Aviation · International airport

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

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.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport from the air: Terminal 4, its round parking garage and jets at the gates, with the city and mountains behindPhoenix Sky Harbor, PHXPhoto: Vmzp85, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Cognituv Grid UV-C lamps lit inside one of the airport’s air handling unitsInside: the air handlers

Identify · Apply · Verify™

How it was done.

  1. Identify

    Reduced manual HVAC cleaning, made to cut costs, led to mold growth in the air handling units and a musty odor across the terminal.

  2. Apply

    Cognituv Grid continuous on-coil UV-C in the air handling units to eliminate mold and biofouling.

  3. Verify

    The manual-cleaning company’s own swab analyses showed significant pathogen and mold reductions versus manually cleaned AHUs.

Successful outcomes

What changed.

Automated maintenance — less manual cleaning

  • Energy savings from improved HVAC efficiency
  • Improved IAQ; musty odor eliminated
  • Proven effective in dusty environments
CLEANING CONTRACTOR’S SWABSMold and pathogens foundManually cleanedCognituv-treatedConfirmed by the contractor’s own swabsILLUSTRATION

Products in this project

Installed: Cognituv Grid on-coil UV-C · AHU integration. Source: Cognituv customer case study.

Start with a no-cost facility assessment.

A call with an engineer, then a written recommendation for treatment, monitoring or both, sized to your equipment.

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