Did you know that air quality impacts students’ health, concentration, attendance, and even academic performance? Indoor air quality (IAQ) plays a critical role in lowering the risk of infectious diseases, which seriously affects educational success. Yet, to date, only 7% of schools have embraced UV-C,...
Fortunately, there is an easy-to-implement alternative for the millions of HVAC systems that were never intended to perform with MERV 13+ filters. Through a layered approach, facility engineers can combine medium-efficiency filters (MERV 8) with ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI or shortwave energy in the ultraviolet...
Ventilation improvements in K-12 schools are a cost-effective public health measure, according to a recent study from Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, As part of six recommend actions for school administrators, study authors advocate the use of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation as a “proven technologies...
As schools nationwide ready to welcome students and faculty back to in-person learning many resources are available to help administrators make sure buildings are safe. You find information discussing: Strategies for Safely Reopening Elementary and Secondary Schools from the U.S. Department of Education; K-12 Schools...
School districts nationwide have an unprecedented opportunity to upgrade HVAC systems and physical plants that could transform the quality of air students and teachers breathe. A recent study from the LANCET COVID-19 Commission, “Designing infectious disease resilience into school buildings through improvements to ventilation and...
A group of leading scientists recently cautioned school systems and municipalities against adopting unproven air cleaning equipment and avoid wasting valuable emergency COVID relief aid dollars installing it within school facilities. "None of the $176 billion approved over the last several months by the Federal...
ASHRAE Research Project: UV-C Cleans Coils & Reduces Energy Use -- For years, UV-C users and manufactures have shared anecdotal experiences and case studies of successful installations of UV-C systems where the result was a clean cooling coil and reduced energy use. ASHRAE TC 2.9—the...
UV-C light in the 253.7nm wavelength (most common germicidal range) does not produce ozone. Most germicidal lamps, including those from UV Resources, are produced with doped quartz glass, which blocks the transmission of the 185nm ozone-producing wavelength....