Determination of VOC levels in indoor air and the VOC removal efficiency of a novel botanical biofilter using genetically modified golden pothos ivy

Origen Air是一家位于不列颠哥伦比亚省维多利亚州的清洁技术初创公司，成立于2019年7月8日。目前的产品是Sentinel，一个冰箱大小的植物空气净化器，包括我们的基因增强的Golden Pothos Ivy，杀死病毒的UV-C光技术和超高清数字显示器。通过广告收入分割和车队租赁，我们提供和维护空气净化硬件，软件和数据，以便运营商可以重新灌输品牌信任和消费者信心。该公司即将推出的解决方案“The Canopy”将通过基于屋顶玻璃容器的系统提升哨兵号的空气净化能力。我们的大型植物空气净化系统将自然净化建筑暖通空调系统的入风。“天篷”的主要好处是去除建筑物中央空气供应中空气中的微小致癌物。通过安全、清洁空气的循环经济，Canopy将减少每小时必须加热/冷却和过滤的外部空气量。天篷将改善建筑物整个暖通空调系统的健康、安全和能源效率。Origen进行研发的历史一直专注于确定转基因常春藤（Epipremnum aureum）的空气过滤能力，因此它们在机械生物过滤器中的应用潜力。这方面的进展可归纳为以下几类：(1)研究与设计；(2)哨兵的物理建设；(3)转基因青藤的产生；(4)性能测试。该项目的重点是通过测量有毒挥发性有机化合物（VOCs）如苯、甲苯和氯仿的去除率，在现实环境中进行性能测试和评估。这将包括设计一个测试室，以便使用Canopy空气对选定的挥发性有机化合物进行吸收研究

Origen Air is a Victoria BC based clean tech start-up, incorporated on July 8, 2019. The current product is the Sentinel, a refrigerator sized, plant-based air purifier, including our genetically enhanced Golden Pothos Ivy, virus-killing UV-C light technology and an ultra-high def digital display. Through ad revenue splits and fleet leases, we supply and maintain the air purification hardware, software, and data so that operators can re-instill brand trust and consumer confidence.The company's upcoming solution, The Canopy, will escalate the air purification capacity of The Sentinelthrough roof-top terrarium based systems. Our large-scale, plant-based, air purification system will naturally purify inbound air for building HVAC systems. The primary benefits of The Canopy will be the removal of airborne microscopic carcinogens from a building's central air supply. Through a circular economy of safe,clean air, The Canopy will reduce the quantity of outside air that must be heated / cooled and filtered on an hourly basis. The Canopy will improve the health, safety and energy efficiency of the buildings' entire HVAC systems.Origen's history of carrying out R&D has been focused on determining the air filtering capacity of genetically modified pothos Ivy (Epipremnum aureum) and hence their potential to be used in a mechanical biofilter.Progress on this front can be summarized into the following categories: (1) research and design; (2) physical construction of the Sentinel; (3) the generation of transgenic pothos ivy; and (4) performance testing. Thefocus of this project will be on performance testing and evaluation in a real world environment by measuring the removal rates of toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, toluene, and chloroform. This will include the design of a testing chamber to allow for uptake studies of select VOCs using The Canopy air