The new standard in air filtration

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Inactivating Airborne Pathogens through Air
Sanitization
April 28, 2009
Telephone [phone] Fax [phone] www.stri
onair.com
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• Agenda
• Company Background
• The Threat Nosocomial Infections
• The Technology
• The Product
• Summary

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StrionAir Founded To Improve Air Quality

• Based on patented technology
• Commissioned by the Department of Energy
• Developed by Lawrence Livermore Laboratories over
  20 years ago
• Financed by marquee private investors
• Company formally launched in 2003
• First product commercialized in 2005
• Over 70,000 residential units shipped to date
• Commercial markets growing rapidly
• Healthcare, Commercial Office, Government
• Over 170 facilities installed to-date

StrionAir leads in Low resistance/Germicidal
air purification
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Well-Established As Leader in Safe, Healthy Air
Residential (OEM / Partnerships)
Commercial (StrionAir Brand)
Air Handler (whole facility)
Room / Unit (in condo/hotel room)
Whole-home
Portable
Healthy Homes
Germicidal Energy
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• Agenda
• Company Background
• The Threat Nosocomial Infections
• The Technology
• The Product
• Summary

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Demonstrated Need for Improved Air Quality in
Healthcare

• 4 of top 10 Chronic Illnesses are Respiratory
• Asthma, Bronchitis, Sinusitis, Allergies
• CDC estimates 2 million nosocomial cases /yr
• 2 for every hospital bed in the country
• 10 chance of leaving a hospital with new
  infection
• 5-10B in annual healthcare costs
• Medicare no longer happy to pay
• Present on admission reimbursement model
• Airborne sources are a deadly participant
• Estimated 10-20 of all HAIs from airborne
• 120,000 annual cases are pneumonia
• 39,000 of those afflicted DIED

SOURCE CDC, Eickoff, Durmaz, Kowalski
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Small Particles Numerous and Harmful

• A cubic foot of indoor air contains 1.5 million
  particles99 of these are smaller than one
  micron
• Small particles, pathogenic or not, are the most
  damaging as they are carried deepest into the
  lungs

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Small Particles Stay In The Air
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Causes of Nosocomial Infections Are Widespread
Some Are Prevalently Airborne Virtually all
Can Be Airborne
SOURCE American Journal of Infection Control
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And Infection Paths are Complex
Classifying Any Agent With Only One Infection
Route Is Risky
SOURCE Kowalski Air Treatment Systems for
Controlling Nosocomial
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• Agenda
• Company Background
• The Threat Nosocomial Infections
• The Technology
• The Product
• Summary

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A Quantum Leap in Air Purification
Electrically Enhanced Mechanical Filtration



Electrical Enhancement
High-efficiency filtration
With superior germicidal effect
Low resistance filter
This Is NOT An Ordinary Air Filtration Product
!!!!
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Unique Electrical Approach, Plus Germicidal Effect
System Elements A Ionization Array B Field
Gen. Array C Media Filter
Air Flow
A
B
C
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The Power Of Capture Kill on IAQ
Example Mold found growing on downstream side
of a HEPA filter
In Action StrionAir Systems Installed Impact on
Mold Measured by 3rd Party
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With Power-On, A Powerful Technology
Becomes MERV 15
Electrically Enhanced
A MERV 9 Filter
Performance Rises Again Below 0.3 micron (meas.
by SMPS)
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An Eye-Popping Low Pressure Drop 0.18 initial!
Filter Change
Filter Change
Filter Change
Pressure Drop Across Filter ( w.g.)
Typical Time to Filter Changeout (months)
Strion Change
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Laboratory Tests Confirm Filter Kill Rates
Highly effective elimination of captured pathogens
CDC Laboratory Tests
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Germicidal Test Results
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All Performance Confirmed by 3rd Parties
StrionAir utilizes third-party testing to
objectively confirm efficiency and germicidal
effect

• Performed ASHRAE 52.2 testing
• Assigned MERV 15 rating at 500 FPM

LMS Technologies, Inc.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
University of Colorado at Boulder Civil,
Environmental Architectural Engineering
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• Agenda
• Company Background
• The Threat Nosocomial Infections
• The Technology
• The Product
• Summary

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Commercial System
Commercial System Details
Building Blocks!
Typical Installation
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FEM Simple Elements, Elegant Design
Low resistance, disposable media filter
Ionization array
Field-generating array
Frame
Safety Screen / Upstream Ground
High-voltage Power Supply
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FEMs Assemble Into Cut-To-Fit Racking
Spring Compression Sealing System
Pre-filter
FEM DFE
Extruded Aluminum Rack Members
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New Construction Or Existing Buildings
Lower filter PD lower fan energy
Drop-in Replacement of Original Filtration
Upgrade filtration without energy penalties or
upgrade to other equipment
Reduce motor, blower, VFD size in a new AHU
Germicidal filter ? cleaner coils, further drop
in PD
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• Agenda
• Company Background
• The Threat Nosocomial Infections
• The Technology
• The Product
• Summary

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Product Summary Performance Efficiency

• High Particle Removal
• MERV 15 up to 95 of most-penetrating particles
• Meaningful Energy Savings
• Lowest pressure drop, by far, of any filter in
  the market
• Ending pressure drop means reduced motor size,
  etc.
• Germicidal
• Broadly effective
• Virtually 100 kill rate against airborne
  microbes and toxic mold
• Cost-effective filtration
• Filters last 2-3 times longer than traditional
  filters

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US News World Report

• Best Hospitals 2007 Respiratory Disorders
• National Jewish Medical and Research Center,
  Denver, CO
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
• Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
• University of Colorado, Denver CO
• University of California, San Diego, CA
• University of California, San Francisco, CA
• Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

US News World Report, August 22, 2007
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Marquee Commercial Installations

• Healthcare
• Cleveland Clinic
• CDC
• Commercial
• National Geographic
• Gaming industry
• Government
• World Bank
• Federal Reserve
• State Capital Buildings
• Prominent Federal Agencies

And many other sites
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