The Illuminating Engineering Society and the International Ultraviolet Association are partnering to develop American National Standards for the measurement and characterization of UV-C device performance.
UV-C devices for healthcare and personal care have proliferated in recent years, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the absence of standards to enable accurate measurements and comparisons of the products. To enable broader UV-C adoption, healthcare administrators need credible and comparable product performance data to inform investments for both new construction and retrofits.
Through this partnership IES and IUVA aim to cooperatively promote awareness of and improve the application of germicidal UV technology in the healthcare system, initially through the development of standardized methods of measurement of products including UV lamps, luminaires, and lighting/radiating systems, utilizing both discharge (e.g., low-pressure mercury and xenon) and solid-state (e.g., LED) technologies.
