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5 TECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH
Indoor Air Quality
Trend #4
Indoor Air Quality Picks Up Pace
As wellness in the home continues
to gain momentum, IAQ purification
is expanding from portable units
to more traditional whole-house
systems and advanced solutions
from emerging manufacturers.
By Robert Archer & Arlen Schweiger
TWO OF THE hottest
categories in the custom
electronics market are lighting
and motorized shades. A
large part of these categories'
growth is fueled by
the wellness benefits these
technologies and products
deliver to homeowners.
Another wellness solution
that offers significant
benefits to homeowners
that integrators can offer is
indoor air quality (IAQ) purification
solutions, which can
range from portable units
to larger industrial-grade to
whole-house systems.
In 2021 Harvard Medical
School released an article,
" Easy Ways to Improve
Indoor Air Quality, " noting
many of the issues that
cause indoor air quality
issues are odorless. The
school offers several suggestions
to solve these issues
that include more frequent
house cleaning sessions,
changing HVAC system
filters more frequently,
opening the windows whenever
possible, and investing
into air purifier solutions -
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where custom integrators
are poised to step in and
impress their customers.
An IAQ Refresher & How
Can Dealers Help?
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) defines
the term indoor air quality
(IAQ) as: " Refers to the air
quality within and around
buildings and structures
as it relates to the health
and comfort of building
concepts. Understanding
and controlling common
pollutants indoors can help
reduce your risk of indoor
health concerns. "
Not surprisingly, there are
products and solutions that
professional integrators can
offer to help their homeowning
clients maximize
their indoor air quality and
consequently, their longterm
health.
Arguably the most overlooked
solution to IAQ is
the use of central vacuum
systems. Amy Wesely,
strategic accounts sales
manager for H-P Products,
tells CE Pro that central
Companies such as Aprilaire (above) and Broan-NuTone
(below) are catering to custom installers with powerful
whole-home air filtration systems.
vacuum systems can serve
homeowners as a primary
weapon against the negative
impact of poor IAQ. H-P's
Chameleon retractable hose
system and Nuera Air's Semi
Integrated Condo Vac were
two examples at CEDIA
Expo 2022 of how CVAC
also stays unobtrusive.
" People don't realize
that central vacuums can
be the homeowners' first
line of defense in improving
their indoor air quality to
the standards they want, "
comments Wesely.
" Consumers believe that
they are cleaning when
they're vacuuming which
most of us, you know
that's why we vacuum, as
we believe we're cleaning
our homes but in reality,
vacuuming with a portable
vacuum cleaner is actually
polluting the indoor air quality
of your home. Even if you
have an air purifier in your
home or an air exchanger,
you're still you're still being
exposed to those particles,
and dust and debris that are
coming out of that vacuum.
For a portable vacuum to
work effectively, the air that
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