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.
2002
Early air quality research focused on NO began at the University of Leicester.
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2013
Early Zephyr® prototyping early MappAir® development and CFD modelling first began.
2007
Commercialisation of air quality research is explored.
2014
Zephyr® prototype is flown on a balloon.
2015
Zephyr® prototype is launched on a rocket.
EarthSense starts trading.
2016
2017
First projects secured for MappAir® and the Zephyr® air quality sensor.
First commercial Zephyr® installed.
Boy with the pollution backpack on BBC.
2019
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
2018
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.