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Executive Summary <br />Siemens Industry, Inc. is proud to present this proposal for an Ionization solution at the Orange County <br />Detention Center. This will proposal will cover the Area 'A" and Area "B' sections served by 8 Aaon RTUs. <br />The technology that we are proposing for this project uses Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization (NPBI)distributed to <br />Siemens by SMP (Sustainability Management Partners).This patented technology creates positive &negative <br />ions delivered via the existing building HVAC system.NPBI is UL 867 and UL 2998 certified to be Ozone-free. <br />Ozone has been linked to health issues and other ionization solutions have been documented to produce Ozone <br />in the production of ions. <br />When properly installed and maintained,NPBI technology can safely clean the air inside commercial and <br />residential buildings by producing an electronic charge in the air stream filled with a high concentration of (+) <br />positive and (-) negative ions.The ions produced travel within the air delivery systems into the occupied <br />spaces,helping to clean the air. <br />This process has been lab tested by the manufacturer against several contaminants commonly found in <br />buildings.Manufacturers third-party lab tests are available upon request. <br />Another way in which ionization works to mitigate the risk of VOCs is the way the positive and negative ions <br />combine with these gaseous contaminants. Ionization can be used to treat air that has a high level of VOCs. <br />Finally, another important way in which ionization treats particles in the air is agglomeration. Through this <br />process the positive and negative ions are attracted to particles and these positive and negative ions attract <br />fine particles to each. This causes fine particles to be enlarged making it harder for them to stay suspended in <br />the air. When ionization is installed upstream of air filters, it allows them to capture these agglomerated <br />particles that might have otherwise passed through the filter. <br />Page 4 of 12 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: EF0EBAEB-5D22-4296-B73B-B19BFA9A921F