Trane System Removes Flu Virus From Filtered Home Air

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Trane System Removes Flu Virus From Filtered Home Air

Trane CleanEffects, a whole-house air filtration system,

removes more than 99% of the common flu, or influenza A virus, from the

filtered air, according to a first-of-its-kind study conducted by researchers

at the Harvard School of

Public Health in collaboration with scientists at Environmental Health and

Engineering Inc. (EH & E).

Because of the similarities among types of influenza viruses, the

researchers also concluded that the system will remove more than 99% of other

forms of the virus, including B, C and avian influenza from the filtered air.

The tests involved releasing the common flu virus into the air inside a test

heating, ventilation and air conditioning duct. The removal efficiency was

calculated from the amount of the virus measured in air samples collected

before and after passing through the Trane CleanEffects System.

“By removing the vast majority of the common flu virus from a

home’s re-circulated air, the average airborne concentration of the virus

in the home is reduced, thereby lowering airborne exposure to the virus for household

occupants,” said Dr. Macintosh, an instructor at the Harvard

Extension School and a principal scientist at EH & E.

Trane is the first manufacturer of whole-house cleaners to receive

certification from the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency that it is in compliance with the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

“In a home with central forced air and a conventional 1-inch filter,

the average virus particle would re-circulate through the home about seven

times before depositing on a surface or being transported outdoors,” said

MacIntosh. “That’s more than enough time to breathe in the virus,

and cleaning the air in your home is an important step to improve the health of

your home environment.”

Dr. a Busse, M.D., an allergy and immunology specialist at the Mount Sinai Medical Center,

said that people with allergies and asthma “are potentially at a greater

risk of catching the airborne flu virus. Additionally, patients with asthma may

have a more severe course of the flu because of their underlying airway damage.

For this reason, we recommend that anyone with asthma take all measures to

prevent acquiring the flu. These test results are very important because they

demonstrate that installing a whole-house air cleaner, such as Trane

CleanEffects, can add another layer of protection against the flu for patients

with allergies and asthma.”

The Trane CleanEffects patented air cleaning technology has the highest

clean air delivery rate in the industry, according to the manufacturer,

eliminating allergens and particles as small as .1 micron, which is 1/1,000th

the diameter of a human hair.

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