by Rebecca Walker — October 28, 2009—Feathered friends wear out their welcome once they start roosting in the rafters above the prepared-foods section at a supermarket, or triggering the automatic doors at a big-box hardware store as they fly above heads of customers and cashiers.
But a new bird-control system from Milwaukee-based Prolitec Inc., a leader in indoor air-quality systems and services, uses natural aromas to make birds head for the exit—for good.
“Because this bird-control system is always on, the birds don’t come back,” said Richard Weening, CEO of Prolitec. “That is a significant breakthrough.”
The system, branded “Avian Plus,” was created by Prolitec’s Aerobiology and Infection-Control Unit. It is available in the United States from Mission View, California-based Bird-B-Gone, Inc. [NEEEL: LINK TO: WWW.BIRDBGONE.COM], a Prolitec distribution partner and leading provider of pest bird deterrents. The new system will be available from Bird-B-Gone’s pest-control clients in approximately 52 metropolitan areas.
Avian Plus uses a proprietary formulation of fragrance and flavor ingredients engineered to be pleasant for humans but unpleasant for birds. Prolitec’s patented “always on” micro-droplet delivery systems ensure continuous bird control by maintaining a minute concentration of the fragrance in the rafters and other locations frequented by pest birds.
The bird fragrance formulations are safe, humane and green, says the company. They contain no ingredients restricted for workplace environments by either the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration or the California Environmental Protection Agency.
Avian Plus is not a pesticide. The ultra-low concentrations of scent needed are less than 1 part-per-million, making it the greenest way to scent a space and remove birds.
Prolitec delivery systems such as the Air/Q 1100 employ patented micro-droplet technology that uses a fraction of the liquid formulation required for more conventional systems. Avian Plus has an on-board computer that enables users to control the scent-effect intensity and daily start and stop times.
Prolitec offers wall-mounted, HVAC-integrated or freestanding Air/Q systems that disperse the scent in spaces as small as a single room and as large as a whole building.
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