Macnica supports the introduction of white LED sterilization lighting "VioClean®" to Osaka Prefectural Minoh Special Needs School - First introduction to a school in Japan, providing a safe and secure space for children -

Macnica (headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Representative Director and President: Kazumasa Hara; hereinafter referred to as Macnica), a total Services & Solutions provider in semiconductors, networks, cybersecurity, and AI/IoT, announces that it has supported the introduction of "VioClean®," a patented white LED disinfecting lighting system manufactured by Gtech Solutions Inc. (headquarters: Taipei City, Taiwan; hereinafter referred to as Gtech), to the Snoezelen classroom at Osaka Prefectural Minoh Special Needs School.

Snoezelen originated in the Netherlands and refers to the activities and philosophy of the Hartenberg Center, a facility for people with intellectual disabilities in the town of Ede. The Snoezelen classroom is a room that emphasizes the senses that combine light, sound, smell, vibration, temperature, and touch. It is spreading around the world as a place to spend precious time by deepening human relationships by sharing.

At Osaka Prefectural Minoh Special Needs School, students and teachers have created a snoezelen classroom together with the support of parents, companies, etc., and it has become a wonderful classroom full of smiles. We are aiming to create a more fulfilling Snoezelen classroom while cooperating with companies that can cooperate in the future. However, the COVID-19, which has no end in sight, has hindered activities in the Snoezelen classroom, where people gather and interact.

Therefore, this time, Osaka Prefectural Minoh Support School introduced LED disinfection lighting "VioClean®" to the snoezelen classroom as part of infectious disease prevention measures to protect the children's educational place.

"VioClean®" is an LED disinfection lighting that uses light technology that is harmless to humans and animals and effective against viruses and bacteria. Because it uses a specific wavelength (405 nm) of normal visible light that is completely harmless to the human body, it is possible to disinfect and inactivate coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and bacteria while using a general lighting method. is. Unlike sterilization lamps that emit ultraviolet rays (UV-C), which require attention to the irradiation time and handling, it can be lit and sterilized 24 hours a day, even in places where an unspecified number of people come and go.

In addition, the biggest feature is that it is possible to irradiate light with a wavelength that has a sterilizing effect while irradiating light of normal lighting. Equipped with the wavelength of light (white) used in normal lighting. As a result, the "white disinfection mode" combines the wavelength of 405 nm light and normal wavelengths that can be used in the same way as normal lighting while disinfecting during the day, and the 405 nm that can disinfect with less electricity at night. It is possible to switch to two modes of "energy-saving sterilization mode" using only the wavelength of light.

At Osaka Prefectural Minoh Support School, when it is used as a snoezelen classroom, it is lit in the "energy-saving disinfection mode" (blue) that does not interfere with the Snoezelen space, and when it is used in other ways, it is lit in the "white disinfection mode" (white). By lighting with , we perform lighting and disinfection according to how the room is used.

"VioClean®" has been introduced in many overseas medical institutions, schools, commercial facilities, homes, etc., and the introduction to Osaka Prefectural Minoh Support School will be the first introduction to a school in Japan.

Macnica uses VioClean® to provide safe and secure spaces in a variety of locations, including medical, welfare, and child care facilities, accommodation facilities, and restaurants. We will work to realize a Sustainable Society and contribute to society by providing solutions that help customers solve their problems.

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