Desso , the international carpet manufacturer launches a next-generation carpet that cleans indoor air, one of the most significant health risks of the modern world.
The new carpet from Desso will be particularly welcomed by the world’s estimated 300 million asthma sufferers who are most at risk from poor indoor air quality.
The most important risk factors for developing asthma are a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental exposure to inhaled substances and particles that may provoke allergic reactions or irritate the airways.
According to Health Insite, an Australian Government initiative, over two million Australians have asthma including one in seven primary school-age children, one in eight teenagers and one in nine adults.
Independent Tests
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.
Desso is a leading manufacturer of high quality carpet tiles as well as broadloom carpets and has been in operation for almost 80 years. It has factories in The Netherlands and Belgium, and exports worldwide.
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.
Improving Air Quality
It is estimated that a person with a full-time office job spends an average of 1,800 hours every year in their office.
Among others, the German asthma foundation (DAAB) has for some time advised that the harmful effects of particulate matter can be greatly reduced if carpeting is chosen over hard flooring options.
AirMaster® reduces the incidence of potentially harmful allergy-producing particles by safely trapping and immobilising them, guaranteeing a significant improvement in indoor air quality and lowering the risk of health-related problems.
Based on patented technology, the dust trapping carpet is specially designed to trap a higher percentage of dust particles than conventional carpets and significantly more than hard flooring.
Independent tests** also found that AirMaster® released 80% of trapped dust during vacuum cleaning, a 16% improvement compared to standard carpets making AirMaster carpets better able to restore their dust-trapping capability.
Desso is the world’s only manufacturer to offer a product certified with a Gold logo from GUI, the independent German test institute. The GUI Gold logo is only awarded when dust retention efficiency exceeds 80%.
While AirMaster® finds applications across multiple markets, it will have particular health benefits in various public environments such as hospitals, schools as well as offices where there can be a great deal of human traffic and lots of feet stirring up dust from the floor.
“AirMaster® is a significant step forward from standard carpet in improving interior air quality, and will be welcomed internationally,” said Tony Gloudemans, Desso, Australia and New Zealand.
*Independent tests were carried out by GUI, the German test institute, and based on AirMaster’s performance against standard PVC hard flooring and standard structured loop pile carpet. GUI specialises in assessing air quality, dampness and dust particle count.
By Desso
Sighted www.infolink.com.au, 14 July 2010