This paragraph is the only place you’ll read the phrase “COVID-19” in the entire issue of the June 2021 SNIPS Magazine. And that’s intentional. For more than a year, the pandemic has dominated conversations in the sheet metal industry and beyond. And in that chorus, we’ve left several stories fly under the radar.

Boston Air Solutions (BAS) recognizes the potential for advanced needlepoint bi-polar ionization (NPBI) air cleaning technologies as a strategic weapon against airborne pathogen transmission with a new product.

The  technology has been proven by third-party testing to effectively deactivate SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) surface strain with a 99.9 percent reduction in 60 minutes. 

Disinfectant can be used against COVID-19.

NADCA urges CDC to prioritize HVACR technicians for phase 1B COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

Establishing such a nationwide plan will help avoid the confusion, delays and potential economic hardships that would result from delegating all responsibility to state and local officials.

Production begins on mobile units that deactivate coronavirus, and air-handling-system retrofits will be available soon