Derek ColeGM, Simmons One Hour Heating & Air · AI HVAC Answers

Banish Germs: The Secret Power of UV Lights for Clean Air! #shorts

21 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this short video, Derek Cole asserts that ultraviolet (UV) lighting is the sole effective method for controlling germs, bacteria, and viruses within HVAC airflow. He explains that these microorganisms cannot survive exposure to UV light, making UV the key tool for air sanitation. Cole also highlights a core industry challenge: air moves through ventilation systems at high speed, which limits the time pathogens are exposed to UV. To achieve disinfection, the UV system must either kill or sufficiently disrupt the pathogens despite the rapid airflow.

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There's only one way to get control of that in your airflow, and it's with UV lights, because UV handles germs, handles bacteria, and handles viruses. None of these can survive when they hit UV. So the challenge in our industry is air is moving pretty fast, uh, when it comes through your system, it's moving very fast, so to control these germs, bacteria, viruses, it needs to either be killed or it needs to be disrupted.