Jennifer Osgood, PE, PMP, BCEE, vice president, delivery leader at CDM Smith, has been appointed to the office of president of the International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA). “The IUVA has gained an important international reputation for technical collaboration, and I am honored to help lead these efforts,” said Osgood. “Since the onset of the coronavirus, IUVA volunteer … [Read more...] about IUVA Announces New President

While work on the first issue of 2022 is underway, we paused to see which UV Solutions articles from 2021 caught the eyes of our readers. The following stories were the top reads from 2021 for visitors to the website. 1. SARS-CoV-2 Dose Response Research Update Since its emergence in 2019, SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, has had a global impact. Solutions … [Read more...] about Top 5 UV Solutions Articles from 2021

A webinar on January 19, 2022, at 10 a.m.-noon Eastern Time (United States and Canada), will introduce the potential for UV to play a role in water treatment in low- and middle-income countries and support meeting UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 through improved water service delivery and quality via disinfection. The speakers will discuss the current state of water … [Read more...] about Webinar: UV Applications in Low Resource Settings

An innovative diaper changing table from Pluie, Lake Forest, Illinois, was named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2021 list, according to the company’s co-founders, Addie Gundry and Brittany Hizer. Pluie is a self-sanitizing diaper changing table, using a patented UV-C light system known to kill 99.9% of germs to sanitize the changing surface after every use, providing families … [Read more...] about Diaper Changing Table Named to TIME’s Best Inventions List

The autonomous mobile robot EVP-780-PAL (trade name: TIAGo Disinfection), developed by the Catalan companies PAL Robotics, Barcelona, Spain, and E Vila Projects, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain, has been introduced as an efficient solution for disinfection of air and surfaces in public and private indoor environments. Automation of the disinfection of an indoor environment with … [Read more...] about Catalan Companies Develop Autonomous Robot

LUMINOR Environmental Inc., Guelph, Ontario, Canada, has been named to the 2021 Deloitte Fast 500 and recognized as a winner in the inaugural Clean Technology category for the 2021 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program. The Clean Technology award, a new awards category in the Technology Fast 50 program, recognizes Canada’s top clean innovators providing processes, goods or … [Read more...] about LUMINOR Environmental Inc. Named One of Canada’s Clean Technology Winners

The PLCD series detectors from Gigahertz-Optik Inc., Amesbury, Massachusetts, come with an internal amplifier and can be set up for common radiometric and photometric measurements like illuminance (lux) or UV-C irradiance (W/m²). The sensor outputs currents (0-20 mA or 4-20 mA) over 10 scalable gain range options. The standard detector with built-in amplifier housing is only … [Read more...] about Gigahertz-Optik’s PLCD Sensor/Amplifier Series

The UV Consulting Group, Fort Myers, Florida, has added Jürgen Zechner as a new UV expert. Zechner is a specialist in all aspects of product compliance, material testing, validation, bioassay testing and certification of UVC systems. He worked for OFI, which has multiple locations in Austria, for many years testing the materials and the validation of UV systems. Zechner’s … [Read more...] about The UV Consulting Group Welcomes New Member

Crystal IS, a subsidiary of Asahi Kasei based in Green Island, New York, has launched Klaran LA® – the newest addition to its Germicidal UVC LED product line. Klaran LA’s performance has been achieved via enhanced in-house product innovation and features a more efficient lower forward voltage. The Klaran product line leverages the properties of Crystal IS’ Aluminum Nitride … [Read more...] about Crystal IS Launches Klaran LA

LED iBond International, Hørsholm, Denmark, along with its joint development company Baldr Light ApS, also headquartered in Hørsholm, and LED iBond’s development partner Solar-Tectic LLC, Croton-onHudson, New York, have applied for an international patent for a new lighting technology. The new technology is based on LED iBond’s already patented light fixture technology … [Read more...] about LED iBond Applies for Patent