Technology company Respiray, Tallinn, Estonia, has launched a wearable device based on a patent-pending UV-C LED module that disinfects over 99% of inhalable air. The air purifier is based on the thermodynamics of breathing and the disinfection effect of ultraviolet light. Because most of a person’s inhaled air comes from airflows that rise on their body’s surface, the … [Read more...] about Respiray Launches UV-C Wearable Air Purifier to Tackle COVID-19

Kittery Point, Maine-based Next Step Communications Inc., a full-service advertising and public relations agency specializing in serving business-to-business clients in the plastics and packaging industries, has announced that Mark Malloy is joining the agency. Malloy, a plastics industry veteran, is joining the agency as a partner and purchasing an equity stake in the … [Read more...] about Mark Malloy Joins Next Step Communications

To help better facilitate targeted and flexible IUVA member activities, the IUVA Board of Directors developed a task force model in lieu of the traditional committee structure. Any IUVA member may recommend a new task force; please visit iuva.org for details. Recent task forces approved by the IUVA Board include: Development of a Standard Protocol for the Quantification … [Read more...] about IUVA Develops New Task Force Model

More than 20 years ago, Fulham of Hawthorne, California, a designer and manufacturer of innovative lighting components, stepped out with its SunHorse Germicidal UV Ballast program. At the time, air, water and surface disinfection applications were considered niche. Now, they are obviously essential. Fulham recently expanded on its SunHorse line with a new SHS1-UNV-C ballast, … [Read more...] about Fulham’s Germicidal UV Line Expanded and Updated

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Peachtree Corners, Georgia, has announced plans to update ASHRAE Handbook chapters on UV-C. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many questions about proper use of germicidal ultraviolet light (UV-C) energy for surface and air inactivation. The Handbook committee for ASHRAE … [Read more...] about ASHRAE Handbook Chapters on UV-C to Include Updated Best Practices, Guidance

The International Ultraviolet Association presents the 2021 IUVA World Congress, taking place online, June 7-8, 2021. As new challenges continue to arise in air and surface disinfection applications, fighting infectious diseases like COVID-19, drinking water, reuse water and wastewater treatment, air pollution, hospital infections, ballast water treatment and industrial … [Read more...] about IUVA Hosts Virtual 2021 World Congress

The International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA), Chevy Chase, Maryland, has announced that it will present “Far UV-C Radiation: Current State of Knowledge” on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, from 10 a.m.-noon EDT. The session includes: Introduction and Overview of the UV Spectrum, Far UV-C and Far UV-C Sources Professor Ernest R. Blatchley III, Purdue University Disinfection … [Read more...] about IUVA Presents Far UV-C Radiation: Current State of Knowledge

Lamp Express USA, Inc., Morganton, North Carolina, a supplier of technical light sources, now offers the ParvaSens, the industry’s first hand-held device that reads UV-C radiation and compares the received UV dose to an integrated database of microorganisms, such as bacteria, molds and viruses. The unit offers measuring dynamics and integration times in a compact form … [Read more...] about Lamp Express Introduces Measuring Device to Professional Market

The UV Expert Consortium, Fort Myers, Florida, a group of consulting experts covering all varieties of UVC applications, has enlarged its Excimer technology field to help new OEMs and players in the market to find their way through this new terminology for currently available market options. The consortium offers expertise with Excimer 222 nm filtered technology for those … [Read more...] about UV Expert Consortium Enlarges Excimer Technology Field

IUVA YP Media Synthesis Group Since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, ultraviolet (UV) technologies have been used to mitigate viral infections through disinfection of personal protective equipment, surfaces and air. Recent media attention has shifted towards using the technology to safely reopen schools and businesses while following regulation for maximum allowable … [Read more...] about Returning to Work Amid the Pandemic: UV-C for Mitigating Viral Infections