The air quality in your home directly influences the health of you and your family, especially if you suffer from asthma or allergy.HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR HOME?Homes that are damp and inadequately ventilated become havens to toxins, pollen, dust mites and mould – all well-known triggers for allergy and respiratory problems. Even with regular cleaning, it’s hard to keep your home healthy if fresh air isn’t circulating.
THE PROBLEM WITH UNCLEAN AIRResearch shows that compounds found in paints, floor adhesives, cleaning products, polishes, room fresheners, fitted carpets and cigarette smoke, all increase the risk of asthma in young children.
House dust is another asthma trigger. It’s a mixture of degrading textiles, skin and hair from pets and humans, pollen and other substances. A damp, poorly ventilated home is also a breeding ground for dust mites, whose airborne waste is a common allergy trigger.
HRV FOR A CLEANER, DRIER HOMEAn ingenious system known as HRV can rid your home of stale air, dust, pollen and pollutants.
Located in your ceiling cavity, this ‘whole home’ ventilation system is effective for both heating and cooling, controlling condensation and purifying the air.
The HRV whole home ventilation system takes outside air and mixes it with the naturally warmer, drier air in your roof cavity.
The air then passes through an F6 deep pleat filter before flowing through your home and purifying the air, on average, more than twice an hour. Using less electricity than an average light bulb, it’s the energy efficient way to dehumidify your home and make it easier to heat.
AIR-TIGHT MODERN HOUSING IS A PROBLEMNew homes in New Zealand are built to be completely weathertight, so that water can’t get in and heat can’t get out.
The problem with this is that condensation builds up. The typical person loses around two litres of moisture to the environment each day. Add to this a damp climate, along with water from cooking, heating and other home appliances, and the result is condensation on the windows, musty smells, mould and mildew.
The ‘toddler zone’, which describes the lower portion of any room, is the dampest, dirtiest area of any house – yet it’s where small children spend their lives.
YEAR-ROUND BENEFITSAir circulation: At full capacity, an HRV system replaces all the air in your house twice an hour.
Air purification: The sophisticated electrostatic filter removes dust, bacteria, pollens, allergens and toxins from the air inside your home.
Free heating: An HRV system takes the free warmer air from your roof cavity, then circulates it throughout your home.
Summer cooling: On muggy summer nights, the roof cavity cools more rapidly than the air in the home. This cooler air is circulated through the home by the HRV system.
Humidity control: Odours and dampness are expelled by the naturally dry purified air entering your home.
Congratulations to the winner of the HRV Home Ventilation System
Sarah Kington, Waikato
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