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An open letter to the WHO Director General, regarding the WHO’s current ventilation roadmap.

Poor indoor air quality doesn’t just make us unhealthy. A new study from Harvard University shows that it makes us less productive too.

Air pollution is a growing problem. According to the WHO, it kills seven million people worldwide every year. Closer to home, The London Assembly reports that road traffic pollution leads to “thousands of premature deaths every year as well as stunting the development of young lungs and increasing cases of respiratory illness”.

Rensair has been included within the Belgian Ministry of Health’s list of registered and approved air purification systems.

A new report on infection resilient environments has been published by the Royal Academy of Engineering and its partners in the National Engineering Policy Centre.

Many are looking forward to the return of full time in-person learning for the 2021-2022 academic year. With sound evidence that airborne aerosols can transmit coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) says surface cleaning and hand sanitizing do not offer enough protection in indoor spaces.

In an open letter, Dr. Marwa Zaatari – eminent Indoor Air Quality expert and Member of the Board Of Directors at U.S. Green Building Council – advocates caution when specifying air purification devices.

After struggling with the ramifications of the global coronavirus pandemic, which science has proven can be spread by airborne pathogens, most people realize the critical importance of good air quality.

How to cut costs, raise efficiency, and improve the bottom line, by acing indoor air quality in offices. Indoor air purification and its measurement goes hand in hand. Rensair, a portable hospital-grade air purifier that uses an H13 HEPA filter and UVC light to capture and destroy airborne pollutants, has partnered with Airthings for Business, …

Summary The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its website, placing far greater emphasis on Covid transmission from inhaled airborne Covid19 droplets (aerosols), rather than through touching contaminated surfaces. It has also provided specific information on what constitutes good ventilation rates in the healthcare, non-residential and residential sectors.  We welcome these WHO updates as this …

The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically impacted the productivity of dental surgeries. After lockdown, dentists are glad to be back at work, but they continue to struggle to treat as many patients as possible. One enormous challenge is fallow time.  Fallow Time Fallout  Dentistry involves procedures that release aerosols into the air. The World Health Organization …

The WHO and governments worldwide have recommended good indoor ventilation ever since they recognised that Covid19 was predominantly transmitted via airborne particulates and that the transmission risk from fomites (surfaces) was low. This article looks at the principal factors that need to be considered when assessing what ventilation or air purification is required in order …

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, many employees are working from home. Essential workers don’t have that luxury. They are reporting to offices and makeshift workspaces. In the future, many employees will also return to their desks. Whether you work in an office or shared workspace, or may have to in the future, improving indoor air …

Rensair’s patented technology uses advanced purification technology, including UVC light and HEPA 13 filters. To better understand how Rensair is effective against COVID-19, we must understand the virus and the scientific reports on the technologies that have proven to mitigate its spread. Definition and Severity  Coronavirus is a general term for a family of virus strains that cause …

SARS CoV-2  SARS CoV-2 (Covid19) is a strain of the Coronavirus family, a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. The earliest reports of animal coronavirus infection occurred in the late 1920s, whilst human coronaviruses were discovered in the 1960s. Both SARS and MERS were coronavirus pandemics. Given the long …