Benefits to UV-C Technology - Advanced Air Hygiene

Advanced Air Hygiene specialise in UV-C Technology to help keep your workplace and your employees healthy. Certain industries need the hygiene of their workplace to be perfect so they don't pass bacteria and potentially deadly diseases around. UV-C Technology can help to reduce this risk.

There are a number benefits to UV-C Technology.

• It prevents germ build-up in HVAC systems by up to 99.9% on a long-term basis
• Fulfils the hygiene requirements of VDI 6022
• Disinfects 24 hours a day
• Is proven to reduce sickness figures helping to increase productivity
• Can extend Shelf Life of food
• Is practically maintenance-free
• Dispenses with the need for chemical cleaners which can be expensive and harmful to health and the environment
• Has an excellent price/ benefit ratio
• Are easy to integrate into existing and planned systems

Advanced Air Hygiene provides a range of UV-C based products to help improve the health of staff by improving air quality. Their products also provide many benefits to the food industry by reducing waste and prolonging shelf life. 

They currently work with the following industries:

• Health
• Elite Sports Facitilities
• Office Blocks
• Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC)
• Oil Industry
• Butchery and Meat
• Fish
• Bakery
• Cheese
• Fruit and Veg

If you feel your workplace would benefit from UV-C Technology then visit Advanced Air Hygiene's website for more information or contact them today.

Air Hygiene Solutions For Bakery’s

Bakery’s cook a vast amount of products that we love, everyday bread and delicious cakes and biscuits. However, air hygiene is vital in a bakery and this is where Advanced Air Hygiene come in.

The problem Advanced Air Hygiene provide a service for, is that baked goods risk being contaminated with micro-organisms. Advanced Air Hygiene provide a solution for this problem. They provide UV-C air hygiene systems which can be fitted into air conditioning and ventilation systems which provide clean air quality and will stop the build-up of germs and viruses.

Advanced Air Hygiene have a number of products which can provide a solution for this problem. These are listed below.

Air Stream

Some disinfection systems such as AirStream can be fitted into spiral coolers or in the central ventilation shaft. Using this solution the production and packaging areas are always effectively supplied with disinfected air.

Air Stream 1 

However, they also provide stand-alone recirculating air units. These units can be fitted separately to the ventilation unit. AirStream C and AirTube C both provide this option.

Airstream C

AirTube C

They also provide an option for when circulation evaporators are in use. For this they suggest using AirStream V.

You can also turn your conveyor belts into hygiene islands using AirCoat. The Compact Lamp IP 65 and Advanced Air Hygienes disinfection equipment to achieve good results for dough-rising trays. 

AirCoat

Compact Lamp IP 65

By using these products they provide, microbial contamination is reduced to virtually zero and your products remain fresh and will reliably comply with and often exceed the shelf life. 

For air quality and food hygiene for your bakery visit www.aahygiene.com

Improving your Employees' Health with Advanced Air Hygiene

Sick days can be troublesome in many workplaces. It always appears that a colleague or employee is off sick when you need them the most. A great way to improve the health of you and your employees is by opting for Advanced Air Hygiene.

Contaminated air coming through your ventilation in the workplace can be an often overlooked common cause of many health problems. UV-C Technology cleanses the air coming in through your ventilation systems to bring any microbes down to almost zero.

Our research on the affects of UV-C on health found that having cleaner air in the work place, which is one of the places that you spend the majority of your time, can have really positive affects on the health of both you and your employees.

Our research was a double blind trail, therefore participants had no way of knowing whether or not they were feeling the affects of cleaner air. When the results were collected, one that stood out the most was that participants had 40% less problems with breathing and less respiratory problems. This fact alone shows how much of a difference cleaner air can have, it can literally improve your breathing to inhale cleaner air.

A result that stands out the most to employers however is that all participants had fewer absences from work after their ventilation was changed to UV-C. 30% also had less mucous membrane problems and 50% had less problems with muscle pain. Overall, the results showed that making such a simple change in the workplace can have a really positive effect on your staff. Healthier employees are happier, work harder and stay motivated for longer.

So make the one simple change now that can seriously improve the health and motivation of your employees today. Visit Advanced Air Hygiene.

The Benefits of Air Hygiene in the Food Industry

Food hygiene is crucial to everyone's health so it's of crucial importance specific measures and systems are put in place to ensure high standards of hygiene is always met for everyone. 

Systems such as air hygiene can provide the correct air disinfection using UV technology. They use germicidal effect of UV-C radiation which effectively prevents the microbial build up found in air conditioning and refrigeration systems.

The systems will improve the health of your staff and customers and the hygiene of your food products, increasing the shelf life of food during the food processing stages and storage. The systems will also help to improve the HVAC efficiency.

How does UV-C technology improve health?

When air is contaminated with microbes in the ventilation systems it can cause health problems. UV-C air hygiene systems prevent this from happening by reducing the concentration of microbes and endotoxins by up to 99%!

Advantages of UV-C air hygiene to health:

• 40% fewer respiratory problems **
• 30% fewer mucous membrane problems **
• 50% fewer complaints about muscle pains **
• Fewer absences due to illness **
• Healthier staff **

** Dick Menzies, Julia Popa, James A Hanley, Thomas Rand, Donald K Milton. Effect of ultraviolet germicidal lights installed in office ventilation systems on workers’ health and wellbeing: double-blind multiple crossover trial. The Lancet – Vol 362 – pp. 1785 - 1791, November 29 2003 – www.lancet.com

How does UV-C air hygiene improve shelf life? 

Food is spoiled when the air is contaminated with bacteria, moulds, yeasts and viruses. The UV-C air hygiene solutions prevent this from happening by reducing the microbial contamination by up to 99%. 

Advantages of UV-C Technology to the food industry:

• Extended shelf life
• Customer complaints are reduced
• Fewer product returns
• Improved freshness
• Contributes to HACCP and improves hygiene standards
• Quality assurance
• Fewer product losses - more profit!

How does UV-C air hygiene improve HVAC efficiency? 

Air contaminated by bacteria, moulds, yeasts and viruses causes microbial build-up on the heat exchange plates, primary condensate drain pans and intermediate drain pans of the cooling coils and eliminator sections in air handling units. This problem also affects the system ductwork, resulting in increased resistance to air flow and a loss in thermal efficiency.

The UV-C air hygiene solutions from Advanced Air Hygiene will help to prevent the microbial build up by reducing the contamination up to 99% on a recurring basis. 

HVAC Advantages of UV-C preventing microbial build up

• Improves Heat Transfer
• Reduced Compressor run time
• Reduced Compressor maintenance 
• Compressor life increased
• HVAC system life increased
• Net cooling capacity improved
• Thermal comfort increased

The following benefits can also be realised:

• Lower density filters can be used
• Between a 10-20% reduction in energy consumption
• Can go for years without cleaning coils, drain pans & ductwork, which can be a significant cost saving.

Advanced Air Hygiene have provided their UV-C air hygiene solutions to a vast range of industries including butchery and meat, bakery, fruit and veg, fish, dairy, health, elite sports facilities, modular buildings, oil industry and ventilation and air conditioning across the UK and Internationally. 

If you would like to know about how you can improve the health of your staff and customers, increase the shelf life of your food and more through air hygiene please visit aahygiene.com