Education
Better air in every classroom, with the data to show it.
Schools and universities need healthy classrooms on tight budgets. Cognituv measures air quality room by room, treats the rooms and systems that need it, and gives facilities teams a record they can share.

What’s at stake
The problems we hear most.
Full rooms, limited outside air
Classrooms hold many people for hours at a time, and older systems can’t always deliver the ventilation the room needs. CO₂ is the tell.
Aging equipment
Unit ventilators, fan coils and rooftop units with fouled coils and dirty ductwork.
Parents and boards ask questions
Air quality has become a public question. A room-by-room record answers it.
Budgets are fixed
Upgrades have to go where the data says they’re needed, not everywhere at once.
Where Cognituv fits
What we’d install, and where.
Cognituv Connect
CO₂, particulates, VOCs, temperature and humidity in every room, on one dashboard.
See Cognituv ConnectUpper-air & in-room UV-C
Treatment for crowded classrooms, nurse’s offices and gyms while they’re in use.
See Upper-air & in-room UV-C
In the fieldOverwatch 2x2
Ceiling-grid air treatment with no floor footprint.
See Overwatch 2x2
In the fieldFreshFilter
Treatment that fits into unit ventilators, fan coils and ceiling tiles.
See FreshFilterIn-duct UV-C
Airstream treatment for central systems and rooftop units.
See In-duct UV-C
Facility types
What changes from one facility type to the next.
What we look at first, the systems we usually find, the codes and standards to check and where we’d start. Codes and standards are listed for reference: a listing isn’t a compliance finding, and doesn’t mean any product, Cognituv’s included, is certified to one.
K–12 school
Classrooms, gyms, cafeterias and offices, with childcare and assembly spaces that have their own requirements.
Includes: Elementary school · Middle school · High school
- We look at
- Classroom CO₂ and particulates through the day
- Coils in unit ventilators and rooftop units
- A record to share with parents and boards
- Typical systems
- Unit ventilators · PTACs · Rooftop units · Split systems
- Codes and standards
- IBC groups to screen
- E (Educational, through grade 12) · A-3 (Assembly: other assembly) · I-4 (Institutional: day care)
- Where we’d start
- Cognituv Connect · Upper-Air & In-Room UV-C · FreshFilter · Overwatch 2x2
University campus
Teaching buildings, labs, residence halls and athletics on one campus, each with its own HVAC approach.
Includes: Academic building · Research laboratory building · Residence hall · Athletic or assembly facility
- We look at
- Lecture halls and residence halls at peak occupancy
- Air-handler coils across the campus fleet
- Energy by building, against campus goals
- Typical systems
- Central air handlers · VAV · Chilled water · Unit ventilators · Lab exhaust
- Codes and standards
- IBC groups to screen
- A-3 (Assembly: other assembly) · B (Business) · R-2 (Residential: permanent, multi-unit) · H (High hazard)
- Where we’d start
- Cognituv Grid · In-Duct UV-C · FreshFilter · Cognituv Connect
Identify · Apply · Verify™
How a project runs.
Identify
Room sensors show which classrooms run high on CO₂ and particulates, and when.
Apply
Targeted treatment in the rooms and systems the data points to.
Verify
The same sensors keep reporting, so the improvement is visible room by room.
Where we work: K–12 classrooms, Universities and lecture halls, Gyms and cafeterias, Libraries, Daycare and early learning and Dormitories.
Codes and standards
The references to check, each linked to its publisher.
The list comes from Cognituv’s facility and code library, reviewed September 2026. Publication isn’t adoption: whether a document applies, and which edition, depends on your jurisdiction, its amendments and your project, and the authority having jurisdiction decides. A listing isn’t a compliance finding for your facility, and doesn’t mean any product, Cognituv’s included, is certified to it.
ASHRAE 62.1Consensus standard · 2025
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
Minimum ventilation and related indoor-air-quality requirements for the occupancies it covers.
Listed for: K–12 school, University campus
ASHRAE 241Consensus standard · 2023
ASHRAE Standard 241, Control of Infectious Aerosols
Planning, design and operation of air systems to reduce exposure to infectious aerosols, including an infection-risk management mode.
Listed for: K–12 school, University campus
EPA IAQ Tools for SchoolsGuidance
Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools
Guidance for building and keeping up an indoor-air-quality management program in schools.
Listed for: K–12 school
CDC ventilation in schoolsGuidance · Updated October 2024
Ventilation in Schools and Childcare Programs
Practical ventilation, filtration and air-cleaning strategies for schools and childcare programs.
Listed for: K–12 school
LEEDCertification program · v5, v4.1 and v4
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating systems
Green-building certification; the version that applies is the one the project registered under.
Listed for: University campus
OSHA Laboratory StandardFederal regulation
Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories, 29 CFR 1910.1450
Protection for laboratory workers who use hazardous chemicals, through a written chemical hygiene plan, exposure monitoring and training.
Listed for: University campus
See what the data says about your facility.
Start with a no-cost assessment: a call with an engineer and a written recommendation. When you want the data first, Cognituv Connect measures your own equipment, scoped and quoted for your site.