The Dish | November 2020

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NH COMPANY FORMED TO

ADDRESS INDOOR TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19

“THE PRODUCT, CALLED A CLEAN AIR

s we move indoor for the

A

winter, the number of Covid-19

CURTAIN, PURIFIES

cases is beginning to rise rapidly. THE INDOOR AIR IN A

This fact correlates to a recent study

in

Clinical

Infectious

ROOM TO THE LEVEL

Diseases highlighting the role of airborne spread of COVID-19 and the

importance

of

FAR BELOW THE VIRAL

efficient

ventilation. The study found that

CONCENTRATION

infected persons, who may be REQUIRED TO CAUSE

asymptotic, exhale millions of viral RNA particles per hour in

AN INFECTION.”

the early stages of the disease. In one study an outbreak affected 81% of the occupants, and 50% of the staff. It was studies like these which caused 239 expert scientists to sign a letter to the World Health Organization to recognize airborne transmission

issue. The product, called a Clean

infection can be reduce by 95% in

of

Air Curtain, purifies the indoor air

indoor environments.

COVID-19

as

the

primary

in a room to the level far below

mode of transmission.

the viral concentration required

One of the issues many small

based

to cause an infection. The device

restaurants and pubs face is they

company, Air Cleaners Inc, has

can be placed on a tabletop or

lease their place of business, as it

recently formed to address this

bar top and incorporates both a

is often part of a larger building,

issue.

the

HEPA filter and an Ultraviolet

and are reliant on the building

company are experts in the field

Light to “trap and kill” any and all

owners

of indoor airflow and air quality

pathogens

delivered from the central ONLY 19% HVAC

and have developed a unique

company has shown, through INFECTION

system.

product to address this

extensive

supercomputer

businesses in NH do not use an

simulation techniques, that the

air-based heating/cooling system,

risk of

instead using hydronic or

A

New

The

Hampshire

founders

of

in the RISK OF room.

The

forclean

fresh

Additionally,

air many

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