Queensland leads way with Clean Air technology

The US technology has perfected the sterilisation properties of the sun to successfully operate inside air conditioning systems - with some big names in Australia’s top end recording surprising results.
 
“The Steril-Aire product ticks all the boxes for our customers,” said AE Smith North Queensland General Manager, Vic Riella. “It saves a great amount of energy so the pay back is very quick, it kills 99 per cent of all viruses in the air and it also cleans the evaporator coils thoroughly, which reduces maintenance and does away with chemicals - that is a big plus for the environment.”
 
Riella added that impressive results have been recorded after just three months, even on the worst evaporator coils. Results show the cleanliness and efficiency of the unit is reinstated to about 98 per cent.
 
Steril-Aire is powered by nature’s best disinfectant, Ultra Violet light. Used in various forms over the past two decades for sterilisation, UV was never quite perfected until now. Steril-Aire provides a very high output in the UV-C band, which works by destroying DNA, thereby killing the entire food source for any mould and bacteria growing in air-conditioning units units.
 
AE Smith sites success stories with the Ergon Energy buildings, Base Hospital, Prince Charles Hospital, City Council Chambers, Maroochy Shire Council and Tweed Shire Council, to name a few.
 
News Ltd's Environment and Climate Change Manager, Tony Wilkins, recently went on the record to say that the results of Steril-Aire "exceeded all our expectations" during a trial at the Cairns Post.
 
Wilkins sited a 17 per cent increase in airflow and a 40 per cent improvement in cooling coil efficiency. Microbial testing of air conditioning system surfaces identified a 99 per cent reduction in fungal and bacterial levels, with News Ltd estimating a payback period of just seven and a half months.
 
Independent studies have also shown reduced allergy and asthma symptoms triggered by biofilm and mould, reductions in staff absenteeism and improved productivity.