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Penn State engineers on multiple major projects funded by federal health agency

Penn State highlighted its $2.3M role in Poppy’s ARPA-H SCALE project, developing amplification-free genetic biosensors to detect airborne pathogens across 40 schools nationwide.

Draper Joins SCALE Team to Improve Indoor Air Quality and Human Health Using Smart Building Systems as Part of ARPA-H-Funded Project

Draper announced joining Poppy’s ARPA-H-funded SCALE team, contributing microfluidic pathogen isolation and lysis expertise to the first real-time building-integrated system to detect indoor air hazards in schools.

Dr. Santarpia joins team using ‘smart building’ tech to clean indoor air

UNMC highlighted Josh Santarpia as a lead investigator on Poppy’s up to $39M ARPA-H-funded SCALE project to develop real-time bioaerosol detection in schools.

Primary.Health Expands School Health Mission with ARPA-H-Funded BREATHE-SCALE Project

Syndicated release saying Primary.Health will support Poppy’s ARPA-H-funded BREATHE-SCALE project to monitor school air quality.

Attune Collaborates with Poppy Health on Groundbreaking $39M BREATHE Project for School Air Quality Improvement

Summarized Attune’s collaboration with Poppy on the $39M ARPA-H BREATHE project.

Attune Joins Poppy Health on $39M ARPA-H Effort to Improve Air in Schools

Republished the Attune and Poppy $39M BREATHE announcement for a broader audience.

Attune Partners With Poppy Health on $39M ARPA-H School Air Project

Highlighted Poppy’s $39M ARPA-H BREATHE project and Attune’s role supporting school deployments.

Attune Supports Poppy Health in $39M ARPA-H Schools Initiative

Republished the PR Newswire Attune and Poppy BREATHE announcement.

Attune Teams With Poppy Health on ARPA-H School Air Effort

Summarized Attune and Poppy’s ARPA-H partnership and the project’s school air-quality focus.

Attune Joins Poppy Health’s ARPA-H Push to Improve School Air

Republished the Attune and Poppy BREATHE announcement highlighting environmental monitoring for K-12 schools.

Attune Backs Poppy Health’s ARPA-H School Air Project

Syndicated Attune and Poppy BREATHE announcement for biotech-news readers.

Poppy Awarded ARPA-H Contract up to $39M to Tackle Preventative Health Through Breakthrough Indoor Air Infrastructure

Republished Poppy’s ARPA-H contract announcement and SCALE project details.

Poppy Awarded ARPA-H Contract up to $39M to Tackle Preventative Health Through Breakthrough Indoor Air Infrastructure

Announced Poppy’s ARPA-H award of up to $39M to build real-time indoor air hazard detection for schools.

BREATHE research teams kick off efforts to enhance indoor air quality to improve health, advance the future of smart buildings

Named Poppy as one of the ARPA-H BREATHE award teams advancing healthier, smarter buildings.

Cutting Emissions Without Breaking The Bank: Discussing Local Law 97 At Bisnow’s New York Event

Featured Sam Molyneux discussing how Poppy helps owners tackle Local Law 97, cut energy use, and reduce emissions.

Controlling infectious aerosols

Referenced ASHRAE Standard 241 and control of infectious aerosols — topics central to Poppy’s work.

Empire Communities Becomes First Residential Builder in North America to Achieve ASHRAE 241’s Clean Air Requirements

Included Poppy in coverage of Empire Communities’ ASHRAE 241 clean-air achievement in residential construction.

Poppy welcomes Dr. Marwa Zaatari as Head of Product

Announced Dr. Marwa Zaatari joining Poppy leadership to drive product and standards-based healthy-building work.

CerroZone and Poppy Forge an Alliance and Launch First Joint Offering for Buildings to Meet ASHRAE Standard 241-2023

Announced Poppy’s alliance with CerroZone and the launch of a joint 241 Toolkit for healthier buildings.

AI, Hardware, And Fintech Collide At CES 2024 In Vegas

Highlighted Poppy’s use of AI with aerosol and indoor-air-quality sensor data.

Air sensor test kit — Poppy

Covered Poppy’s portable air tracer and sensor test kit plus its training and accreditation program.

Poppy partners with Ainsworth to improve IAQ in buildings

Covered Poppy’s Ainsworth partnership and the rollout of its IAQ test kit for building owners and HVAC teams.

Indoor air: the next public health frontier?

Highlighted Poppy’s aerosol tracing technology as a better way to understand indoor air than CO2 alone.

Primary.Health and Poppy Launch A New Air Safety Program for Schools Across the United States

Announced a Primary.Health and Poppy program to improve air safety in schools across the U.S.

Primary.Health and Poppy Health Collaborate with Head Start Oakland to Eradicate Airborne Viruses in Classrooms

Covered Primary.Health and Poppy bringing indoor air safety monitoring to Head Start Oakland classrooms.

Poppy Health Measures Indoor Air Ventilation on a Massive Scale

Profiled Poppy’s technology for measuring indoor air ventilation and airborne-disease protection at scale.

Testing Toronto’s indoor spaces for virus transmission risk

Covered BreatheEasy testing of Toronto indoor spaces for virus-transmission risk using technology tied to Poppy.

Survey Shows Workers’ Concerns Over Catching Colds

Included BreatheEasy survey results tied to Poppy-backed indoor air safety efforts.

BreatheEasyTO Measures the Indoor Air Safety of 100+ Public Spaces

Announced BreatheEasyTO measuring the indoor air safety of more than 100 public spaces, with Poppy in the broader program.

Poppy Health Releases Results from Pilot with Primary.Health on Indoor Air Safety Monitoring for Schools

Announced pilot results showing Poppy and Primary.Health monitoring indoor air safety in schools.

The most innovative design companies of 2022

Included Poppy among Fast Company’s most innovative design companies of 2022.

A ‘smoke detector’ for COVID-19? It’s here

Featured Poppy’s technology as a ‘smoke detector’ for COVID risk in buildings.

Toronto company debuts COVID-19 detection technology

Covered a Toronto company debuting COVID-19 detection technology connected to Poppy/BreatheEasy.