High-Efficiency Filtration
The air you breathe inside your home could be the most polluted air you breathe all day.
In fact, the EPA has named indoor air pollution as one of the top five environmental risks to public health. With the amount of time spent indoors, it’s no wonder so many people suffer from allergies, asthma and other illnesses.
High-efficiency filtration can help you control the particles that are harming your home and your family, especially when used in conjunction with a particle agglomeration product, such as the GPS Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization System (GPS-NPBI), or the PuriFi System.
A whole-home air filtration product will help you manage your family’s comfort, health and protect your HVAC system. Installed as part of your home’s heating and cooling system, it puts you in complete control of air purity.
How It Works
Removes Pollutants
Protects Your Home
Improve Your Filtration to MERV 13 or Better
In 1987, the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) created the MERV system, whereby all filters have to be tested and are rated with a Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (or MERV rating). MERV ratings are based on how well an air filter traps common airborne pollutants within specific size ranges. Basically the higher the MERV rating, the more efficient the filtration is at capturing smaller particles, and more of those smaller particles. MERV ratings generally range from MERV 1 to MERV 20. Most homes, businesses, and buildings currently utilize only MERV 2 to MERV 8 filtration.
Since the SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 disease appeared on the scene, we are seeing more and more recommendations to move America to utilize MERV 13 filtration as the new minimum standard. Up to MERV 16 filtration is readily available for homes.
MERV 13 filtration when combined with a particle agglomeration product, such as the GPS Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization System (GPS-NPBI), or the PuriFi System air purification technology can control up to 97% of virus and pathogens, and does not include the ionization kills within the space on surfaces. These technologies will operate more efficiently in concert with high efficiency filtration, as smaller particles will agglomerate or congeal to make larger particles, and more easily be captured in the filtration system.
MERV 13 and MERV 16 filtration is much more effective, and recommended to be used (only) in concert with Electronically Commutated Motors (ECM). With EC motors the blower RPM can increase as the filter loads with more and more particulate, to overcome the static pressure increases. In July 2019, the Department of Energy (DoE) enacted the Fan Efficiency Rating (FER) mandating and allowing furnace and air handler manufacturers to only produce equipment utilizing ECM technology.
**Full MERV efficiency charts are available and may be supplied upon request.