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Ventilation Solutions Exhaust Balanced HEPA + Balanced Ventilation Solutions Exhaust Balanced HEPA + Balanced August 2008 Today’s tightly constructed homes seal in more than you think. Bedroom: Dust and dander on sheets and carpets, CO2, odors, formaldehyde Broan has ventilation options for every home and budget. Attic: Insulation off-gassing, fumes from dry cleaning, fibers,construction dust and other solvents 1. Exhaust: Eliminating or minimizing sources of indoor Expel stale air automatically. Bath ventilation fans that once worked air pollution. Awareness and information are the keys to better independently can now be coordinated in an economical, integrated understanding indoor air quality. Eliminating smoking indoors and system called Broan SmartSense.® regularly cleaning and maintaining your HEPA* filtration equipment Bacteria 2. Balanced: are good first steps to removing contaminants in your home. Bathroom: VOdors,iruses CO2, Blend fresh outside air with indoor air. Step up to Balanced window condensation, mold Intermittent and Whole-house ventilation. Ventilation to replace stale air with fresh, outside air. and mildew, formaldehyde,Fungi Proper ventilation has two main components. Intermittent and aerosol fumes 3. HEPA* + Balanced: ventilation removes pollutants at the source through locally operated Mites bathroom fans and kitchen range hoods. Rapidly eliminating Allergic Rhinitis Blend in fresh outside air and continuously filter. Our best solution and Asthma filters microscopic particles as small as 0.3 microns from incoming humidity and contaminants at the source lessens the possibility of Respiratory dissipation throughout the home. Continuous whole-house ventilation Infections fresh air and indoor air. For comparison, a human hair is 150 continually removes and dilutes pollutants not captured by intermittent Chemical microns thick. Interactions Percent of Relative Humidity ventilation. This constant exchange of fresh air provides for a more Optimum Zone 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 healthy and comfortable home. Ozone Production Bacteria Bacteria Bacteria Filter incoming outside air with a whole-house air cleaning system. Using a HEPA* filtration system with Viruses Viruses Viruses antimicrobial protection will lower the airborne concentration of Fungi Optimum Fungi dust, pollen and other particulates. HEPA* is different from Zone electronic air cleaners that typically produce ozone, which itself is Mites Mites classified as a pollutant. And, portable air cleaners have been cited Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Allergic Rhinitis & Asthma Allergic Rhinitis & Asthma as ineffective by leading consumer safety organizations. Respiratory Infections Respiratory Infections Control indoor humidity. While humidity is not a Chemical Interactions Chemical Interactions pollutant, it can create a range of problems, from health concerns to structural problems. Maintain indoor relative humidity between 40 to Ozone Production Ozone Production 60 percent to minimize mold, mildew and other possible hazards. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Percent of Relative Humidity In the optimum zone of 40%–60% relative humidity, you’ll minimize problems. Kitchen: Cooking pollutants, Living Room: Dust and dander on furniture carbon-monoxide from gas cooktops, waste bin odors, and carpets, CO2 , carpet cleaning fumes and particles, fireplace smoke and ash, and cleaning chemical fumes formaldehyde off-gassing *High Efficiency Particulate Air 2 3 BROAN SMARTSENSE® Broan SmartSense® and ™ Ultra Silent ventilation fans Digital communication over existing power wires Exhaustion of stale air now work together. Power to fan Ventilate your home intelligently. Up to ten fans can be installed on one Broan SmartSense® How does it work? Ventilation System. Broan SmartSense is the smart choice The Broan SmartSense® system monitors and activates Broan to meet ASHRAE Standard 62.2* and other related guidelines Ultra Silent™ fans 24/7 throughout the home. Broan Ultra Silent™ (including building codes derived from the ASHRAE standard). fans operate at a barely audible 0.3 and 0.7 sones, so they are Why do I need to ventilate all day? ideal for any room that might require additional ventilation. Even Proper ventilation exhausts stale air and replaces it with in a bedroom, you’ll never know they’re running. fresh air. This minimizes mold and mildew growth, and helps Broan Use this chart to determine the recommended ™ remove gases and particles not trapped by filtration units. Ultra Silent Fan This automatic ventilation solution reduces indoor pollutants continuous ventilation rate in CFM (Cubic Feet such as household cleaners, VOCs, carbon monoxide, and per Minute) for homes of various sizes. off-gassing formaldehyde from building materials, carpets Number of Bedrooms 0–1 2–3 4–5 and other furnishings. For tightly built homes. < 1500 Exhaust Consider using a Broan Make-up Air Damper to form a 30 45 60 Vent complete balanced ventilation system by linking with Broan SmartSense® ventilation fans and/or select Best® range hoods. 