Poppy for Health — Education
Healthy air, proven in the real world.
Poppy helps schools and occupant-health oriented buildings protect people with practical, building-ready ventilation work: measure what's happening today, improve it where needed, and document results you can stand behind.
The challenge
You can't manage what you can't see.
Most buildings run on assumptions about ventilation. For district leaders, principals, and building decision makers, this matters for one simple reason: assumptions aren't enough when the stakes are students and staff.
Poppy measures performance directly, so you can act with confidence — and document what you've done for stakeholders, parents, and health authorities.
What Poppy delivers
For schools and occupant-health buildings.
Confidence in ventilation and clean air delivery
We verify how clean air actually reaches occupied spaces — classrooms, common areas, gyms, cafeterias — and identify where it's over- or under-delivering.
A straightforward path to healthier-air standards
For organizations that want a clear bar to aim at, Poppy provides a rapid path to align with ASHRAE 241, while staying grounded in what your building systems can actually do.
Low operational burden
No long, drawn-out projects. No 'install a thousand things and hope for the best.' Poppy's approach is designed for busy facilities teams in active buildings.
Credibility you can cite
15,000+ tests across 50M+ sq ft, including schools and high-stakes environments. Number 5 most innovative company by Fast Company. Poppy leadership contributes to the standards that define clean-air performance.
Who this is for
Built for education decision makers.
District Facilities Leader
Make ventilation performance measurable across your schools, fix what matters first, and document results without adding a heavy project.
Principal
Keep classrooms comfortable and reduce air-quality anxiety with a low-disruption approach and clear, shareable documentation.
Sustainability / ESG Manager
Improve ventilation the right way without sacrificing energy goals, backed by measurement and defensible reporting.
District Health Services Leader
Move from reactive illness response to prevention by pairing real building performance data with practical actions.
Protecting our kids from chronic conditions.
ARPA-H's BREATHE program is developing smart building systems that sense, assess, and protect occupants from the indoor air quality exposures that drive chronic respiratory diseases like asthma. Like sewer and water systems transformed public health a century ago, BREATHE is building the infrastructure to extend healthspan through the buildings where Americans live, learn, and work.
Poppy leads SCALE for schools
Poppy Health is an ARPA-H BREATHE awardee working to demonstrate new technology across schools in the US, aimed at protecting children and staff from chronic conditions like asthma and allergies.
Beyond 'check the box' IAQ
SCALE is designed to move toward something like public health infrastructure for schools: continuous sensing plus automated building responses, validated in real schools.
Detection + building action
SCALE is developing a system to sense and reduce exposure to bioaerosol exposures — allergens, mold, bacteria, and viruses — that drive chronic disease progression, and connect detection to building responses.
Stay informed as SCALE progresses.
Subscribe for project updates, school deployment milestones, and early learnings as the program rolls out.
Ready to make clean air measurable and actionable?
If you're responsible for health outcomes, learning continuity, and facilities decisions, Poppy can help. Contact us to discuss your buildings and priorities.
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