Achieving Consensus on Applying GUV in Public Spaces

The following organizations (in alphabetical order) are actively partnering with IUVA in developing industry consensus standards so needed in advancing GUV, and for this, we in IUVA are most grateful. We want to acknowledge these contributions by offering the following brief synopsis of these essential efforts:

ASHRAE [https://www.ashrae.org]:

Development of new and refinement of existing ANSI/ASHRAE standards related to airborne and surface antimicrobial efficacy measurements and related GUV applications. Also, many thanks to ASHRAE for hosting the Workshop at its World HQs, making it accessible and affordable to the wider GUV community.

HSI [https://www.hsi.health]:

Development of healthcare related ANSI standards for measuring antimicrobial efficacy and overall disinfection levels in healthcare facilities, for GUV and other technologies.

IES [https://www.ies.org]:

Development of new and refinement of existing ANSI/IES standards on physics-related GUV measurement protocols for wavelength, intensity, irradiance, etc., for varying sources, luminaires, measurement devices, etc.

NALMCO [https://www.nalmco.org]:

Development of a new standardized curriculum and certification protocols for GUV device maintenance staff, installation technicians and system designers in the field.

NEMA [https://www.nema.org]:

Development of new ANSI GUV product labeling standards, to include a standardized method for publicly accessible reporting of additional essential information, not shown in the label. NIST [https://www.nist.gov]: Facilitation and coordination of GUV standards, conferences, publications and other collaborative initiatives between the GUV industry and our Federal counterparts.