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Signify applies GLA’s guidelines on UV-C to tackle coronavirus

a potential market for UV-C lighting products is disinfection of shopping trolleys

Signify, the words’ biggest lighting company, is adopting the Global Lighting Association’s guidelines on the safe use of UV-C to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Signify – which contributed to the drawing up of the measures – says it has already applied these guidelines, in conjunction with other applicable standards, to its new range of UV-C […]

Scientists support the use of ultraviolet light to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission indoors

Placement of UVC light sources at ventilation systems and rooms not in use, without direct optical paths to humans, help reduce virus propagation

An international team of researchers advocates the use of UV-C light in indoor spaces as a way to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 viruses. This solution meets the requirements of fast, scalable, and affordable implementation to fulfill the needs of disinfecting working spaces, such as offices, schools, healthcare facilities, and public transportation, to name a […]

LightingEurope calls for UV-C lighting products to be allowed on EU market

LightingEurope calls for UVC lighting products to be allowed on the European market

According to its press release, LightingEurope fully endorses the recent UV-C safety guidelines published by the Global Lighting Association (GLA)1 and calls on all EU Member States to ensure UV-C lighting products can continue to be allowed on the EU market. Germicidal ultraviolet irradiation is a proven methodology for inactivating viruses on solid surfaces, in […]