1501 Select range hoods are available ™ to with our LinkLogic enabled Broan residential communications system. ™ 3000 Ultra Silent Installs as easily as an exhaust fan. Fan Simply recess the fan housing in the ceiling, vent with 6" duct 45 60 75 to the outside and connect the power wires. No separate control 3001 Broan SmartSense® wiring is necessary. Then, program the controls to match the size to Exhaust Control Vent of the home. 4500 Home Square Footage 60 75 90 An economic alternative to other systems. 4501 Broan SmartSense® utilizes exhaust ventilation fans normally to installed in the home. It automatically adjusts total run-time 6000 Master Broan based on square footage and number of bedrooms. Broan 75 90 105 SmartSense® Control ® Broan SmartSense controls monitor manual fan operation, and adjust Chart numbers in Cubic Feet per Minute. Ultra Silent™ ventilation time to optimize energy usage. This system is more For more details see ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2004 and 62.2-2004. Fan cost effective and energy efficient than other ventilation Exhaust strategies that require the use of the home’s air handler. With Vent only one fan running at a time, Broan SmartSense® uses less Broan SmartSense® than 40 watts during ventilation cycles. Control Model CFM Dimention SSQTXE080 80 11-3/8 x 10-1/2 x 7-3/4 SSQTXE110 110 11-3/8 x 10-1/2 x 7-3/4 The Master Control monitors and manages the total run time of all Broan SmartSense® uses SmartSense® fans on the LinkLogic,™ a powerful, wireless system. You choose which home control technology powered control is the master. by INSTEON.™ It will interface with other LinkLogic™ enabled Broan SmartSense® is the smart choice to meet products by Broan® or Best.® intermittent and whole-building ventilation requirements of green building programs such as Leadership in Energy Efficient Design (LEED), NAHB Green Building * American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Guidelines and ENERGY STAR Indoor Air Package. standard for ventilation and acceptable indoor air quality for low-rise 4 residential building. 5 BALANCED VENTILATION SYSTEMS Residential balanced ventilation systems introduce fresh air alone, or include Heat Recovery (HRV) or Energy Recovery (ERV) How heat features. Select the unit that best matches the square footage requirements of your home or small office. recovery works. Heat Recovery Ventilators (HRV) reclaim energy from exhausted stale Stale indoor air is routed As incoming air to the heat exchanger to indoor air to temper incoming fresh enters the unit it recover energy before being air—heat is retained during cooler is tempered as it exhausted to the outside. seasons, and removed during passes through a heat exchanger. warmer seasons. These systems capture about 70 percent of the energy already expended to temper Fresh Air introduction up to 2,500 sq. ft.* Heat Recovery up to 3,500 sq. ft.* Heat Recovery up to 7,500 sq. ft.* incoming air. Broan HRV systems Model AE60 Model HRV90H HRV100H for homes up to 4,500 sq. ft.* are designed to be ducted, whole-house solutions. They will HRV200H for homes up to 7,500 sq. ft.* Fresh air systems draw outside air in and Energy Recovery up to 3,500 sq. ft.* meet ventilation needs based on expel stale indoor air. These units may be Model ERV90HC Energy Recovery up to 7,500 sq. ft.* square footage of the structure and installed wherever it is convenient, or where ERV100HC for homes up to 4,500 sq. ft.* For average-size homes, these models maintain recommended air changes ducting to individual rooms is simplified. ERV200HC for homes up to 7,500 sq. ft.* per hour. Refer to the map on The sealed heat exchanger are available with either Heat or Energy page 11 to determine if an HRV does not mix fresh air with Tempered fresh air • 160–185 CFM stale indoor air. may be directed to the Recovery options. For larger homes and small offices, these system is recommended for your • Typically recommended for mild climates Stale indoor air HVAC air handler, or • Up to 96 CFM (see table, page 11) models are available with either Heat or geographic location. is exhausted to ducted directly to • Flexible installation options—install Energy Recovery options. the outside rooms in the home. mounted or suspended from chains • Available with side or top ports • Up to 235 CFM (see table, page 11) • Flexible installation options—install mounted or suspended from chains • Flexible installation options—install mounted or suspended from chains *Dependent on locally-enforced ventilation rate requirements. Light commercial balanced ventilation systems for high-rise dwellings, commercial facilities or offices are available with Heat Recovery (HRV) or Energy Recovery (ERV) features. Now, a single unit can be installed in place of multiple units, reducing installation time and materials, maintenance time and costs, and space requirements.These green solutions capture up to 70% of the heat already paid for and transfers it to the fresh air entering the space. Select the unit that best matches the CFM requirement of your installation and other special needs.
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