SPOTLIGHT
Keeping it clean
As clients become increasingly interested in the health and well-being of their employees, gaining greater energy efficiency from their air conditioning, and improved service and maintenance, air conditioning engineers are facing bigger challenges than ever. Vern Klein, head of business development – Storm Chemicals at Aspen Pumps explains how the latest specialist cleaning technology helps to achieve all this.
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ur health and well-being has hit the spotlight recently and the effect that air quality has on this should not be underestimated. The Royal College of Physicians has reported 40,000 people die annually in the UK due to air pollution. Meanwhile, a World Green Building Council report showed office design impacts the health, well-being and productivity of its occupants, suggesting productivity improvements of 8% to 11% are not uncommon as a result of better indoor air quality (IAQ).
The Stoddart Review backs up these findings, citing that happy workers are 12% more productive and showing that employees’ health and well-being has a significant impact on productivity. Key parameters for a healthy and productive workforce include IAQ, temperature, light and noise levels.
With raised awareness regarding the importance of IAQ – and companies keen to benefit from the advantages of a healthy, happy workforce – how can air conditioning (AC) engineers help improve IAQ as well as offer maximum energy efficiency of installed AC kit? There has recently been a new direction taken in cleaning solutions research and development (R&D), which has resulted in the introduction of probiotic
cleaning technology, a new alternative to conventional cleaning disinfectants.
Probiotic cleaning technology
Intensive R&D has developed a biological product with a unique probiotic formula that leaves a healthy microflora on the surface, promoting a healthier indoor environment thanks to billions of positive organisms. Offering a long lasting clean, the probiotic ‘good’ microbes work to combat the build-up of bad bacteria long after the service and maintenance is complete, ensuring a product remains clean in-between service intervals.
Conventional cleaners only clean the surface and other non-aggressive cleaners only mask the biofilm (microscopic layer). Probiotic cleaners are different as they are able to provide deep microscopic cleaning beyond the biofilm, removing both the visible and invisible dirt and eliminating dust, mould, bacteria and other pollution as well as neutralising bad odours caused by fungi and bacteria.
Currently, the mainstream cleaning market in the AC sector uses disinfectants. Intensive use of conventional disinfectant or antibacterial cleaners can have the
30 September 2017
www.acr-news.com
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