Hotels, Restaurants, Motels, Bed and Breakfast

Polluted indoor air is a serious environmental health concern as well as an unpleasant experience for those subjected to it, not least when you are paying for the privilege to breathe it.

Hotel rooms, if not properly cleaned and ventilated thoroughly, can hold a number of objectionable odors.

Active Oxygen can eradicate this problem.

A specific problem is when guests have been smoking in a non-smoking room.

Hotels, Restaurants, Motels, Bed and Breakfast, Room Odor Removal:

Active Oxygen generators are particularly used by hotels and restaurants which have high standards of hygiene and health. Hotels and restaurants will find a portable Active Oxygen generator invaluable for performing deodorizing functions where nothing else would work. Active Oxygen units are used for various areas in the hotel including the kitchen, lounge, bars, bathrooms, rest rooms, offices, bedrooms and garbage rooms.  Customers that react negatively with chemical deodorizers will appreciate the "hypo-allergenic" non irritating environment Active Oxygen creates.

Clean-up time for a problem room is shortened with the use of an Active Oxygen generator. Turn a room with a bad odor into a fresh new smelling odor free room often in less than 20-60 minutes! This will allow rooms to be in service much faster. Rooms will stay fresh and customers will appreciate the fresh odor-free room that Active Oxygen creates. Also, use of an Active Oxygen generator, will disinfect the air and surfaces, reducing the risk of bacterial, viral and other infections.   Active Oxygen is proven to be an effective way to reduce room cancellations from odor complaints. 

Housekeeping
Hotels across the world use Active Oxygen for disinfection and odour removal in rooms. The process is simple and straightforward. After cleaning a hotel room the housekeeper places an Active Oxygen generator in the room. The room windows should be closed and the doors to bathrooms should be open. The generator is set to run for about 30 minutes dependant on hotel room size and extent of the problem. The housekeeper leaves the hotel room and the Active Oxygen generator and continues with cleaning the next room. After the set time has lapsed the housekeeper returns and collects the Active Oxygen generator which can then be moved to the next room.

Maintaining hotel rooms in this manner eradicates odors caused through smoking, alcohol spills and even moldy bathroom smells. Active Oxygen retards and even eliminates growth of black mould sometimes found in damp bathrooms. Chemical use is drastically reduced and rooms are left smelling fresh.

In the Hotel Eating area
Active Oxygen can be used in the eating area where diners can be provided with clean air. Active Oxygen assists in the prevention of the spread of airborne viruses like flu and reduces hay fever symptoms. It controls odours and smoke creating a more comfortable environment to dine in.

Air-conditioning duct systems are not only a perfect conduit for the spread of microorganisms, but they are also its source. Their environments are especially conductive to increasing bacteria and moulds. Because they re-circulate large volumes of indoor air, they can transport “system generated” micro-organisms, from room to room and therefore from person to person. Introducing Active Oxygen into the duct helps to prevent this and at the same time uses the vent to distribute the Active Oxygen.

Smoking areas
A pilot study by Eskom's advisory service to the commercial sector revealed two air- cleansing technologies able to assist the hospitality industry in managing  smoking legislation. Results posted in the Engineering magazine showed that, through air curtains and Active Oxygen generators, the level of pollutants in the smoking sections was reduced by an average of a third of the international guideline limits.

With legislation specifying that smokers be separated from non-smokers by a solid partition, occupying no more that 25% of floor space, air quality in such areas is likely to be poor. Traditional air quality-control methods such as chlorine or masking fragrances leave residues or do not actually destroy the tobacco odours and contaminants. Active Oxygen technology is able to oxidize the odours into safe compounds. Once the odours and toxins have been removed, the Active Oxygen molecules decompose back to oxygen. It was found that Active Oxygen dramatically reduced smoke-related pollutants, scaling these down from double the guideline levels to a third below. Organic compounds related to tobacco smoke were reduced to remarkably a tenth of the maximum recommended level. The tests showed that Active Oxygen was successful in reducing environmental tobacco smoke components for non-smokers and smokers alike, thereby increasing the comfort of both smoking and non-smoking patrons of hotels.

In the Hotel Kitchen
The use of Active Oxygen in the hotel kitchen creates a germ free and sanitary environment in which to prepare food. This method is far more effective than conventional cleaning methods as it seeks out all the hard to reach surfaces. By neutralising bacteria, Active Oxygen also kills all odours including stale cooking smells, dustbins and drains. Active Oxygen permeates all the surfaces including cracks and corners and will make your perishables last longer. Active Oxygen will keep your fruit and vegetable storage area free from bacteria which slows their ripening and will also extend the life of meat and eggs substantially. As your hotel kitchen is cleaner and bacteria free, flies and cockroaches are discouraged as they rely on bacteria to survive.

In the Hotel Bar
Active Oxygen neutralizes odours and is especially effective in ridding these areas of cigarette smoke even if it has permeated the furnishings. Another odour which Active Oxygen can help to combat is spilt alcohol. If the generator is left on overnight, it will completely deodorize the hotel bar area and bar furnishings.

In Hotel Toilets
An Active Oxygen generator can be used in a toilet area to sanitize and rid the area of stale musty and urine smells, as it kills mildew and bacteria. Active Oxygen should be used in conjunction with normal cleansing procedures to enhance the disinfecting process. However, it will reduce the need for sanitizers and being a gas, it can reach even the inaccessible areas frequently missed by other cleaning techniques. Active Oxygen is economical to run, requires no chemical consumables and maintenance is minimal.

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