Air Aware Labs builds up to International Clean Air Day

Welcome to the sixty-ninth edition of our newsletter, as we launch our Garmin integration, enhance our branding and build up to International Clean Air Day on 7 September! This newsletter is aimed at investors, collaborators, future hires and early adopters of our products.

Last week saw a major new study released by Queen Mary University of London. The Children's Health in London and Luton (CHILL) study recruited primary school children to compare their lung function over five years. With the lead researchers quoted as saying they were "stunned" by the results, they found that London children's lung growth accelerated during the period to 'catch up' with the control group in Luton, as the Ultra-Low Emission Zone was rolled out in London. This is the clearest demonstration that reduction in exposure can not only protect against future ill health, but can potentially reverse previous damage. It is this exposure awareness and reduction that we aim to bring at Air Aware Labs, including our work on pregnancy. Please join us on our mission - Personalising Air Quality, for everyone.

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Hot off the press

• our Garmin integration is now live for Premium AirTrack users! This enables AirTrackers to get air quality insights on their watch and to follow our Cleaner Route recommendations directly. Watch this space for further updates!
• our Chief Scientist was featured in The Tech Trailblazers podcast, after we won two categories of this award last year. We've also been starting to build stories to support the Wings of Survival ride through the Americas
• we've been working on our branding, to align our Air Aware Labs and AirTrack brands. You can see the output on our website and all our socials - we would love feedback!

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Go with us towards clean air

• we are planning a pledge for International Clean Air Day as part of the University of Chicago event, focusing on AirTrack in Africa - watch out for more detail
• we are also planning a September offer to coincide with International Clean Air Day on 7 September - also watch this space!
• we continue to be amazed by all the support we get from far and wide. Big shout outs to Ben Brabyn Vishal Jugdeb Thibault Barrallon, CFA Ana Luiza Savi Kitty Harris Kate Chapman Dave Hill Karen Lee Catherine Kenyon Hannah Jackson Emma Back Antoinette Cameron-Pimblett Ben Brothers Dr. Meenakshi Jhala Dr. Azeem Alam BEM Dr Jing Ouyang Kevin Dunckley Nicolas Huber Dr June O'Sullivan OBE Michael Solomon Colette Harris Dr Sonal Gupta Ruby Moore Alison Paul Humayun Mazhar Olivia Wing Chris Seymour Niti Gill Dr Tina Chowdhury Véronique Rapetti Arvind Varshney, PhD. We hope you'll all continue with us towards clean air.

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Meet the team

This edition we are meeting Wing Yi Leung who will start working with us as a Business Development Intern. Wing Yi says: "I've just completed my MSc in Economics and Strategy for Business at Imperial, and I've always been interested in working in roles where human behaviour is taken into consideration when devising strategies for growth and innovation.

"I'm excited to learn more about how a fast growing health-tech startup like Air Aware Labs scales, applying my skills and experiences from strategic communications and consulting projects in the process. Outside of work, I'm a coffee enthusiast, where I taught myself latte art and coffee brewing skills to elevate my morning cups. Looking forward to making the most out of this internship experience and connecting with the wider team!"

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Get in touch

Please follow Air Aware Labs to stay in touch with our progress. If anything in this newsletter has piqued your interest, please send me (Louise Thomas) or William Hicks a message! You can also email us at hello@airawarelabs.com