UV-C systems provide three levels of benefits when applied to HVAC systems.UV-C energy eliminates and/or prevents the buildup of organic material on the surfaces of cooling coils, drain pans, and interior duct surfaces. This improves airflow, returns and maintains the heat-transfer levels of cooling coils...
If you’re a dental or other healthcare professional, customers no doubt appreciate your use of personal protective equipment (PPE), routine equipment sterilization and easy-to-clean fabrics and furniture. There’s a definite reassurance when a healthcare professional opens a fresh set of latex gloves or instruments. To...
Many factors can impact a building’s environmental performance and the consumption of energy, water and materials. Manufacturers of building systems design performance around a specific, optimal condition. Over time, these performance standards will deteriorate if nothing is done to preserve the original “as-built” condition. This...
ASHRAE recently released two position documents (links listed below) examining the health consequences of using filtration and air cleaning technologies in HVAC systems. Our own Dean Saputa is an active member of one of the committees responsible for this research (the ASHRAE Filtration and Air...
We are in the midst of an HVAC revolution as the number of mechanical engineers specifying UV-C in all building types is mushrooming at historic levels.The ultraviolet-C (UV-C) wavelength (254nm) was promoted in the mid-1990s primarily to improve indoor air quality by preventing microbial buildup...
UV-C rips apart elemental bonds in organic matter, degrading them similarly to how UV light from the sun degrades vinyl and rubber, etc. UV-C eliminates biofilms, mold and fungi, and other organic contaminants on coils, drain pains, and plenum interiors. In new HVAC/R systems where...
For nearly a century, UV HVAC technology has proven to be one of the most reliable and efficient means of keeping indoor air clean and germ-free. UV Resources offers TWO types of upper-room UVGI fixtures for spaces ranging from 150- to 1,500-square-feet. ...
Health-care-associated infections, also known as hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) and nosocomial infections, kill more people than AIDS, breast cancer and automobile accidents combined. What’s more, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), antibiotic-resistant infections are on the...