There is a battle among pleated HVAC filter manufacturers - MERV-8, MERV-9, and MERV-10 Which is "best" for your facility and how different are these prodcuts really, seeing as not too long ago they were all MERV-6 or 7? Frustratingly with ASHRAE 52.2 and the...
Manufacturing, coating, welding, grinding, and other industrial facilities are used to having dirtier air than office buildings or other commercial buildings, but current regulations and demands of employees have created a need for these facilities to greatly increase air quality. This can getdifficult and expensive...
Warehouses and Manufacturing facilites are often large sprawling buildings that make HVAC expensive and problematic. Most of these facilities utilize unconditioned make-up air units with either a heating coil for winter, or just use supplemental space heaters inside the building. This can lead to air...
ASHRAE 52.2 gave us the Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) for air filters, creating a 16-point chart that tells us what percentage of particles in a certain size range will be removed by a filter. This system was an improvement when it was introduced in...
Since air filters made their way into HVAC systems, there have been different housing and frame systems to hold those air filters in place. Each manufacturer wanted to create their own housing so you would be tied into their filters, or buy replacement parts through the OEM....
HVAC air filter frame systems are needed to hold the filter in place while air races through the air handler. Depending on what type of air filter you need to have it will impact the filter frame system you'll need. Though most frames themselves are universal...
Hospitals present one of the most unique and challanging buildings for Air Filter experts. This is due to the diversity of spaces and the varying requirements and regulations of each of them, from store rooms/closets, to general paitenet care and exam rooms, to surgical operating rooms, and...
If you are looking for a reusable air filter option, then the electrostatic air filter may be exactly what you're looking for. These privide a washable air filter option that has low airflow resistence and high arrestance/particle capture. There have been several types of electrostatic filters over...
Keeping condensing and cooling coils clean increases their efficiency by 15%-30% depending on what research paper you read. The problem with most of these coils is they are difficult to get at or inside the AHU and require shutting the system down - which may...
Corrosive Environments require specialty air filters to properly offer corrosion control; however most air filter suppliers are too eager to sell a filter without doing the proper site evaluation or invest in the needed capabilities to create the optimal filtration for a variety of applications....