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Daniel Jones is co-founder and president of UV Resources, manufacturer of germicidal-UV disinfection and HVAC-efficiency solutions. The author of numerous articles on germicidal-UV airstream and surface treatment, he is a corresponding member on the ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.9, Ultraviolet Air and Surface Treatment, and the standard project committee for ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 185.2. He may be contacted at daniel.jones@uvresources.com.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, U.S. legislators allocated more than $200 billion to school districts to improve safety and student achievement. The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) legislation specifically permits using these funds for the “testing, repairing and upgrading projects to improve air quality in school buildings.”
Hundreds of scientific studies over the past century have proven the disinfectant efficacy of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI or UV-C) energy, having first inactivated viruses and other microbes on surfaces in 1877, in water in 1910 and in air in 1935.
