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Residential Air Conditioning
Dust Free distribution deal
RECTORSEAL IS NOW the master distributor of Dust Free indoor air quality products.
RectorSeal customers will have access to a full line of indoor air quality products, including air filters, UV purification systems, whole-home pu- rification systems, and media air cleaners.
In addition, RectorSeal will be the exclusive master distributor for a select group of commercial and ductless/VRF indoor air quality products.
All Dust Free products comply with the appro- priate ASHRAE, EPA, and other industry stand- ards. RectorSeal will stock Dust Free products at its distribution centres in the last quarter of 2021.
Current RectorSeal customers can place or- ders directly with Dust Free or bundle orders of Dust Free products with RectorSeal products for added flexibility with order quantities and expe- dited product delivery.
Rectorseal senior vice president of sales & marketing, Jeff Underwood, said there is a grow- ing interest in indoor air quality products.
Dust Free president, Gregg Burnett, said Rec- torSeal has an excellent distribution footprint.
“They share our passion for helping homeowners and building owners to minimise the impact of in- door air particulates and contaminants,” he said.
Visit: www.rectorseal.com
Indoor air safety for staff
AS THE WORLD continues to grapple with a worsening indoor air quality crisis, Rentokil Initial last month announced it will bring Rad- ic8’s VIRUSKILLER air purifier to Australia and New Zealand.
The product is proven to kill 99.99 per cent of Coronavirus in the air (when independently test- ed against Coronavirus DF2, a surrogate for Cor- onavirus, on a single air pass).
The COVID19 Delta strain – largely character- ised by aerosol transmission – has only acceler-
VIRUSKILLER has patented technology to purify and decontaminate the air.
ated this crisis. With Australians spending 90 per cent of their time indoors, adopting strate- gies to improve air quality within low ventilation areas is crucial in making these spaces safer, ac- cording to Rentokil Initial national technical and innovation manager, John Keogh.
Despite acknowledgement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that SARS-CoV-2 is an airborne virus, most Australian businesses have no formal air hygiene practices in place or guidelines to follow.
“We are facing the worst indoor air quality cri- sis in history. It has never been clearer that busi- nesses need to take action to protect their cus- tomers, employees, and bottom-line against the well-documented risks of poor indoor air quali- ty,” he said.
“Typical air purifiers are not effective against ‘sick air’, including viruses, bacteria and mould, which is increasingly threatening physical and mental acuity.”
“VIRUSKILLER will help local businesses pro- tect against health risks in poorly ventilated in- door spaces, including those posed by airborne pathogens. This first-of-its-kind product which with its patented technology to purify and de- contaminate the air, is unparalleled in efficacy
ABOVE (L-R): Professor Bruce Milthorpe. Rentokil Initial manager, John Keogh.
against airborne viruses, including COVID-19,” Keogh said.
Dean of Science at University of Technology Sydney, Professor Bruce Milthorpe, said when COVID-19 was first identified in Australia, in early 2020, lockdowns were effective.
He said early variants of COVID19 were largely transmitted by contact and droplet transmis- sion, but the Delta strain has outstripped the current lockdown.
Milthorpe said research shows that aerosol transmission in places of low ventilation, such as hotels, aged care facilities, and medical practic- es, is the likely cause of current transmission.
“This is because poor ventilation means aero- sols remain for a long time after the person has left,” he said. ✺
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Dust Free products will be available in the last quarter of 2021.
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