Airborne pathogens (AP-viruses, bacteria, and fungi), including influenza, coronavirus, SARS, tuberculosis and more, can be present anywhere. We are most susceptible to contracting an airborne illness indoors, especially in public buildings, buses, and trains.
COVID-19 proved our previous approach to indoor infection control did not work. There were over 800 million reported infections, 7 million deaths, 100 million persons with long-COVID disability and a $16+ trillion impact.
Hospitals, schools, office buildings, and public transportation services would greatly benefit from technology that removes airborne pathogens.
According to the Department of Energy, buildings account for approximately 40% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and HVAC accounts for 35% of total building energy usage. Conditioning the outside air that is brought into buildings represents approximately 40% of the total load on HVAC systems in most climates. The ventilation load currently accounts for 5.6% of GHG emissions. With the new recommendation that all buildings increase their equivalent ventilation by 2-12 times or more to reduce the transmission of airborne pathogens, the prospective energy use and prospective emissions to do that through conventional ventilation alternatives is not practical, affordable or sustainable.
While ventilation is important for temperature and humidity control and the exchange of Carbon Dioxide for Oxygen, and filtration is important for the removal of inorganic pollutants, ultraviolet light (UV) is the most efficient and effective technology against pathogens.
UV (222nm) penetrates the cell wall of infectious pathogens and disrupts their DNA and RNA to prevent them from reproducing and causing infection. UV (222nm) is safe for humans and animals as it does not penetrate human or animal skin or eyes.
UV protects against the viruses, bacteria, and mold that lead to COVID, common cold, flu, seasonal bugs, infected skin/cuts, foodborne illnesses, strep throat, pink eye, bronchitis, measles, hospital acquired infections, and more.
Our technology uses UV (222nm) and advanced HEPA (high efficiency particular air) filtration systems, both recommended by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), to accommodate both small and large locations.
By providing our pathogen mitigation solutions to protect campus meeting areas, classrooms, and buses, we provide worry-free environments when sharing space to focus on learning.
In healthcare facilities, where airborne and surface infectious pathogens present significant risks to physicians, staff and patients who may be inhaling/exhaling potential infectious particles, our technology provides peace of mind. The same is true for any indoor space where people gather and are in close contact including corporate offices, stores, shopping malls, airports, train stations, prisons, houses of worship, homeless shelters, childcare facilities, gyms, and restaurants.
Protecting against airborne infectious aerosols not only reduces or eliminates illnesses, but it also significantly reduces absenteeism and related costs, which often exceed the entire budgets for facilities and energy.
This technology could save millions or more lives based on predictions of a manmade pathogen with such potential risk within the next 10 years.
The current alternative of wiping down chairs, counters, and any other surfaces is not practical, does not address the airborne threat, puts workers at risk, and is subject to human error including missing spots.
The new ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers) Standard for “Control of Infectious Aerosols” issued in July 2023 creates potential liability for non-compliance and will drive voluntary adoption by regulated entities, architects and engineers, will have an inevitable profound impact on health/economic outcomes and potentially, a Multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure impact on all buildings.
UV solutions can either keep or even reduce brute force ventilation rates back down to the 2-3 equivalent ACH (air changes per hour) needed for comfort and carbon dioxide removal while achieving better than 30+ equivalent ACH throughout any building. Our solutions are by far the lowest cost way to increase ACH and could reduce prospective overall energy use and GHG emissions in healthy buildings by over 10-30%. This technology has greater than 95% less electrical requirements than ventilation or filtration and could help avoid 8+ gigatons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions per year.
With this energy savings profile, we believe we will be able to obtain utility rebates to cover the entire cost of the fixtures and installation, making the solutions free for our customers, accelerating adoption. We have significant experience with this process and excellent relationships with most of the key stakeholders.
The technology is manufactured in the US and is easy to set up and operate with virtually no maintenance.
The technology has been installed in thousands of locations with no safety issues.
We have contracts with NASA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Pentagon, large corporations, and sovereign nations and have been granted Preferred Supplier Status (supplier of choice) for all U.S. government entities.
We offer scalable domestic manufacturing, supply chain, warranty and customer service.
