have serious consequences for well-being and health. Not only during the day, but also in the long term.
DKK 1.3 MILLION
Is the average price for energy renovation of one elementary school, which is the minimum recommendation of many experts to improve the indoor climate.
The challenge of behavioral change
The effect disappears quickly
After a short period, when trying to improve the indoor climate in the school with behavioral changes, among other things because “it is difficult to change habits and create long-term changes”
Therefore, ÅBN initiated
Denmark's largest test of a behavior-changing solution for schools' indoor climate
Together with the country's best in the field:
Entwicklungspartner
Moderator
Finanzierungspartner
What we tested
Intuitive visualization of the invisible CO2 level
CLOUD
SKYEN is designed and developed to introduce student-engaging behavioral changes for active ventilation in the classroom.
By switching from blue light to red light, the SKY tells students and teachers in the room when to create a draft in order to
maintain a good indoor climate. SKYEN hangs on the wall and only needs to be plugged into a power outlet, making it easy to use. SKYEN changes back to blue when there is sufficient airing out.
Habit kit
The habit kit included a short teacher's guide, a sweet story for the students, a 3-step guide, and a pattern chart.
Teaching process
Teaching course of 4 lessons for the subject of science/technology.
The course focused on why, through knowledge, play and exercises
Humans and all other organisms on Earth need oxygen,
how plants create oxygen through photosynthesis, and how
The body converts oxygen into activity in the body and brain.
Randomized controlled pilot
How we tested
The 33 schools were randomly assigned to four test groups. The schools were typical Danish schools from all over the country.
The indoor climate of all schools was measured during a baseline period, after which the solution was implemented.
- One group only received the CLOUD
- One group only received habit kits and educational materials
- One group received all three products
- One group was a control group with no solution implemented
The technical results
Baseline
The baseline measurement confirms that the indoor climate in Danish primary schools is too bad , and that it is often decided unhealthy .
The control group
The indoor climate in the control group improves during COVID-19, but ends at the baseline level.
“We would have really liked to have had a SKY because there were also some fairly small classrooms that were part of the experiment.”
– Anne Grethe, deputy headmaster at Vinding School
Group with the SKY
The classes with a SKY experienced significant improvements in the indoor climate to a great level that persisted throughout the study period.
“After we got a SKY in the class, we have become much more aware of the indoor climate. Both me and them. The students raise their hands when it lights up red.”
– Serpil, 4th grade teacher at Krogårdsskolen
Group with teaching materials
The educational material resulted in a lasting improvement in the indoor climate, but only to a moderate level.
“The teaching opens the children's eyes to the issue, but it must be maintained and have a new angle when it is brought up again.”
– Anna Grethe, deputy headmaster at Vinding School
Group with SKYEN and teaching materials
In the classes that received both SKY and teaching material , the indoor climate was permanently improved and ended up at a great level.
“The kids thought it was really fun. I showed them how it changed colors when I breathed into it. Now they don’t think about it so much anymore.”
– Vibeke, 5th grade teacher at St. Norbert's School
Visual results
Before implementing solution
Before SKYEN, the indoor climate in classrooms was significantly deteriorated, with CO₂ levels above the limit value for up to three hours a day and maximum values as high as 4000 ppm. The poor indoor climate affected learning, well-being and health.
After implementation of SKY and teaching materials
After implementing SKYEN, CO₂ levels dropped significantly and students spent almost exclusively in healthy air throughout the school day. The effect persisted for a full year afterwards – without the need for major investments or technical systems.
Getestet in Zusammenarbeit mit der Implement Consulting Group
Unsere Studie zeigt ganz deutlich, dass SKYEN zusammen mit einem Gewohnheitsset neue nachhaltige Gewohnheiten im Klassenzimmer unterstützt, was den Schülern ein gesünderes Raumklima ermöglicht.
Wenn der CO2-Gehalt zu hoch wird, beginnt dies negative Auswirkungen auf das Wohlbefinden und das Lernen der Schüler zu haben. Aber mit der CLOUD entfällt das tatsächlich.
Hier gibt es ein Jahr später keine Anzeichen dafür, dass die Wirkung zurückkehrt. Es ist ziemlich wild.
Lasse Frost
Berater
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“SKYEN is a good example of how behavior can be a powerful tool. It is simple, accessible and has a great impact on everyday life.”
– Anne Gade Iversen, project manager, Realdania
COVID-19 FURTHER SHINES…
NO RESEARCH HAS PREVIOUSLY SHOWN THAT BEHAVIOR CAN BE CHANGED IN THE LONG TERM
We substantiate this by looking at the before/after measurements of COVID-19.
During COVID-19, the focus is on hygiene, ventilation, etc.
But - when COVID-19 subsides, behavior will return to normal if you don't have tools to help. That is, there will be no lasting behavior change unless you have behavior regulation tools.
to assist!
Changing behavior is therefore difficult…
Solutions that create lasting habits and better air
The study tested three simple solutions – individually and in combination:
- The SKY , which lights up red when the indoor climate is poor and blue when it is good, thus making the CO₂ level visible in everyday life.
- A habit kit that helps the class react when the light changes – for example through camouflage schemes and simple guides.
- A teaching course that explains to students why fresh air is important and how they themselves can make a difference.
The effect was most evident when the SKY and the habit kit were used together – but even the short training course created improvements, especially when it was followed up in everyday life.
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Mit der CLOUD, dem Habit-Kit und dem Lehrmaterial können Verhaltensänderungen angestoßen werden, die das Raumklima nachhaltig verbessern. Nach einem Jahr bleiben die Schüler, die mit SKY eingerichtet wurden und ein Gewohnheitspaket in die Klasse geschickt haben, während des Schultages fast ausschließlich in akzeptablen CO2-Werten.