Green Meadows Schoolhouse Adds Air Purifier with HEPA and UVC
A Strategic Plan and a Safe Space: Green Meadows Opens Doors to Children of Essential Workers
Green Meadows Schoolhouse added our ISO-Aire HEPA air purifiers to protect children and staff from indoor air contaminants.
Operating safely and with confidence during COVID-19 has been the guiding course of action at Green Meadows Schoolhouse in Lewis Center, Ohio. This welcoming child-care center – with a family-centered mission to help children grow – applied for an emergency pandemic license during COVID-19 closures to remain open and provide care for the children of essential workers.
Owner Leah Kayes implemented a Health & Safety in Education Operating Plan created in partnership with education consultant Robert Kania. One mandatory safeguard required the school establish an isolation room that could be utilized if a child or staff member were to become COVID-19 symptomatic. Kania’s team installed an ISO-Aire clean air technology system offering the highest level of indoor air filtration.
While the room is at-the-ready, fortunately it has not been utilized as a quarantine space. For now, the school community can breathe easier amid the challenges that come with caring safely for young children in the throes of a national pandemic. And, teachers can use the room with recirculated clean air for other learning activities.
Our powerful ISO-Aire unit in one of the rooms at Greenhouse Meadows Schoolhouse.
“Having an isolation room, based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines is necessary in the event a child would experience a temperature spike or any other COVID-19 symptoms,” explained Kania. “They can be kept safely in quarantine in the ISO-Aire room until a parent or guardian arrives. Sanitizing the air for the children, teachers and the community is a mandatory safety measure.”
In creating this space, Kania collaborated with ISO-Aire. The clean air technology features proven medical-grade filtration components including a 12-inch HEPA filter and UVC sterilization to ensure the highest level of protection – and peace of mind. ISO-Aire continuously recirculates air in this quarantine room, capturing and destroying 99.99% of potentially harmful airborne particulates.
Kania explained that the CDC publishes guidance and states add their own requirements and guidelines; but implementing these protocols can be a challenge. “Sometimes what’s on paper doesn’t translate to real world applications, so our operating plan helps schools move step-by-step through the process. Inside the quarantine room, ISO-Aire exceeded the criteria benchmarks we are upholding to ensure a safe space where parents can drop off their children with confidence and where Leah and her team care for them safely.”
Emerging evidence and clean indoor air advocacy from public health officials is urging leaders to invest in further research to understand how COVID-19 can be transmitted via airborne particles. One of the most important safeguards in minimizing exposure is to purify indoor air to remove any trace of harmful contaminants. Microscopic particulates, such as the coronavirus particles which measure on average .1 - .12 microns in diameter, can penetrate the lungs and bloodstream when inhaled, posing a dire threat to human health. ISO-Aire™ clean air technology captures and destroys 99.99% of potentially harmful airborne contaminants 24/7.
Contact us to determine if ISO-Aire™ may be a high-performance solution for your school. Our patent-pending, medical-grade clean air technology, protects students and staff in a variety of settings - from classrooms and gymnasiums to libraries and common areas. Installation can be customized to individual application needs in a variety of indoor environments.
ISO-Aire HEPA air purifiers come equipped with up to 3 layers of protection- a HEPA filter, ozone-free bipolar ionization, and UVC light.
ISO-Aire™ offers the highest level of protection on the market and our proven mitigation strategies exceed the minimum requirements for indoor air quality established by ASHRAE and the CDC. The ISO-Aire™ easy-to-install units are manufactured in St. Paul, MN with American-made components.