About the Project

Avenues World School – New York Campus in New York City is recognized in the Germicidal Ultraviolet (GUV) Systems for Energy Savings and Improved Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) category. The school installed GUV luminaires across its campus to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other airborne infectious diseases. Upper-room luminaires were installed in the cafeteria, corridors, gym areas, choral classrooms, and theater. Whole-room far UVC luminaires were installed in all classrooms. One assessed classroom was found to deliver between 0.9 and 4.6 equivalent air changes per hour (eACH) while only using 15 watts. The upper-room GUV installation in the cafeteria was found to deliver at least 12.5 eACH while using 386 watts.