Advanced Solutions in collaboration with its university partners, Benoit Barbeau of UQAM and Benoit Barbeau of Polytechnique Montréal, Genevieve Marchand and Loïc Wingert of the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et sécurité du travail, are sharing a grant as part of Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Challenge: “Reducing Airborne Transmission of Respiratory Viruses in Buildings without Mechanical Ventilation” challenge. The challenge is offered by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) as part of the Innovative Solutions Canada program dedicated to COVID-19.
ADSOL is a Quebec-based company specializing in LED lighting products. ADSOL has created a new type of lighting with air disinfection capabilities. This technology was tested in a preliminary manner during phase 1 of this challenge, allowing the company and the research team from the two universities and the IRSST to be selected for phase 2.
In this second phase, the lighting prototypes will be optimized and tested by the company and the research team. Tests will be carried out in a large exposure chamber (600 cu. ft.) with bacteriophages, viruses that infect and destroy bacteria, as well as in a smaller chamber with human coronaviruses. The goal is to develop an effective device to reduce airborne transmission of respiratory viruses inside buildings with little or no ventilation. This device must be finalized and ready for commercialization within 12 months.
