Camfil, one of the world leaders in clean air solutions has entered into an exclusive partnership with ITC Hotels, five-star hotel chain in India to improve the indoor air quality standard inside the hotels. As part of the collaboration, Camfil India, the Indian subsidiary of Sweden based Camfil AB will bring its state of the art technology and high-end filtration systems to ensure that the guest at the ITC hotels breathe the cleanest air to standards prescribed by World Health Organization (WHO). The ongoing project will open its doors with Delhi’s best air quality, this month. A dynamic plaque displaying real time air quality both indoor & outdoor will be placed at the ITC Maurya lobby.
Dipak Haksar, Chief Executive, ITC Hotels & WelcomHotel said, “As part of ITC Hotels Responsible Luxury ethos, luxury experiences are delivered at various touch points of the hotel through various endeavours aimed at guests, associates, community and the environment. ITC Maurya has pioneered many such initiatives, the most recent being to enrich Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) aligned with WHO standards.”
PKSV Sagar, Managing Director, Camfil Air Filtration India said, “We are pleased to announce our partnership with ITC Hotels, a world class hotel group that has consistently lead the way when it comes to sustainability and innovation. With our patented, ISO16890 certified special air filters, we aim to help ITC further add to the guests’ delight as they will experience fresh, crisp & clean air in the properties as prescribed by WHO standards.”
With the completion of this project, ITC Maurya will be the leader and the first Hotel in India in the field of providing superior Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), setting new benchmarks in the Indian and Global hospitality industry. The project took off in April 2016 on (World Earth Day) from ITC Maurya and will be further expanded to other properties across the country.
Indoor Air Quality has a direct correlation to the outside air. Indoor Air can be up to fifty times more polluted than the outdoor air due to dust from human occupancy, carpets, furniture, rugs, curtains, pets, shoes, etc. adding on to the already polluted dust entering into the building systems. Camfil has taken up this challenge to clean up the air quality inside spaces of ITC Maurya. The approach would be two pronged – first to upgrade the existing Air Handling Units with Camfil make ISO16890 certified filters which ensures consistent performance over a lifetime. These filters would have a special mounting mechanism to ensure perfect sealing to avoid outdoor air leaking into the Air handling units. In addition to this, Camfil’s patented technology Air Cleaners, would be installed in each of these air handling unit rooms to further clean the air within by re-circulating the air through these independent units.
