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PTAC Units: A Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner is a type of self-contained heating and air conditioning system commonly found in: Hotels – Motels – Senior Housing Facilities – Hospitals – Condominiums – Apartment Buildings – Add-on Rooms & Sunrooms.
Business owners and homeowners face increasing challenges with COVID-19 to adequately disinfect rooms and promote safety in Colorado.
We are pleased to provide the information below from Purge Virus regarding their offerings for PTAC Disinfection.
The Purge Virus team provides multiple solutions that include UV light, Photoplasma, and Bipolar Ionization. The Bipolar Ionization solutions have been well received, because in addition to helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19, they also remove odors from sources such as tobacco and cannabis.
PURGE VIRUS DOESN’T MAKE PTAC UNITS…THEY RETROFIT THEM TO DISINFECT INDOOR AIR.
For Purge Virus to match the available technology to your in-room HVAC systems, you can let them know the manufacturer’s name and model # of your PTAC Units. From there Purge Virus will provide you with a free assessment of the most applicable solution. The average cost of equipment and installation per room is coming in at $550-$650. Purge Virus also offers zero upfront cost financing over 3-5 years. The monthly cost can be as low as $10 per month per room.
Learn more about Bipolar Ionization here: Bipolar Ionization
For some business owners and homeowners, portable devices may make the most sense for small lobbies or in certain rooms. Learn more about Potable Disinfection Devices here: Portable Devices
Purge Virus can help you navigate the complexity of disinfection choices: CONTACT PURGE VIRUS
NEWS on COVID-19 in Colorado: Something in the way we move: The reason coronavirus came roaring back in Colorado
“‘The prerequisite for this current surge has been in place for a while,’” said Jude Bayham, a Colorado State University economist who has been studying mobility trends to guide the state’s pandemic response.
The virus can’t jump from host to host if people aren’t moving around. So, when people move around more, there’s more potential for the virus to spread.
The rest is down to mask-wearing or distancing or hand-washing or ventilation or weather or luck. But Bayham said greater mobility plants the seeds for case surges.”
“Since early in the pandemic, the data company SafeGraph has been tracking something it calls its Shelter in Place Index. The company collects anonymized data on cell phone movements. The index is basically a measurement of how much of the population is staying home each day relative to a pre-pandemic baseline.
In the most recent data from Colorado, SafeGraph shows that Coloradans are back to staying home no more than normal, and sometimes less.”
“Bayham also uses SafeGraph data in his research to track more specific measures. His analyses, for instance, can show how much people in individual Colorado counties are visiting restaurants, bars, grocery stores, parks or hotels. (Again, this data is anonymous and aggregated, so he and other researchers can’t use it to track any individual’s movements.)
Similar to what SafeGraph has found with visits to businesses, Bayham has found that more people in Colorado have returned to working in-person since the spring. But it’s still not back to pre-pandemic levels.”
