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title: "Billy Penn Studios IAQ Case Study | Aethair"
description: "How Billy Penn Studios, a 180,000 sq ft Philadelphia adaptive reuse space, uses Aethair IAQ for real-time indoor air quality monitoring in its lobby and…"
url: https://aethair.io/solutions/billypennstudios/
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Case study · Indoor air quality

# Billy Penn Studios IAQ Case Study

A 180,000 sq ft Philadelphia building, with its air quality on display

Billy Penn Studios is an [Aethair Blue Certified](https://aethair.io/platform/reports/) building, and [Aethair IAQ](https://aethair.io/products/iaq/) helps it maintain a healthier indoor environment while building confidence with tenants and the local community.

180,000 sq ft building

Aethair IAQ monitor

Aethair Blue certified building

[Schedule a call to learn more](https://calendly.com/d/ctdd-mkr-v9v/aethair-demo-website) [Indoor air quality monitoring](https://aethair.io/solutions/iaq-monitoring/)

![The atrium of Billy Penn Studios in Philadelphia: a glass-railed balcony with green chairs above a courtyard café in a brick and stone industrial building.](https://aethair.io/images/products/iaq/billy-penn-studios-atrium.webp)

Billy Penn Studios, Olde Kensington, Philadelphia

The customer

## Billy Penn Studios

![Billy Penn Studios logo](https://aethair.io/images/solutions/billypennstudios/billy-penn-studios-logo.webp)

Billy Penn Studios provides contemporary business and retail spaces for lease, as well as desks and offices in its co-working space, Penn's Treaty. It also offers large and small event spaces for rent.

- Industry

  Real estate · Co-working · Event space

- Headquarters

  Philadelphia, PA

- Size

  180,000 sq ft

- Website

  [billypennstudios.com](https://www.billypennstudios.com/)

![The entrance lobby of Billy Penn Studios: timber columns painted red at the base, exposed brick, and a café behind glass.](https://aethair.io/images/solutions/iaq/billy-penn-studios-lobby.webp)

The building

## An Early-1900s Lumber Facility, Renovated for Tenants

Billy Penn Studios is a modern adaptive-reuse renovation of a complex of adjacent industrial buildings totaling 180,000 sq ft. The oldest sections were built in Olde Kensington in the early 1900s as a lumber facility. The property has recently had an extensive renovation into modern business and retail spaces for lease.

What was deployed

## Aethair IAQ from the Lobby to the Event Spaces

Aethair monitors air quality across the common areas of Billy Penn Studios. [Aethair IAQ](https://aethair.io/products/iaq/) monitors are installed in the high-traffic areas: monitoring begins at the entrance lobby and extends into all of the common areas, including hallways and event spaces.

QR codes and display screens throughout the building give anyone access to the real-time air quality readings Aethair monitors continuously, so tenants and visitors can see the air quality for themselves.

For the core parameters Aethair IAQ measures and how a building-wide setup is planned, see [commercial indoor air quality monitoring](https://aethair.io/solutions/iaq-monitoring/).

[![Aethair IAQ on a corridor wall beside a direction sign for studios 401 to 405.](https://aethair.io/images/solutions/billypennstudios/aethair-iaq-studios-corridor.webp)](https://aethair.io/products/iaq/)

### [Aethair IAQ](https://aethair.io/products/iaq/)

[Compact plug-in monitor with every sensor built in, nothing to add. Ideal for straightforward indoor air quality monitoring.](https://aethair.io/products/iaq/)

[9 built-in parameters: CO₂, PM2.5, PM10, tVOC and more](https://aethair.io/products/iaq/)

[See Aethair IAQ](https://aethair.io/products/iaq/)

The result

## A Level of Comfort for Everyone Who Enters

> “Given today's climate, with everyone's concern regarding air quality and filtration, I think that Aethair is going to provide a level of comfort to everyone who enters the building, as well as our tenants.”Toby Biddle, building owner

*This video was recorded when the company operated under the name Airthinx, so the speaker and product visuals may reference Airthinx, which is now Aethair. Billy Penn Studios continues to use the same Aethair solution today and benefits from ongoing improvements to the Aethair Platform, including data reports and Noesis AI analysis.*

Platform used

## The Aethair Platform Behind the Screens

The monitors are one half of it. The readings people see on the QR codes and screens come from the Aethair Platform.

### [Environet](https://aethair.io/platform/environet/)

The web console every Aethair IAQ in the building reports into, with the live readings and their history.

### [Dashboards](https://aethair.io/platform/dashboards/)

The live air quality views behind the QR codes and display screens around the building.

### [Reports](https://aethair.io/platform/reports/)

Air quality reports generated from the same readings, one of the platform improvements the building has had since installation.

### [Noesis](https://aethair.io/platform/noesis/)

AI analysis of the building's data, added to the platform since the video was recorded.

[The Aethair Platform](https://aethair.io/platform/)