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Texas college includes UV light emitters to eliminate up to 99% of airborne viruses

Lauren Dodd reports a new construction project at Central Texas College in Killeen aims to disinfect 80 to 99% of airborne viruses, including the infamous COVID-19. The goal of the project, CTC Facilities Management Director Mark Harmsen said, is to have new UV light emitter systems installed within 22 buildings at CTC by the end of May 2021. “The light emitters being installed in our air handlers will effectively disinfect 80-99.9 percent of all viruses and bacteria in one pass through of the system,” Harmsen said in an email. “Interior air will pass through the UV emitters multiple times…
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