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的清洁技术初创企业，于2019年7月8日注册成立。目前的产品是哨兵，冰箱大小，植物为基础的空气净化器，包括我们的基因增强的黄金Pothos常春藤，杀死病毒的UV-C光技术和超高清数字显示。通过广告收入分成和车队租赁，我们提供和维护空气净化硬件，软件和数据，以便运营商能够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将通过屋顶玻璃容器系统提升The Sentinel的空气净化能力。我们的大规模、基于植物的空气净化系统将自然净化建筑HVAC系统的入站空气。“天篷”的主要好处将是从建筑物的中央空气供应中去除空气中的微观致癌物。通过安全、清洁空气的循环经济，The Canopy将减少每小时必须加热/冷却和过滤的外部空气量。Canopy将改善建筑物整个HVAC系统的健康、安全和能源效率。Origen的研发历史一直专注于确定转基因pothos Ivy的空气过滤能力（Epipremnum aureum）的生物活性，并将其应用于机械生物过滤器的研究进展归纳为以下几个方面：（1）研究与设计;（2）Sentinel的物理构建;（3）转基因pothos ivy的产生;和（4）性能测试。 该项目的重点将是在真实的世界环境中通过测量有毒挥发性有机化合物（VOCs）（如苯、甲苯和氯仿）的去除率进行性能测试和评估。 这将包括一个测试室的设计，以允许选择挥发性有机化合物的吸收研究，使用冠层空气

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