Grants and Contributions:

Health luminaire for healthy living – 2 in 1 technology with disinfection and air purification

988008

$150,000.00

Mar 21, 2022 - Jul 21, 2022

Ventilation is an important layer of protection against COVID-19 transmission in indoor environments. However, many Canadian buildings lack a mechanical ventilation system that can provide outdoor air and/or air cleaning. Examples of these buildings include schools, long term care homes, and heritage buildings. As a result, there has been an emergence of building technologies and products aimed at mitigating airborne transmission of COVID-19 in buildings lacking a mechanical ventilation system. Unfortunately, many of the technologies and products that have emerged throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic lack experimental and field-validation to show they can effectively mitigate airborne transmission of respiratory viruses. In addition, some technologies contain various design flaws that can be detrimental to the health and safety of occupants, making them infeasible solutions. For example, many solutions are too difficult to install/position, too difficult to maintain, too expensive, too energy intensive, not designed optimally in terms of their air intake and exhaust, or result in other unintended negative health consequences (such as the generation of ozone and other contaminants, or produce disruptive levels of noise). There is a need in the commercial marketplace for alternative building technologies and products that can safely and effectively mitigate airborne transmission of respiratory viruses in buildings lacking a mechanical ventilation system. The proposed solution should be capable of ensuring delivery of clean air to occupied zones both during and after occupancy while maintaining the accessibility and usability of the space.

National Research Council Canada

Grow Canadian companies through direct funding to support early stage, pre-commercial research and development, late stage prototypes, and to accelerate commercialization.

Lasalle, Quebec, CA H8N 1X7

172-2021-2022-Q4-988008

Grant

Grants and Contributions

838394138

For-profit organization

Solutions Avancées

National Research Council Canada/Conseil national de recherches Canada

Dorval–Lachine–LaSalle

24024

Innovative Solutions Canada

Fuel the development and adoption of technological innovation in Canada

• Support the scale up and growth of Canada's innovators and entrepreneurs by having the federal government act as a first customer. • Stimuler l'expansion et la croissance des innovateurs et entrepreneurs canadiens en faisant du gouvernement fédéral le premier client des innovations canadiennes.