- EcoAir AVS inactivates virus particles using heat
- Traditional purifiers capture, rather than inactivate, harmful microbes
- EcoAir’s claims have been independently verified by a scientific research company.
We’re all familiar with air purifiers, but air care appliance brand EcoAir has apparently gone a step further by launching what it claims is the world’s first air sterilizer. Apparently, the EcoAir Anti-Covid AVS can remove viruses and bacteria, including colds, flu and (you guessed it) Covid, from the air.
Today’s best air purifiers can only capture virus particles, not inactivate them. Is this new approach your new best defense against seasonal insects? I contacted EcoAir co-founder and CEO Noel Fok to find out exactly how it works.
“A virus is not a living organism, so it cannot be killed. However, it can be inactivated or destroyed by exposure to heat,” explains Fok. “The EcoAir AVS air sterilizer eliminates 99.9% of viruses by removing them from the air and passing them through Thermo-Clean technology, which achieves a core temperature more than 200C [392F]inactivating harmful microbes.
He adds: “AVS will kill bacteria because they are a living organism, through the same exposure to Thermo-Clean technology. In both cases, the harmful microbes are disintegrated by heat and are not released back into the air.”
Those claims have been independently tested and verified by MRIGlobal, a research organization focused on health and safety innovations.
Also notable is how quickly this “air sterilizer” works. It can eliminate airborne viruses and bacteria in a single pass and does so virtually instantly, in just 0.01 seconds. MRIGlobal laboratory tests found that EcoAir AVS could inactivate 99.9% of viruses in a 30 m³ room within 90 minutes.
The future of air purifiers?
I also asked Fok to explain more about the benefits of the EcoAir AVS compared to a regular air purifier. “Traditional air purifiers capture microbes and store them by using HEPA filters, which must be changed, resulting in additional expenses,” he told me. “Inactivating the virus destroys it, meaning it cannot infect a living organism and become active, causing disease.”
The EcoAir AVS does not They have a filter, but it is reusable and does not need to be changed as regularly. The nanosilver filter should be washed every two weeks and EcoAir suggests replacing it every year.
There are also other methods of destroying viruses and bacteria, although they are significantly slower than the EcoAir AVS’s 0.01 second process. ION systems take about 30 seconds and UV-C systems take nine seconds, for example.
While the practical results of this device are similar to those of a good air purifier, Fok’s claims that the AVS represents “a breakthrough, not only for EcoAir but for the industry as a whole” may prove accurate. The new process certainly seems more comprehensive and efficient, and it’s also not significantly more expensive than a good air purifier – the EcoAir Anti-Covid AVS is currently available to buy on the EcoAir website, priced at £349.98 ( is currently not available on the market). US or Australia, but that works out to around $430 / AU$700). Could this be the new technology that changes the way we purify the air?
