Environment and Conservation Fund – Campus IAQ x STEM

We travel daily to and from our homes, schools, and offices, and we spend our leisure time in cinemas, shopping malls, and libraries... all these are indoor environments. With up to 70 to 80% of our time spent indoors every day, and as it constantly affects our health, we cannot ignore the topic of indoor air quality and its importance.

However, when we discuss "air pollution", we often focus more on outdoor air pollution issues and less on indoor air pollution, even when the latter is closely related to our daily lives.

We target primary school students and uses various STEM study activities to present indoor air pollution issues that used to be "invisible and intangible" in a concrete manner, one at a time. Students have "fun in learning and doing" as they are guided in their exploration of environmental problems on their own, connecting the issues to their daily lives and practicing green living.

The project is divided into three aspects - "teach", "learn", and "home". Under "teach", there are workshops and published teaching resource kit for teachers to facilitate their teaching on related topics; in "learn", multiple STEM exploration experiments have been designed for students to inspire their active exploration of indoor air pollution issues; and for "home", we have "IAQ Inspection" competition for families to encourage the whole family to come together and find poor indoor air quality sources at home and make improvements.

Launched in 2024, the project involved a total of 76 primary schools, with over 7,000 students and 280 teachers participating. Through the Family Challenge, over 20,000 "IAQ Missions" were implemented. From "campus" to "home", a green and healthy indoor environment was created all around for the next generation!

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Results of the "IAQ Inspection" Competition　<span style="font-size: 12px; color: #615958;">(In no particular order)</span>

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IAQ Action Schools – Gold Award

• TWGHs Ko Ho Ning Memorial Primary School
• The ELCHK Faith Lutheran School
• Salesian School

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IAQ Action Schools – Silver Award

• Tuen Mun Government Primary School
• CUHK FAA Thomas Cheung School
• Xianggang Putonghua Yanxishe Primary School of Science and Creativity

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IAQ Action Schools – Bronze Award

• Toi Shan Association Primary School
• Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School
• Ho Shun Primary School (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen)

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IAQ Creative School

• Yuen Long Long Ping Estate Tung Koon Primary School

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IAQ Star Schools

• Kowloon Tong School (Primary Section)
• Emmanuel Primary School, Kowloon
• CCC Chun Kwong Primary School
• Our Lady Of China Catholic Primary School
• Ebenezer School
• Hong Chi Morninglight School, Yuen Long
• Sai Kung Sung Tsun Catholic School (Primary Section)
• Buddhist Wong Cheuk Um Primary School
• ShaTau Kok Central Primary School
• TWGHs Yiu Dak Chi Memorial Primary School (Yuen Long)
• PLK Dr. Jimmy Wong Chi-Ho (Tin Sum Valley) Primary School
• PLK Tin Ka Ping Primary School
• PLK Stanley Ho Sau Nan Primary School
• HK Sze Yap C&IA San Wui Commercial Society School
• Chiu Sheung School, Hong Kong
• Bonham Road Government Primary School
• The Salvation Army Ann Wyllie Memorial School
• F.M.B. Chun Lei Primary School
• St. Paul's Co-educational College Primary School
• Taoist Ching Chung Primary School
• Hon Wah College (Primary Section)
• G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College
• Lingnan University Alumni Association (Hong Kong) Primary School
• Ling Liang Church Sau Tak Primary School