Experience the calm and soothing benefits of indoor water fountains and indoor water features your environment. Decades of scientific research reveal that the sound and visual images created by falling water:
When a pebble is tossed into a pond, it creates a ripple effect. That's the goal of The Center for Health Care Design's Pebble Project research program, which was initiated with San Diego Children's Hospital and Health Center in 2000.
By providing examples of healthcare organizations whose facility design has made a difference in the quality of care, the Pebble Project is already creating ripples throughout the healthcare community. Our Pebble Project partners are demonstrating that facility design can:
Do you know about Evidence Based Design?
It is healthcare design that integrates natural elements, such as indoor water fountains and indoor water features with architecture to deliver faster healing results for both the patients and the staff.
An integral part of Evidence Based Design is Natural Therapy. Roger Ulrich, director of the Center for Health Systems and Design at Texas A&M University, performed research that found that in Natural Therapy environments: "blood pressure drops, respiration slows, muscles relax, and moods brighten." The result is a remarkable increase in healing speed.
Now you can use this powerful tool for your own environment. We have both production and custom indoor water features, including wall fountains, floor fountains, marble fountains, slate fountains, and tabletop fountains.
Do you want to create a healthy environment using indoor water features?
We offer high performance indoor water fountains with systems designed to enhance the healing process. Indoor water fountains provide an environment that attracts and kills airborne pathogens and filters and traps dust and dirt particles from the air. Indoor water features can also prevent the growth of molds and other bacteria.
These indoor wall and floor water fountains are equipped with a patented inorganic, anti-microbial coating to inhibit the growth of microbes, interrupt the reproduction of mold, fungus and virus cells and inhibit their metabolism. If bacterial can't grow, it can't live.
Indoor water fountains have been shown to promote health and improve the working environment in hospital and healthcare settings. One fear that lingers, however, is that indoor water features may contain or breed bacteria or other pathogens that could be released into the air.
Dr. Joe Boatman of Quality Environmental Services conducted a study to determine whether the reservoirs of indoor water fountains could remain free of mold and bacteria during operation.
He found that an ultraviolet light sterilization system is a safe and effective way to control bacterial contamination in the indoor water fountains, and an anti-microbial coating on the interior surfaces of the indoor water features prevents the formation of yeast and mold on those surfaces.
The Research
The research methodology was applied to three indoor water features, all containing anti-microbial coatings on the interior surfaces, and identical except that:
The Test Environment
Water samples were collected from the reservoirs of the indoor water fountains at the base of the indoor water features six times over a two week period; three times with the the UV lights off, three times with the UV lights on, always with the anti-microbial coating in place. Each sample was tested for Pseudomonas, Coliform, Total Bacteria, Yeast, and Mold.
Bacteria
The water supplied to the reservoirs of the indoor water fountains at the beginning of the test contained no bacteria. In the week without UV light sterilization, the concentration of total bacteria rose dramatically in all three reservoirs of the indoor water features. At the end of the first week, the UV light sterilization systems were activated in the second and third reservoirs of the indoor water fountains. The concentration of total bacteria in the reservoirs of the indoor water features dropped below the detection limit of one Colony Forming Unit per milliliter (CFU/ml) within two days and remained there until the end of the study. The concentration of total bacteria in the reservoir of the indoor water fountains without UV light stayed high and probably would have gone even higher except bacteria free water was occasionally added to the reservoir of the indoor water fountains to replace the water lost by evaporation.
The results showed that:
Conclusion
As a result of this study we feel confident claiming that:
You can confidently incorporate these indoor waterfall features into your building and know that these indoor water fountains will provide a beautiful and soothing addition, but it will clean the air and keep it clean as well.
The Ancient Chinese Art of Placement
Feng Shui began with the development of agriculture in ancient China. The factors contributing to proper placement come from the geography of the landscape and the flow of life force energy known as Chi which flows through all living things. Chi can guided using physical materials and placement and is especially strong along rivers, streams, and pathways.
The attributes of different energies or Chi are split into five elements. The names given to the five elements, wood, fire, earth, metal and water, symbolize more then just physical substances. We believe in the power of the elements to heal.
Indoor water fountains at Exalted Fountains indicated with the symbol * below have been specifically manufactured for use in evidence based design in healthcare settings. These units are treated with Saniguard®, which is a patented inorganic, anti-microbial coating that inhibits mold, fungus and virus cell reproduction. They also feature a PathoBan AG254 Antimicrobial Cleaning System™ which eliminates bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms and includes the UV light used in the study. Our newest indoor water features were developed to enhance Feng Shui energies in your space. The clean lines on these indoor water fountains coordinate beautifully with many different types of interior decor.
Acero : Stainless Steel *
Cobrizio : Stainless Steel : Copper *
Wall Full Radius Floor Standing * : 
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