Protect your tenants and occupants from Legionella exposure in your commercial facilities with Copper Silver Ionization solutions by CSIDefender®.

With hundreds or thousands of occupants, the solution you choose must be powerful enough to work across the building’s entire potable water network, while being cost-effective, energy efficient, and reliable. Copper Silver Ionization (CSI) solutions from CSIDefender® helps you comply with ASHRAE 188 Legionella Prevention Standards when secondary potable water treatment is recommended by risk assessors to prevent the spread of Legionella bacteria.

Reduce the Risk of an Outbreak with Copper Silver Ionization Technologies

Legionella bacteria lurks in building water systems and can lead to infection in schools, community centers, commercial facilities, and other institutions. Any outbreak can lead to potential deaths, facility shut down, government public health investigations, litigation, potential criminal charges, and a public relations nightmare. Instead of waiting, building owners and managers can take a proactive approach and mitigate the Legionella exposure risk with CSIDefender® copper silver ionization solutions.

By releasing positively charged copper (Cu+2) and silver (Ag+) ions into the potable water, either directly at the Point-of-Entry (POE) or in the Domestic Hot Water (DHW) loop, CSI technology is proven and recognized for the control of Legionella growth by saturating the biofilm where it grows. The result is safe potable water for tenants and support personnel.

Choose the Proven CSIDefender® for Your Commercial Facility

CSIDefender® has been trusted for commercial water treatment against legionella bacteria for almost 20 years. With a 10 year limited warranty and a proven track record of performance, you can be confident knowing you’re getting a long term solution that is safer, more reliable, fully automated, and more environmentally friendly than other treatment methods.

Benefits of CSIDefender®

CSIDefender® is fully automated, provides a relatively smaller footprint and easy to install in new or existing commercial facilities to prevent the growth of legionella. With no on-site chemical storage requirements, Copper Silver Ionization solutions have a lower technological footprint than chlorine or chlorine dioxide alternatives while producing no dangerous chemical by-products. Boasting a 99.99% uptime and minimal monthly preventative maintenance requirements, the CSIDefender® is the right choice for building owners.

Thermal-eradication and chemical treatments are known to be resource, energy, and labor-intensive processes. Compared to these costly methods, CSIDefender® provides a safer facility environment, decreases the relative cost of legionella prevention by up to 66%, and lowers other related risks associated with an outbreak, such as litigation and compliance with ASHRAE 188 Legionella Prevention Standards when recommended.

Most CSI technologies available on the market are low powered, have practically no automation processes, include small electrodes and are intended for swimming pools or other applications with relatively low or no daily water turn over. CSIDefender® solutions are engineered for a wide range of daily water loads, from small facilities to the largest buildings, and can satisfy the needs of thousands of occupants. With over 46 controllers to choose from to meet your specific needs, a single fully automated unit is often enough for the entire water distribution system. And while other traditional techniques, such as Thermal-eradication or chemical treatments, only provide between 3-6 weeks residual benefits, CSIDefender® provides a continuous, long term treatment that ensures your tenants are never at risk from legionella bacteria exposure.

Commercial buildings are normally required to deliver hot water at 120°F for normal domestic use, but one of the most common ways to kill legionella is to heat the water to 140°F or higher. Not only does this increase the risk of potential scalding, it also creates a tremendous amount of wasted energy and can potentially damage plumbing fixtures. When cold water is blended back in to lower the DHW temperature with mixing valves, cross contamination of the previously heated water occurs and Legionella returns in the DHW, rendering the treatment ineffective.

Chemical treatments, on the other hand, can lead to dangerous by-products and are very resource intensive. As buildings are becoming more sustainable and energy conscious, these solutions are no longer viable. CSIDefender® solutions lower energy requirements associated with traditional hot water treatments, require less supervision and maintenance, and produce no chemical by-products, making them a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative.

Building owners and managers in commercial facilities, schools, community centers, and office buildings have trusted the CSIDefender® for almost 20 years in hundreds of locations across North America and the world.

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YMCA - Sports CenterWichita KS, USA

This YMCA is a new, LEED certified facility located in downtown Wichita. The facility houses the organization’s corporate offices as well as a new state of the art work-out and activity facility, and is expected to serve 30,000 people throughout the area. To handle this load, one powerful CSI-E2FS (1 controller, 2 cells, 25 amps) commercial grade ion generator was installed in the new facility.

CSIDefender® Solution Installed:
Model No
CSI-E2FS (1 unit / 2 cells)
Capacity
50,000 GPD / 200M3D
Application
DHW zone
Contruction
New – MEP - Specified
Amperage
20 amps

Future Schools ProgramAbu Dhabi & Al Ain, UAE

The project comprised of 3 Kindergarten Schools (54 total units) of similar designs in Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Island Kindergarten, Al Shawamekh Kindergarten and Al Rahba Kindergarten. All Kindergartens are ground floor only and accommodate approximately 360 students within 18 classrooms. The gross floor area (GFA) of each of these kindergartens is approximately 5,000 square meters and each was handed over within a fast-track period of 8 months. The buildings have achieved two Pearls Estidama Ratings and will also include CCTV security systems, PA/Music systems and the BMS system in addition to other MEP service requirements such as the fire alarm and firefighting equipment as prescribed by the prevailing government codes. Each building installed one CSI-E1FS unit with one chamber cell to prevent the growth of Legionella bacteria.

CSIDefender® Solution Installed:
Model No
54 x CSI-E1FS (54 locations / 54 units / 54 cells)
Capacity
25,000 GPD / 100M3 per day
Application
100% Potable Water (Tank to Tank) 3 locations
Construction
New – MEP - Specified
Amperage
15 amps each location

UAE - Presidential PalaceAbu Dhabi, UAE

The new Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi will take its place as a prominent statement of pride and a symbol of leadership within the UAE and the GCC. The Palace will house the offices of The President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, The Vice President His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and The Crown Prince His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. A total of 56 controllers with 208 chamber cells were installed at the point-of-entry (POE) to prevent the growth of Legionella bacteria.

CSIDefender® Solution Installed:
Model No
CSI-E1, E2, E3, E6, E8 and E12 (Total of 56 controllers, 208 cells)
Capacity
25,000 GPD / 100M3D up to 300,000 GPD / 1,200 M3D
Application
POE x 56 (In-Line)
Construction
New – MEP - Specified
Amperage
Range from 10 amps to 120 amps per CSI-controller

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