Our History

EarthSense has over 15 years of air quality expertise born out of the University of Leicester.

Our rich academic heritage places us at the cutting edge of product innovations in air quality monitoring and modelling across the globe.

Early air quality research focused on NO began at the University of Leicester.

Early Zephyr® prototyping early MappAir® development and CFD modelling first began.

Commercialisation of air quality research is explored.

Zephyr® prototype is flown on a balloon.

Zephyr® prototype is launched on a rocket.

EarthSense starts trading.

First projects secured for MappAir® and the Zephyr® air quality sensor.

First commercial Zephyr® installed.

Boy with the pollution backpack on BBC.

First channel partnership secured with Enviro Technology Services Ltd.

Health: Truth or Scare aired on the BBC featuring the Zephyr®

Zephyr® deployments in 6 continents.

First MappAir® Global delivery

Fighting for Air aired on the BBC.

National air quality postcode checker powered by MappAir® is launched

on the BBC website.

Zephyr® sensor goes into volume production.

First international Zephyr® is deployed

in Berlin, Germany.

100th Zephyr® installed in Coventry, UK.