Infection Control in
Educational Environments
A reliable solution for controlling contamination in
high traffic and contact areas.
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Keeping educational environments disinfected is critically important to the safety
of students, instructors, staff, and visitors. Available through Violet Defense™
and their commercial partners at PURO™ Lighting, pulsed Xenon full-spectrum
UV lighting technology provides educational institutions with a proven,
easy-to-implement way to safely and efficiently harness the power of light to
decontaminate air and surfaces. With a variety of products offered, we can
provide you with mobile and installed solutions to meet your disinfection needs.
Proven and effective protection made easy
A reliable, easy-to-implement solution to help disinfect high traffic and contact areas.
• Manufacturer testing has demonstrated effectiveness against certain viruses
and bacteria*
• Harnesses the germicidal power of light to kill bacteria and inactivate viruses
in the air and on surfaces
• Designed to make disinfection easy, system will eliminate germs in a flash with
pulsed Xenon full-spectrum UV light
Solution
Partner
Smart
Infrastructure
Supporting Education
As the need for helping protect from and
reduce the risk in education, we’re harnessing
our capabilities, expertise, and global network
of partners to outfit and supply campuses
and K-12 schools in the following ways:
• Identifying sources of potential
contamination and offering effective
technology to mitigate the risk
• Developing a holistic approach to create
environments so that education can
continue safely and efficiently
*Results available upon request.
Possible Applications
With a proven track record in both K-12 schools and
colleges and universities, this solution can be used
in the following scenarios:
K-12 schools
• Classrooms
• Stairwells
• Bathrooms
• Locker rooms and gyms
• Nurse / administrative offices
Higher education
• Classrooms
• Stairwells
• Locker rooms, workout areas and gyms
• Dorm rooms, kitchens and shared bathrooms
• Research areas
How it works
This solution uses powerful bursts of ultraviolet light, including UV-C, UV-B, UV-A,
and violet-blue light, which has been shown capable of killing certain bacteria,
fungi, and mold, and inactivating viruses.
Benefits
• Compact size that seamlessly integrates into any room or surface
• Optimized cleaning cycle in as low as 30 minutes, depending on space
• Easily integrated into existing Siemens Building Automation (via BACNet)
for scheduling and remote verification of completion
• Integrated safety system with multiple built-in motion detectors to stop cycle,
if human or animal is present and restart when no motion detected
• No manual handling of UV systems to save labor/time (except mobile unit)
• Long product lifecycle
• Can be combined with other disinfecting solutions
About Violet Defense
Since its inception, Violet Defense has been on a journey to harness the
germicidal power of ultraviolet light to help protect the world from germs.
Its patented technology miniaturizes the deployment of UV light to integrate
into almost any product or environment.
About PURO Lighting
PURO Lighting, powered by Violet Defense technology, offers ground-breaking
products that use the power of full-spectrum UV light to rapidly disinfect any
enclosed area of viruses and pathogens.
About Siemens Smart Infrastructure for Educational Environments
Siemens Smart Infrastructure brings innovations in smart building technologies
to create environments that care. Our smart education infrastructure solutions
work to improve the educational experience with the safety of those spaces
at the forefront.
Available options include:
• Air Handling Unit
• Ceiling: Hard or drop-ceiling
• Wall-mount
• Portable (on wheels)
Siemens Industry, Inc.
Smart Infrastructure
1000 Deerfield Parkway
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Tel: (847) 215-1000
This document contains a general
description of available technical
options only, and its effectiveness
will be subject to field conditions
with project parameters defined in
a formal contract.
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