Air purifier, with measurable, visible, and actionable user experience

The COVID-19 crisis reminds us how underprepared the world is to detect and respond to emerging infectious diseases. The United States, and indeed, the world as a whole, will move from a “break glass in case of emergency” response system, to preparedness and infection prevention. Indoor air health systems that are always on and that can scale quickly will help us address future pandemics of this scale or larger.

We’ve seen firsthand how our current systems are failing. Now is the time to implement better systems. Scientists, researchers, and consumers alike are calling for change. An article by Fast Company summarized the call-to-action of more than 38 scientific researchers, saying, “Just like the government mandates clean water and food, scientists argue that well-filtered and ventilated air inside our offices and homes should be guaranteed.” While it’s impossible to retrofit every existing building to improve ventilation, there are myriad strategies, technologies, and solutions available that can work to prevent pathogen transmission in our indoor environments. These innovations are essential in moving our world from a reactive systems approach to a preventative one.

NBDair’s smart air technology leverages AIoT technologies to integrate ventilation, filtration, disinfection equipment seamlessly, use AI to drive self-learning, self-adapt, and self-optimization, and also uses advanced digital experience technology to drive indoor air health experience. NBDair has introduced three indoor air health parameters for the indoor air health measurement. AQI, the air quality index, which has been used for outdoor, is adapted for indoor air; ACH, the air change rate per hour, which is a key parameter to measure the fresh air ventilation; IRI, the infection risk index, which is a key user experience parameter that shows direct infection risk of the indoor space in use. The combination of these three relevant parameters makes indoor air health measurable, visible and operable. The measurable results have shown that the combination of three key indoor air technologies, ventilation, filtration, and disinfection has achieved the best indoor air health and safety result.