School is back in session and cold and flu season isn’t far behind. If you’re a facility manager at a school, university or some other educational facility, you are looking to your HVAC/R system to maintain indoor air quality and efficient operation throughout the upcoming...
Summer is finally here. Three months of warm, sunny days, ice cold beverages and microbial proliferation await you. That’s right. One negative side effect of the warm weather is humidity. As you know, HVAC systems perform their “cooling” operation by removing heat and moisture from...
Knowledge of UV-C goes back well over 100 years, having gone through various phases of development. Here are some pivotal points in the century-long history of the various applications of UV-C. ...
Over the past couple of decades, light energy in the Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) wavelength (253.7 nm) has been harnessed to kill and prevent the growth of, virtually all known microorganisms living HVAC/R components, such as cooling coils, plenum surfaces, drain pans and on air filters. The...
The 2017 AHR EXPO was one for the books, and UV Resources is pleased to have cast its germicidal light on Sin City during the three day show. It had a cleansing effect on the roughly 60,000 HVAC/R manufacturers, distributors and contractors who attended to...
Airborne infectious diseases can run rampant in facilities, such as schools and hospitals, if not properly combated. Frequent hand washing and covering one’s nose while sneezing can only go so far, unfortunately, beckoning for a more systematic method of improving indoor environmental quality (IEQ). In...
Clean air is not only good for your lungs, but also for your brain, according to new research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Center for Health and the Global Environment. To help conserve energy, building engineers have made significant progress over...
If you’re a dental or other healthcare professional, customers no doubt appreciate your use of personal protective equipment (PPE), routine equipment sterilization and easy-to-clean fabrics and furniture. There’s a definite reassurance when a healthcare professional opens a fresh set of latex gloves or instruments. To...