Filters, scrubbersAir conditioning upgrades are a top priority for landlords, said Salama of the New York association, even as it’s unclear when office workers will return.
His company, Capital Properties, is swapping out 900 air conditioning filters at its two Manhattan office buildings for double the price it would normally pay.Many of the methods to reduce pathogens have been around for years, such as UV light and bipolar ionization, which releases electrically charged atoms that attach to and neutralize viruses and bacteria.
Those technologies were geared more to hospitals than commercial buildings, which put more of an emphasis on saving energy than killing germs.