AppliedSensor Supports EPA's Tools for Schools Indoor Air Quality Program
Free Action Kit Lets Kids and Adults Have Fun Advocating for Healthy Classroom Air

Warren, New Jersey - November 15, 2010 - AppliedSensor, a designer and manufacturer of chemical sensor components and intelligent indoor air quality (iAQ) modules, supports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Tools for Schools Program. A Tools for Schools video is posted on the AppliedSensor website demonstrating the connection between IAQ and student performance. Tools for Schools has been implemented in hundreds of schools across the nation since 1995 with a mission to reduce school occupants' exposure to indoor environmental contaminants. The program's Action Kit uses colorful illustrations, checklists and videos to demonstrate an exclusive IAQ management plan with best practices, industry guidelines and sample policies. In addition, references are available to help explain why IAQ is important, sources of air pollution, proactive communication, and more.

"The great thing about the Tools for Schools program is that everyone — from administrative staff and teachers to students and parents — can help ensure classroom air quality is the best it can be," said AppliedSensor, Inc. CEO Thomas Aiken. "The video on our website is an at-a-glance view of the program, and we hope visitors' interests are piqued."

To help schools improve classroom air quality, AppliedSensor recommends installing an iAQ sensor that can detect the presence of harmful volatile organic compounds in classroom air. The company's recent classroom IAQ study indicates that occupied classrooms are especially prone to high concentrations of these VOCs, which cause eye irritation, headache, drowsiness or dizziness. However, an increase in ventilation of just one-cubic-foot per minute can decrease absentee rates by up to two percent. IAQ monitors like AppliedSensor's iAQ-2000 work with a building's HVAC system to ventilate a room when unhealthy levels of VOCs are reached. This method saves money on energy costs by promoting energy efficiency with demand-controlled ventilation (DCV).

About AppliedSensor
Relying on 25 years of research and development, AppliedSensor designs and manufacturers chemical sensor systems for a broad range of applications, including intelligent indoor air quality (iAQ) monitors, in-cabin air quality monitors for BMW Sport Utility Vehicles and Hydrogen Leak Sensors for fuel cell vehicles. The company operates three facilities worldwide: AppliedSensor, Inc. in Warren, New Jersey; AppliedSensor Sweden AB in Linköping, Sweden; and AppliedSensor GmbH in Reutlingen, Germany. Additional information is available at www.appliedsensor.com.

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Contacts:
Thomas Aiken, AppliedSensor: 908-222-1477
Mar Junge, c3PR: 408-730-8506, mobile 408-219-0101