Every classroom in Montenegro equipped with air monitors and air cleaners tailored to its specific needs.
From one school to a national standard.
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Comfortable classroom air
Aira classroom CO₂ scale
≤600 → 3000+ ppm
The problem
42µg/m³
Annual mean PM2.5 in Pljevlja - among the ten most polluted areas in Europe.
≈1,200
Premature deaths a year in Montenegro attributed to air pollution.
392schools
Measured for radon - the one strong dataset; 188 above the 300 Bq/m³ threshold in at least one room.
WHO PM2.5 guideline: 5 µg/m³. Annual health damages from ambient PM2.5 estimated at ≈US$277 million - 6.63% of GDP (World Bank, 2022). Deaths: Institute of Public Health, 2024.
In October 2026, the Education and Workshops (EDU) workstream of the aira Indoor Air Quality Education Program carried out its first round of educational site visits, reaching three schools across Montenegro: Private Gymnasium in Podgorica, Primary School “Drago Milović” in Tivat, and Primary School “Mile Peruničić” and its branch unit in Pljevlja.
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ED
Engineers take the monitor from prototype to a certified, Montenegrin-made device, ready for serial production by August 2027.
EDU
Educators run 90 school sessions and 16 workshops, refining materials for four age groups along the way.
SAD
Researchers turn the pilot into four master's theses, a first paper by December 2026, and a full study by August 2027.
PRSD
The policy team builds a public database of regulations and drafts a legal proposal for indoor air standards.
PR
The pilot's results travel far beyond Pljevlja, shared at some of the world's biggest conferences on indoor air and innovation.
BOOK
Field work across 90 school assessments and 40 households is captured in a handbook, revised six times over the pilot.
ADMIN
The operational backbone that keeps every workstream running on schedule.
One system, three purposes
Teachers, parents and students see live classroom readings with clear guidance - ventilate, run the cleaner, or carry on.
A national dataset, open and reliable, built up over years to power research and a national health study by 2032.
The evidence base for Montenegro's first indoor air quality standard, built on real measurements.
Pilot phase
Sep 2026 - Aug 2027
Comparative monitoring in schools, extended into 40 households; education across Pljevlja, Tivat, Žabljak and Bijelo Polje; the Montenegrin open-source monitor developed to serial production.
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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
MIAI founded the program and runs all of it: the Montenegrin-made monitor, the research in schools, and the work towards the country's first indoor air quality standard.
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Team & Partners
Founded by MIAI - Montenegrin Institute for Advanced Innovation
And a community to carry it - proven first in Pljevlja, documented in a handbook any country can adopt.
