Who suffers most from worsening air pollution?
Children and the elderly
What sort of thing do people do to avoid polluted air?
People wear face masks and children play sports indoors
How does Smog Free Tower work?
It takes in smog and release clean air, it runs on renewable power, smog particles are collected and stored inside the tower, it then blows out cleaner air
What sort of things can you make with smog particles?
Jewellery
What motivated Roosegaarde to design the Smog Free Tower?
When Roosegaarde visited Beijing in 2013, one day he looked out of his hotel window and couldn't see anything
Number of people dying of air pollution
3Mi
Name of Smog Free Tower's inventor
Daan Roosegaarde
The Smog Free Tower's height:
7 metres
Type of energy used by the tower
renewable power
Number of towers to be placed in China
800
What is responsible for over three million deaths every year?
air pollution
What are the three main causes of smog in Beijing?
exhaust fumes, factory smoke, dust storms
What does the 'Smog Free Tower' look like?
a giant air purifier
The designer says it is the biggest 'what' in the world?
smog vacuum cleaner
