The latest thinking on indoor air quality, building health, and AtmosAir innovations.
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When the coronavirus first hit, hotels quickly adopted enhanced cleaning polices, including germ-killing electrostatic spraying and ultraviolet light exposure in guest rooms and public areas. But as research on virus spread has shifted focus from surface contact to airborne transmission, some hotels and cruise ships are scrubbing the very air travelers breathe with a variety of […]
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A March Facebook post changed everything for Shelton based Modern Plastics. Hearing constantly about the shortage of Personal Protective Equipment, Bing Carbone, President of the 75-year-old Shelton company, wondering what the demand was for plastic face shields. “That was on a Sunday, at 2 o’clock, and I will tell you that by 4 PM that […]
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Restaurants continue to adapt as winter approaches and temperatures drop. Many places are strategizing how to prolong outdoor dining while others are working to make indoor dining safer. The Blackstone Grille in Prospect can only fit 25 people on its small patio. While patio business has played a crucial part in the restaurant’s recent success, […]
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The Springfield Sheraton has made some major upgrades and changes to its cleaning and safety protocols to make sure hotel guests and staff are safe. Stacey Gravanis, general manager of the hotel, joined us to share all the impressive steps the hotel is taking. The hotel made a major investment in the AtmosAir system, which […]
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When New York City reopens for indoor dining at 25 percent capacity starting today, diners will see plenty of hand sanitizer, masks, gloves, and plastic partitions to keep them safe from the coronavirus. But there will also be expensive technology that they won’t see, working behind the scenes to combat an invisible threat. It is widely […]
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With Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, United and other airlines announcing fare sales and new routes for winter, it may feel like air travel is returning to normal. But after a spike over the Labor Day holiday, the numbers for travelers passing through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints around the country are still way down compared to this time last year. And with so […]
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The more we strategize over how to travel safely in these COVID-19 days, the more we end up thinking about indoor air quality. Not just in planes, but also in airport terminals, with thousands of people passing through and jets emitting billows of exhaust just outside. Which leads to this question: How clean and fresh is […]
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As research increasingly indicates that airborne transmission of Covid-19 is a threat, improving indoor air quality has become a priority for many hoteliers. “Air is a big part of the challenge,” said infectious diseases specialist and epidemiologist Dr. Ravina Kullar. “If you’re indoors, you might be cleaning the surfaces well, but if the virus is […]
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While remote work has proliferated in a COVID-19 environment, we believe vibrant physical workplaces will remain in demand—and key to corporate culture. Members of today’s workforce likely never imagined that they would have to live—and work—through a pandemic. The lockdowns designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 spurred many companies to quickly leverage technology to […]
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Skeptics of the notion that the coronavirus spreads through the air — including many expert advisers to the World Health Organization — have held out for one missing piece of evidence: proof that floating respiratory droplets called aerosols contain live virus, and not just fragments of genetic material. Now a team of virologists and aerosol […]
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In pre-coronavirus days, the famed building in Midtown Manhattan was one of the most popular travel destinations in the nation. But, like so many places, it too had to shutter its doors to guests in the name of health and safety. But, on Monday, it began the recall process to employees to train them all on new […]
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All aboard! Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady is officially ready to take its maiden voyage this fall after being postponed in April due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The adults-only ship is billionaire businessman Sir Richard Branson’s first foray into the cruise industry — and will be the first sailing from his new cruise line, Virgin Voyages, which […]
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