As COVID-19 sidelines many businesses, the demand for building lighting has dimmed. After all, there’s no need for lights in padlocked stores, restaurants, entertainment venues, and the like. That ...

How ultraviolet light (UV) works as a disinfection technology depends upon the wavelength(s) being employed. The UVC band with a wavelength of 200-280nm has emerged as a viable solution for interior ...

As the threat of measles and other infectious diseases continue to make headlines, more and more building and facility managers are searching for ways to reduce the threat from contagious airborne ...

DALLAS, May 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The use of germicidal lighting to combat germs and viruses, including COVID-19, is a hot topic. Germicidal ultraviolet "light" or GUV refers to the technology of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the public’s awareness of UV disinfection, and that’s reflected in the growing number of LED-based products available on the market. UV light is used to disinfect ...

Ultraviolet light systems have started to gain popularity as a way to clean large swathes of schools quickly and frequently. For example, according to a February EdWeek Reseach Center survey, 13 ...

HOUSTON, June 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Atomic Blue's high-performance UV-C germicidal light that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Atomic Blue's ultraviolet light has been ...

High up near the ceiling, in the dining room of his Seattle-area restaurant, Musa Firat recently installed a “killing zone” — a place where swaths of invisible electromagnetic energy penetrate the air ...

As restaurants reopen, owners must assure guests that premises are safe from pathogens, given ongoing concerns about safety in public spaces. What tools are available to ensure a facility is safe from ...

Many efforts to reduce transmission of diseases like Covid-19 and the flu have focused on measures such as masking and isolation, but another useful approach is reducing the load of airborne pathogens ...

Perhaps the first randomized trial of an air cleaning device for nursing homes showed no significant impact on the primary endpoint for acute respiratory infection incidence. A secondary analysis did, ...

While useful for killing pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, 222-nanometer UV lights may produce harmful compounds in indoor spaces, and should be used with ventilation, researchers have found. Many ...