Safer working environment
If you’re trying to figure out what is the best safety precaution to take in your office right now, you’re not alone. Due to the recent pandemic, many offices have instituted social distancing, mask-wearing, and other policies in an effort to keep people safe. However, these may not be sufficient against the coronavirus and all the other threatening airborne and surface pathogens that we are faced with. And you likely want your workspace to be clean, sanitized, and safe for employees, customers, and other visitors.
Varionix system employs DBD bipolar ionization to purify indoor air by attacking pathogens like coronaviruses. When this happens, the virus can no longer reproduce, or infect a person. Viruses can’t survive on commonly-touched surfaces, like desks and doorknobs, and bacteria can’t survive or form colonies there. Our solution takes care of germs, also mitigates odours, allergens, VOCs, and static electricity, and reduces your heating and cooling costs when purified indoor air is recycled.
Compared to other measures, many of which are expensive and/or inconvenient, none can address germs in droplets that may stay in your breathable air for hours. Yet this is a common way for coronavirus and other pathogens to spread.
Coronavirus Concerns
It’s believed that COVID-19 is primarily spread from person to person, between people who are in close proximity to one another (within about 6 feet), or via respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes (CDC). You can put desks 6 feet apart, but coronavirus may also spread through aerosols, or particles that can linger in the air for several hours. Typical air handling systems are not designed to eliminate these particles and can carry them from room to room. Even if you mandate masks in the office, they don’t eliminate the risk and you can’t be sure people won’t improperly wear or take them off when alone in their offices or cubicles. So virus particles can still easily spread through the whole building.
A person can also get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has come into contact with the virus, then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, although this is not thought to be the main way this virus spreads (CDC). Frequent cleaning and disinfecting can help reduce the spread, but no office has enough staff to clean every surface every time someone touches it.
Now, imagine such an infectious virus inside a building like your office, perhaps because infected respiratory droplets entered the air and traveled inside the HVAC system ducts, as a result of sneezing, coughing, or even touching surfaces within a structure. When these infected droplets are deposited on various surfaces, like desks, everyone is susceptible to the virus. If the pathogen is also floating through the air, there is an additional source of infection.
How can you avoid or alleviate the contamination of your building? Advanced air purification solutions are vital. Varionix systems from Kasel Air, when installed in the existing HVAC systems of buildings or as a standalone unit, actively and efficiently can eliminate microbes and viruses from the air. In this way, they remove the risk of HVAC systems contaminating entire buildings by delivering and depositing infected particles. The continuous application of bipolar ions emitted to indoor air is the most effective air purifying technology for decontaminating indoor air. Varionix system’s bipolar ions flow out into the circulating air, proactively attach to airborne germs, like coronavirus, and destroy them.
Monitor Your Progress
What if your employees still have concerns about their air quality? You can show them just how safe it is. Kasel Air’s collaboration with AirAnswers’ air sampling technology will provide on-location validation of air quality, enabling peace of mind for those utilizing the spaces. These sampling devices monitor the air for viruses, mold, and other allergens so you can ensure your building’s air is safe and clean. Only Kasel Air can provide this unique validated solution for disinfecting the air from Covid-19 and other contaminants.
Additional Benefits
This same Varionix system that protects the air from viruses, bacteria, and odours also destroys airborne allergens like dust and mold and reduces energy costs for heating and cooling by drastically lowering the amount of outdoor air needed. On average, buildings that use the Varionix system see a 50% reduction in HVAC, heating, and cooling costs, while achieving the environmental benefits of lowering energy usage. This is a great way to save money while improving the air quality in your office.