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November 12, 2021
8:00 am - 8:45 am
‘It is likely that we are entering an age of pandemics.’
Prof. Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
UGVI Lighting / Germicidal Lighting
Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiance (UVGI) is the disinfection technology that employs targeted dosages of short-wave ultraviolet light to deactivate infectious, disease-causing bacteria, mold spores, fungi, and viruses entrained within interior air volumes. Arup’s team of researchers validated the application of UVGI to the upper-room air volumes of well-mixed enclosed architectural space, establishing it as an effective tool in demonstrably reducing the risk of airborne infectious pathogens like SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A. Arup developed a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based approach to quantify the COVID-19 disinfection efficacy and infection risk in indoor spaces — which allows designers to confidently specify UVGI systems for offices, schools, entertainment venues, transportation hubs and other large communal spaces. UVGI has the ability to make buildings and indoor spaces healthier for their occupants by deploying technology that can significantly reduce the spread of COVID-19 and future airborne respiratory viruses.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the mechanism of spread of airborne respiratory pathogens
- Explain how Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiance (UVGI) can mitigate the spread of airborne infectious disease
- Describe the process of simulating UVGI disinfection via ultraviolet radiometry and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Compare three methods for evaluating the efficacy of upper-room UVGI Identify where and how UVGI technologies are best applied.
Speaker Renee Thomas, AIA, LC
Renee Thomas is a licensed professional architect and award-winning architectural lighting designer with over 25 years of experience in lighting design and project management in international and domestic markets. Renee brings multidisciplinary project management and sustainability design management expertise to projects of varying sizes and complexities, including LEED, WELL Building, Daylight Utilization and Sustainable Design. With a background in solid-state lighting product design and manufacturing, she is currently serving as Arup’s Senior Project Manager for UVGI Technology Implementation. Arup’s UVGI Design Initiative is engaged in pioneering research and evidence-based solutions to advise public and private sector companies on best practices to deploy UVGI technology to mitigate the impact of dangerous infectious disease pathogens.
Details
Friday November 12, 2021
Virtual Zoom Event
8:00 AM to 8:45 AM PST