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Requests for the installation of CO2 sensors to measure air quality in classrooms are increasing in schools. AT Gemenos (Bouches-du-Rhône), the students make them themselves, with the help of engineers.
It’s a fashionable little device in the midst of a health crisis: CO2 sensors. National Education recommends the installation of these sensors in the classrooms. “The virus tends to circulate through the air. The longer you stay in an unventilated space, the more likely you are to be infected.”, explains Paul Vurambon, engineer.
Making a CO2 sensor yourself is the option chosen by the school of Gemenos (Bouches-du-Rhone). CM2 class. “When it rings, you have to open the windows”, explains a student. The city has ordered thirty sensors. “The trigger is the Covid, but we saw an educational interest in it afterwards”, says Hélène Marchetti, youth and education assistant. A project that has a cost: 10,000 euros, installation included. Once in place, all that remains is to regularly open the windows.