Our solution keeps in mind ease of integration and efficiency simultaneously. This makes it more appealing to the many thousands of schools with HVACs already in place, as it solves the problem without uprooting expensive systems. UV purification in the format we designed is easy to implement and eliminates the issue at the bacterial level. Pushing to prevent the further spread of viral diseases and allergies, ever more prevalent in a pandemic-afflicted time such as ours.
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