Case studies

Results from the field.

Real Cognituv deployments, each run through Identify · Apply · Verify™: what the problem was, what we installed and how the result was proven.

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Cognituv Grid UV-C lamps lit across the coil of an air handling unit
IAQ · Energy

Morgan Stanley: Chosen over seven competing solutions

Finance · Commercial office · Global headquarters · Times Square, New York, NY

A third-party industrial hygienist evaluated eight solutions for energy efficiency and occupant wellbeing. Cognituv on-coil UV-C was selected — and verified.

A Tennessee Department of Correction prison from above, with wooded hills behind it
Deployment at scale

Tennessee Department of Correction: Verified at scale across 10 prisons

Government · 10 facilities · Statewide · Nashville, TN

On-coil UV-C installed across 10 prisons in six weeks, with Connect streaming verification data from every facility.

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Food safety

Perdue Farms: Food safety with less acid on the line

Food & beverage · Poultry · Poultry processing line

More peracetic acid was hurting workers and doing less against pathogens. A UV-C tunnel built into the conveyor line let the plant use less acid, with the dose monitored continuously.

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Crop protection

Bowery Farming: Higher strawberry yield and longer shelf life

Agriculture · Indoor farming · Kearny, NJ
The project ran in 2022.

Powdery mildew was cutting strawberry yield and quality. A timed UV-C system built into the grow beds brought measurable yield gains and longer shelf life.

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Cognituv Grid UV-C lamps lit inside one of the airport’s air handling units
IAQ · Uptime

Phoenix Sky Harbor: Mold-free AHUs, less manual labor

Aviation · International airport · Phoenix, AZ

Cutting manual coil cleaning led to mold and a musty terminal. On-coil UV-C eliminated it — confirmed by the cleaning contractor’s own swabs.

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Food & beverage

Coca-Cola: Continuous bio-security at 42,000 bottles an hour

Food & beverage · Bottling plant · Argentina

A compact, high-fluence UV-C fixture built into existing machinery — continuous treatment on a 42,000 bph line, monitored through Connect.

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IAQ & odor

Conrad Hotel: A problem room back in service, 12 months without a complaint

Hospitality · Hotel · New York Downtown · New York, NY

One guest room kept drawing odor complaints that maintenance, deodorizers and new filters couldn’t fix. A FreshFilter in its cabinet unit put it back in service, rented with zero complaints since.

A Cognituv FreshFilter-ME sliding into one of the wall-mounted HVAC units
IAQ & odor

Northrop Grumman: 18 months without an air-quality complaint

Aerospace & defense · Modular facilities · Annapolis, MD

Coastal modular HVAC units with a persistent musty smell. A FreshFilter retrofit stopped it — zero complaints in the 18 months since.

A Cognituv Overwatch 2x2 air purifier installed in the ER’s drop ceiling
Staff wellness

New Braunfels ER & Hospital: Lower turnover and fewer sick days on the HR record

Healthcare · Emergency room · New Braunfels, TX

ER staff work with known exposure to pathogens. Overwatch 2x2 units treat the air continuously, and the hospital’s HR records since show lower turnover and fewer sick days.

Cats in rows of kennels at the Nebraska Humane Society shelter
Odor & VOCs

Nebraska Humane Society: A decade-old odor problem, solved

Commercial · Animal shelter · Omaha, NE

Intense animal odors had beaten a decade of other fixes. Overwatch 2x2 purifiers set into the drop ceiling resolved them, using no floor or wall space.

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Uptime

Tuffy’s Pet Foods: Predictive maintenance on a 24/7 line

Food manufacturing · Perham, MN

Wireless vibration and temperature sensors on motors, conveyors and mixers — faults caught weeks before failure, with no wiring.

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