"We know through research that most people buy portable air cleaners to help alleviate some sort of respiratory issue, this cannot be accomplished with one portable air cleaner for an entire home," said John Frank, product manager for Aprilaire. "In fact, most homes require four or five portable units or more too clean the air throughout the entire home and still don't do as good a job," notes Frank. "When comparing performance, installation and maintenance factors, and overall cost, a whole-home air cleaning solution is ideal for families who want to ensure healthy, clean air in every room and get the best value for their dollar."
Whole-home air cleaners permanently trap the airborne contaminants that can aggravate health and allergy and asthma symptoms. In a recent standard industry test, the Aprilaire 5000 achieved 99 percent efficiency against airborne particles. The unit captures and kills virtually all contaminants including those that most affect personal health-viruses, bacteria, spores and allergens 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Aprilaire also offers homeowners a one-of-a-kind air cleaner control
that allows them to actively clean the air in their entire home based on
personal preference and event triggers:
-- Constant Cleaning: air cleaner is active for 24 hours a day seven days
a week
-- Automatic: air cleaner will run a minimum of 30 minutes per hour
-- Event Clean: air cleaners will run for three hours continuously and
then turn off
-- Allergies: air cleaner will run continuously for 24 hours and then
turn off
Installed next to the thermostat or on the air cleaning unit, the new
control also provides validation the air cleaner is working by indicating
through a sequence of bars that rise when the blo
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