Indoor air quality (IAQ) is a serious problem for retail & grocery stores, offices, and other high occupant places.
In retail, shoppers vote with their feet.
They show up where they are comfortable and feel safe to shop. Indoor air quality and protection from the lingering pandemic have never been more important in this environment. Retail is also typically run on thin margins so every chance to improve sales potential while reducing overhead is increasingly important.
Indoor air quality is often addressed through the 3 “D’s”; Disbursement, Dilution, and Destruction. Disbursement is achieved simply by keeping air moving so no one area can get too concentrated with undesired elements. By bringing in more outside air, you can Dilute the contents of indoor air. You can also achieve some dilution through filtration but the nastiest of things we worry about are often too small to filter even with HEPA. So that leaves Destruction.
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) only officially recognizes one technology for the Destruction of airborne Molds, Bacteria, and Virus … UVC.
By installing a proper UVC Solution in your HVAC System and running that system, you will achieve all 3 D’s including the most important one Destruction. But that solution doesn’t just make the environment safer for the shoppers, it also comes with added benefits. UVC will keep your system cleaner leading to greater efficiency and less energy use to run. UVC will also extend the life of your coiling coil by keeping mold and bacteria from sticking, breeding, and harvesting from there and slowly eating away the metal with its acidic base.
- Safer indoor air quality
- Longer lasting equipment
- $$$ Savings from more efficient systems
Boost Employee Productivity
Employees in modern office buildings often have inexplicable work-related symptoms or combinations of symptoms. Wherever employees gather there is an elevated risk for pathogen infection. Steril-Aire’s HVAC UVC disinfection solutions will reduce that risk, extend the life of the HVAC system, and save energy by mitigating biofilm buildup on the cooling coils.
- Safer indoor air quality
- Reduced employee absenteeism
- Improved employee productivity
- Longer lasting, more efficient HVAC equipment
- $$$ Savings from more efficient systems
Estimated annual economic costs of common respiratory illnesses (reported in 2021 $) without COVID:
- 240 Million Lost Workdays
- 160 Million Additional Days of Restricted Activity
- $54 Billion in Healthcare Costs ($210/person)
- $105 Billion Total Costs ($400/person)
Fisk & Rosenfield 1997
Time to upgrade your office and improve your business with your UVC partner, Steril-Aire.
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