Goflow is a ventilation technology against the spread of Covid-19 that is as simple as it is smart, according to entrepreneur and inventor Norbert Vroege. By ventilating classrooms and other communal areas in nursing homes, shops, businesses, catering and cultural institutions vertically instead of horizontally, virus spread can be significantly reduced.

According to calculations presented by Goflow, it appears that the simple ventilation technology against Covid-19, vertical ventilation, is still extremely little used. Because in 99 percent of traditional ventilation systems, air is moved horizontally through the room. Front to back or left to right. That means that that air passes everyone in the room. If there are people present who are infected with the coronavirus, there is a good chance they will infect other people through the ventilation. Only in operating rooms is ventilation done vertically, that is, from the ceiling to the floor. Otherwise, patients on the operating table may become infected with viruses or contract infections. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Quest for safe ventilation technology against Covid-19

This year's corona pandemic showed that many buildings and spaces are poorly ventilated, allowing viruses such as Covid-19 to spread more easily. So in May, Vroege began his search for a safer way to ventilate and came up with the idea of vertical ventilation. He and his team developed the Goflow technology within six months. Its systems consist of 90 percent sustainable wood. Royal Mosa, manufacturer of sustainable ceramic tiles, combines the technology with its Cradle to Cradle Silver certified tiles, contributing to improved air quality and healthy indoor climate. Clean filtered outside air is blown in through a ventilating floor with hundreds of small holes. The used indoor air is discharged through a special perforated ceiling and filtered through an air handling unit. In this way, the indoor air is refreshed fifteen times an hour and there is no circulation of contaminated air. The Awair sensor on that cabinet monitors the quality of the indoor environment, which can be read via an app on the phone. The system can be installed in any building within a day.

Sound farm sense

"Just use common farm sense," says Vroege. "All the contaminated air in a room goes back out through the shortest pathway, making the chance of us infecting each other through indoor air virtually nil. This can really start to make a difference." In the Netherlands, Goflow Technology and its partner companies first want to improve ventilation in schools. This often turns out to be poor and many students become infected with Covid-19. The Ministry of Education has therefore allocated 360 million euros to modify ventilation systems. Furthermore, Early wants to start helping nursing homes and care centers.
The inventor would prefer the whole world to start venting vertically. Because Vroege and his team want to keep the focus on developing and sharing the technology, he wants to share the technology with all international parties on socially responsible terms and even give it away for free to governments and organisations in developing countries.

Available to all

Goflow information is available upon registration and accreditation of an interested party. "I think it's important for everyone to have access to this as soon as possible. Therefore, anyone who wants to make the world a better place can request the technology from us and then make it themselves under license," he states.

Learn more about the technology: https://www.goflow-technology.com

Source: https://www.pi-online.nl/actueel/goflow-simpele-ventilatietechnologie-tegen-covid-19/