Europe / USA (July 2010) -A next-generation new carpet has
been launched for commercial use that cleans indoor air, one of the most
significant health risks of the modern world.
The new carpet from DESSO, AirMaster®, is primarily aimed at offices, hospitals,
schools and other public buildings, and will provide important health benefits
that other flooring solutions simply cannot match.
The new carpet from DESSO, the international carpet
manufacturer, will be particularly welcomed by the world’s estimated 300 million
asthma sufferers, who are most at risk from poor indoor air quality. The World
Health Organisation estimates that, in 2005 alone, some 250,000 people died from
asthma worldwide. It remains the most common chronic disease in children, and
its incidence is increasing.
The new carpet significantly reduces the amount of dust
and particulate matter floating in the air. Independent tests have confirmed
that AirMaster® is eight times more effective in capturing and retaining fine
dust than hard flooring – and four times more effective than standard carpeting.
AirMaster® works by reducing the incidence of potentially
harmful allergy-producing particles by safely trapping and immobilising them,
guarantees a significant improvement in indoor air quality, and therefore
reduces the risk of health-related problems. The
carpet is based on patented technology and is specially designed to trap a
higher percentage of dust particles than conventional carpet – and significantly
more than hard flooring.
Independent tests (3) also found that AirMaster® released
80% of trapped dust during vacuum cleaning, a 16% improvement compared to
standard carpet, and therefore better able to restore its dust-trapping
capability. This makes DESSO the world’s only
manufacturer to offer a product certified with a Gold logo from GUI, the
independent German test institute. (4)
While AirMaster® will find applications across multiple
markets, it will have particular health benefits in, for example, hospitals,
schools and offices where there can be a great deal of human traffic, and lots
of feet stirring up dust from the floor. Visit
www.desso.com for further information.
