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Only Airora's proven technology provides continuous whole-space protection against all types of viruses and bacteria, including coronaviruses, up to a level of 99.9999%

Hydroxyls occur naturally in the open air, but are mostly absent within buildings.

The Airora Professional range creates a hydroxyl cascade, as occurs naturally outside, throughout an entire indoor space in seconds, actively combating all air and surface borne viral and bacterial infections, including Coronaviruses (the family that includes the COVID-19 and SARS viruses), Influenza, Norovirus, C-difficile, E-coli and MRSA.

While hydroxyl radicals are sometimes employed within passive air filters, only Airora's unique technology creates an active cascade of hydroxyls throughout the space, attacking air and surface borne pathogens at source, within seconds, wherever they occur or are introduced, for example by infected individuals.

This active cascade reaction is a condensing process which automatically targets viruses and bacteria (and other particles / molecules), yeilding abundant hydroxyls which react rapidly with the viruses and bacteria, destroying their membranes and genetic material to make them harmless to humans and animals.

The active cascade created by Airora is orders of magnitude more effective than any competing technology.

The Airora Professional comes in two sizes, one for small / medium rooms from 25-100 cubic metres and one for large indoor spaces of 100 cubic metres and up. Multiple and mixed sized devices can be used together to achieve optimum outcomes.

Airora's technology has been tested in world class laboratories and proven effective up to a level of 99.9999% in killing human pathogens.

Airora benefits

Room or whole building decontamination, both air and surfaces

Unlike filter-based air purifiers or competing hydroxyl generators, our technology actively creates a continuous cascade of hydroxyls throughout the space and doesn't just rely on cleaning the limited amount of air passing through the device. Our Hydroxyl cascade reaches even the most remote locations within seconds by molecular diffusion, without relying on air movement, ensuring continuous air and surface decontamination, everywhere.

Other Hydroxyl generators only clean the air local to the device as hydroxyls typically only remain active for about a fifth of a second before ceasing to exist. Only Airora's technology actively creates hydroxyls continuously throughout an entire space to attack and destroy pathogens and pollutants at source.

A person to person infection barrier

Continuously active everywhere, the hydroxyl cascade creates an invisible, ever-present, person to person barrier against airborne infection.

Continuous use, people-safe technology

Unlike ozone foggers, or UVC lights, our technology is entirely safe for human beings and animals, so the space being treated can continue to be occupied while the device works 24/7.

24/7 suppression of all types of pathogens, up to a level of 99.9999%

The Hydroxyl Cascade suppresses pathogenic viruses and bacteria 24/7, helping keep the air and adjacent surfaces clear of pathogens and lowering the risk of infection.

Proven to neutralise all types of viruses and bacteria, including coronaviruses

By all, we mean all! There are no types of viruses or bacteria or vegetative spores (mould) which aren't destroyed, on contact, by hydroxyls.

Also eliminates all types of odours, irritants, pollutants and allergens

In addition to killing all types of viruses, bacteria and mould, hydroxyls have other beneficial effects, including removing odours, neutralising allergens and eliminating common lung irritants and other pollutants, including formaldehyde.

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Deployment

Airora Professional is suitable for the active removal of pathogens, including coronaviruses, from the ambient air and surfaces in enclosed spaces of all sizes, including hospitals, healthcare / dental / veterinary clinics, consulting rooms, care homes, offices, schools and universities, restaurants and bars, supermarkets, hotels, transport and even your home!

Deployment of the technology significantly reduces the risk of disease transmission and increases the safety of healthcare workers and patients, office staff, production workers, shoppers and travellers.

The role of good ventilation

While Airora will neutralise all types of viruses and bacteria and eliminate all types of odours, irritants, pollutants and allergens, even in poorly ventilated spaces, SAGE (The UK’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) recommends that you also look to provide good ventilation wherever practicable to help disperse and dilute the impact of internal sources of infection and pollution.

Airora’s technology has been independently tested against the background of high ventilation rates, as for example may be found in healthcare facilities, as well as in more normally ventilated spaces and its unique underlying molecular diffusion technology has been found to be highly effective in both.

Where ventilation rates have been artificially increased because of the pandemic, employing Airora will safely allow reversion to the norm, both saving cost, energy and emissions as well as reducing noise.

Airora Professional is ready for implementation and we are seeking partners to bring the product to market.
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Safe and effective

How hydroxyl radicals work

An abundance of hydroxyls is created naturally in the lower atmosphere by the reaction between sunlight, water and chemicals in the air and from the reactions between ozone and oils emitted into the air by plants and flowers.

Hydroxyl radicals are small, highly reactive molecules that rapidly react with and neutralise viruses, bacteria, pollens, and other airborne or surface-borne pathogens and toxins.

When hydroxyls react with viruses, they disrupt the lipid envelope and/or capsid (protein shell) around the virus and inactivate the protein used to enter human cells. Hydroxyl radicals also penetrate the interior of the virus and disrupt the genome (RNA content).

These reactions rapidly inactivate the virus, rendering it completely harmless and unable to infect humans and animals.

Safety

Hydroxyls are safe for humans and animals and occur naturally and abundantly in the open air.

Airora's hydroxyl cascade kills all human pathogens continuously and safely, both in the air and on surfaces, with people present. Other pathogen killing processes such as fumigation and UV surface decontamination require people to be absent.

Airora Professional has been comprehensively tested at the UK's Building Research Establishment (BRE) for compliance with international Indoor Air Quality Safety requirements and passed with flying colours.

Efficacy

Airora's technology has been tested by the UK's Health Protection Agency, among others, who confirmed a 99.9999% (6 log) kill rate of MS2 Coliphage virus within 5 minutes.

MS2 Coliphage is a standard lab testing virus which studies show is 7-10 times harder to inactivate than a coronavirus such as the COVID-19 virus.

The patented Airora technology is exclusive to Hydroxyl Technologies Ltd (HTL) and is several orders of magnitude more effective than other devices that rely on hydroxyls.

HTL holds granted patents in multiple jurisdictions.

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Hydroxyl generation has been approved by multiple regulators as safe air cleaning technology.

Efficacy & safety verified by world-class independent laboratories

U. of Ottawa

U. of Leeds

M. U. Cardiff

U. of York

Our basic testing of hydroxyls was undertaken by the UK’s Public Health Agency at Porton Down, which demonstrated a 99.9999% kill rate of airborne MS-2 virus in under 5 minutes. MS-2 is used as an international standard as it is 7–10 times more difficult to kill than Coronavirus, and the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed that technologies that kill MS-2 will kill all types of virus including COVID-19.

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The Airora Home

The Airora Personal

The award winning Airora Home is especially designed to tackle both microbial contamination and indoor air pollution in a domestic setting.

The award winning Airora Personal is our unique, wearable, dual action personal air purifier, especially created to improve the safety and quailty of the air you breathe wherever you are!

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Simply put, only Airora provides continuous whole-space protection from pathogens and pollutants.

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