BUCHAREST, ROMANIA — Disinfection robots, thermal body cameras and virus-killing air-con systems — welcome to the Covid-free office of the future. <br /> <br /> <br />A workplace in Bucharest filled with anti-virus innovations could become the new normal in office design. Here’s how it works: <br /> <br /> <br />The Guardian reports that H3, a large office building in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, features all of the 153 measures of the so-called “Immune” anti-Covid building standard. <br /> <br /> <br />When you enter the building, a flick of the wrist opens the door, after which a thermal body camera scans you for signs of fever. <br /> <br /> <br />If the scanner finds fever, you’ll be whisked to a quarantine room with its own separate air-con and air-purifying systems. <br /> <br /> <br />If you are “green-lighted” by the scanner, you can move to the self-cleaning lift that uses UV lighting to clean the lifts and lift shafts. <br /> <br /> <br />Inside, you’ll find doors fitted with attachments that let you open them with an elbow or lower arm. <br /> <br /> <br />The toilet cubicles are floor to ceiling, enclosing you in your own cubicle with air conditioning. <br /> <br /> <br />At night, a 1.2-meter-tall robot traverses the building, using UV light to disinfect and kill pathogens. <br /> <br /> <br />During the day, virus-killing hydrogen peroxide ions are emitted from strategic points in the ventilation system. <br /> <br /> <br />Because visibility of the measures is so important to the designers, transparent panels have been fitted in the ceilings so that the mechanisms can be seen. <br /> <br /> <br />“The point is to reassure them. We don’t want people to panic,” says Gavin Bonner, one of the main coordinators behind the “Immune” building standard project. <br /> <br /> <br />The project has brought together health professionals, architects, engineers, IT specialists and building managers from around the world to help corporations prepare for post-pandemic life. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
