Natural Power!

The sun is the only source of light that illuminates our planet and ensures the continuity of life. All living beings need light from the sun. Our nature and ecosystem survive with the sunlight and the vivacity continues. Moreover, we can generate electricity from the sun in today’s world!

While the majority of the sunlight that reaches our planet is beneficial to light, some harmful sunlight reaches the surface in certain periods of summer. The older individuals warn us about heatstroke and the experts warn us not to spend too much time out in the sun in the afternoon. ​

Also, the experts recommend using UV-protective sunscreen while sunbathing at the seaside. This light that reaches the surface of our planet is called UV. We cannot see this light with our own eyes and it is harmful to stay too long without protection.

These rays are not just harmful to human health but also prevent microbe, bacteria and virus survival on the planet. We almost never see flu or cold during summer and these diseases have a low spread rate in these months.

With today’s technology, it is easy to follow the weather with our smartphones. These weather apps share the UV intensity every day as UV INDEX. You can check the UV Index every day and protect yourself from the harmful effects of the sun.

UV light has 3 different wavelengths.

  • UVA : This is between 400 and 315 nm. This is not filtered by the ozone layer and reaches our planet. UV-A rays directly penetrate under the skin and these sun rays can cause cataracts and cancer.
  • UVB : This is between 315 and 280 nm. The majority of these rays are filtered by the ozone layer. These rays can cause sunburn and skin cancer if subjected to long-term. UVB wavelength was efficient against certain bacteria types.
  • UVC : This is between 280 and 100nm. These rays are entirely filtered by the ozone layer and don’t reach the surface. It is known that these rays damage DNA and RNA structures in the cells. Eye experiences the highest damage and high doses should be avoided. In the most traditional sense, this is called the antiseptic UV light that can kill bacteria, viruses, mold and fungus.​

UVC is the most dangerous UV ray. Since this sunray doesn’t reach the surface, it doesn’t pose a serious threat for us. If it had reached the surface like the other ones, none of the microorganisms can survive on the planet and life would be annihilated.

Downes & Blunt discovered the antibacterial effects of sunlight around 140 years ago and since that day forward, sunlight is imitated in various fields and used as the natural antibacterial in the medical sector. Today, the short wavelengths of sunlight (UV) are effectively used to neutralize microbe and bacteria. UVC disinfection is proved to handle real microbial safety without changing the odor or taste and it continues to be the only practical and affordable solution.

With the advancement of technology, special-purpose conventional UV-C lamps, low-pressure mercury lamps (fluorescent) and high-pressure mercury lamps were developed to use the microbe killing effect of the UV-C rays in any place we want. UV-C rays emitted from the lamps damage the DNA and RNA of the microorganisms in seconds and eliminate their reproduction and colony-forming abilities. Today, antibiotic-resistant microorganisms including viruses and bacteria are vulnerable to UV-C rays.

UV-C lamps are frequently used in the medical field for long years and even today to disinfect the air, water and surfaces. However, these products are now replaced with LED illumination technology due to short lifecycle, decreased efficiency over time, high maintenance and replacement costs.

Key Benefits to Use Light in Sterilization

  • Environmentally Friendly​
  • No Chemicals​
  • Affordable (compared to chemical applications)​
  • Kills fast – in seconds​
  • Microbial cells cannot develop resistance against this technology.​
  • The ability to safely distribute to kill bacteria, mold, fungus and even viruses is proven.

UV spectrum (“microbe killing” range) is in the range absorbed by the DNA (RNA for some viruses) for water, air and surface disinfection. This antiseptic range is approximately 200-300.” 264nm wavelength was accepted as the optimum level by the International Ultraviolet Association since it is at the peak of the DNA absorption curve.

From the start of UV light usage until today, UV mercury lamps were the only options to obtain UV light and were accepted as the best option for disinfection and sterilization. These are replaced by UV LEDs as the LED technology develops. UV LEDs offer smaller, more durable, toxin-free, long lifecycle, energy-saving and infinite on/off options.

Steriled products use innovative UV LED technology and fight against COVID-19 that entered our life in 2019 to disinfect the air, water and surfaces with sunlight which is our biggest weapon without damaging human health. Our presence sensors (automatic turn-off with motion/presence detection) integrated into UV-C LED Fluorescent products for air, water and surface disinfection ensure disinfection without damaging humans.

Steriled not only fights against COVID-19. All of the UV-C tests until today showed that UV-C rays are effective on all bacteria and viruses (including various coronaviruses). The UV-C LEDs in our products have high performance and the effectiveness against COVID-19 as well as numerous other viruses are proven in 264nm wavelength.

The quality of the air we breathe in and the water we drink and the cleanness of the surfaces have an important impact on our health and future. We all have the risk to catch or spreading viruses or bacteria in crowded public spaces such as offices, factories, shops, cafes, bars, restaurants, schools, museums and public transportation. All of these spaces will continue to pose a threat if regular air/surface disinfection is not applied. Steriled uses the power of sunlight in all closed spaces without sunlight to neutralize microorganisms and decrease the virus and bacteria spread and contagion risk with a wide application range.

We need to be careful about Hygiene – Distance – Mask rules until this highly contagious COVID-19 is gone from our lives. We need to follow the warnings from the health institutions. ​

The better days are about to come.