How fresh is your indoor air?

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has listed indoor air quality as one of five top environmental issues. If your home is tightly sealed for energy efficiency, you could be sharing space with unsavory guests:

* fumes from cooking, hobbies and household chemicals
* gases from carpet, furniture and building materials
* dust and dander
* smoke
* plant spores and pollen and more.

Plus, your home's carbon dioxide level could be two to six times higher than the outside air, making you feel sluggish. Uncomfortable. Sleepy.

Out with the old. In with the fresh.

For health and comfort, your home should have one complete fresh air exchange every three hours. In drafty old homes this occurs naturally, as stale air seeps out and fresh air is drawn in. But if your home is tightly weatherized, it can take as long as 10 hours for one air exchange! No wonder building codes are starting to require fresh air ventilators. You drink fresh water. Why not breathe fresh air?

Opening a window is one way to get fresh air. Installing a Perfect Window is a better way.

You can get plenty of fresh air without letting money pour out open windows. All you need is a Honeywell Perfect Window™ fresh air ventilation system.

A wise choice for new homes. A Welcome addition to existing homes.

A Perfect Window fresh air ventilation system can help control the drying out process of a new home, while diluting and expelling noxious gases and fumes from new carpeting, adhesives and stains. The Perfect Window can be a wise choice for existing homes, too. Particularly if the home is tightly sealed. Your contractor will work with you to incorporate a heat recovery ventilator into your new or existing structure.

The Perfect Window Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) and Energy Recovery (ERV). Two fresh ideas from Honeywell.

Choose from two types of ventilation systems depending upon the climate and your individual home needs. Both systems use patented technologies that retain energy used to heat or cool your home. Both allow you to manually or automatically adjust your fresh air flow (talk to your contractor for dehumidistat or fan timer control options). And both provide whisper-quiet ventilation with minimal maintenance.

How it works - inside and out.

The heart of the Perfect Window is a heat transfer core that transfers heating or cooling energy from outgoing to incoming airstreams. In the ERV, both heat and moisture are transferred.

Where it works.

Inside your home a Perfect Window ventilation system can be connected with your heating and cooling system. Or it can be a stand alone system. Your configuration depends on your home and personal needs. For example, you may choose to exhaust stale air from the kitchen, utility rooms, or bathrooms (eliminating the need for noisy ventilation fans) while directing fresh air to bedrooms and living areas. The unit itself is installed in conditioned space such as basements, utility rooms or closets.