US Patent Issued to SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY on April 15 for "System for minimizing indoor infection risk and maximizing energy savings" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,432, issued on April 15, was assigned to SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY (Syracuse, N.Y.).

"System for minimizing indoor infection risk and maximizing energy savings" was invented by Bing Dong (Manlius, N.Y.) and Jianshun Zhang (Jamesville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for minimizing indoor infection risk and improving indoor air quality (IAQ) while maximizing energy savings. The system integrates occupancy detection and forecasting, outdoor weather conditions and forecasting, indoor infection risks and air quality modeling, any tunable air filtration, the clean air delivery rate, and any portable air cleaners. The syst...