Air Filtration Systems & Air Purifiers in Charlottesville, VA

What Is an Air Filtration System?

A whole–house air filtration system is an additional air filter—a tightly woven fiber mesh stretched across a frame and installed directly into your ductwork. As air flows through the filter, any contaminants carried with it become snared in the fibers. This is a commonly used method of clearing a home’s air as it doesn’t require any additional energy usage.

As we mentioned above, the air filter that comes standard with your heating and cooling systems isn’t enough to protect your indoor air—in fact, the intended purpose of this air filter is to protect the HVAC units themselves, not your indoor air. Regardless of what type of air filtration system you have, however, an air filter should be changed out every 1–3 months during periods of use.

What is Air Purification All About?

There are a variety of air filtration products on the market, available to residents throughout the Charlottesville, VA area, to rid your home of many contaminants—but not all. You may want to consider an air purifier to protect your home and your health against some stubborn particles such as bacteria and viruses.

• Ionization Purifiers: An ionization purifier is an air purification system that’s often referred to as an electronic purifier. It emits clouds of magnetically charged particles during operation, which give an opposite magnetic charge to the contaminants within your air. When the contaminants enter the purifier, they’re attracted to a metal plate which can then be removed and cleaned.
• UV Air Purifiers: These systems are different in that they don’t impact particles that are already in the air. Instead, they bathe harmful microorganisms such as bacteria, mold, and mildew within your ductwork in a UV light that effectively kills the contaminants. The exposure given from the UV air purifier is harmless to people and pets, but deadly to bacteria.

Aerus AirScrubber Activepure Technology

ActivePure® is an exclusive environmental technology that can solve many everyday indoor air and surface contamination problems. Traditional passive technologies, such as HEPA, use filtration or electrostatic systems, which remove contaminants only if and when they travel through the purification unit. These traditional filtration systems can help reduce air pollution to a degree, but they do not reduce surface contamination at all and do not adequately reduce airborne contaminants. Our proprietary ActivePure® Technology actively targets contaminants in the air and on surfaces, eliminating them on contact.
ActivePure® Technology is derived from NASA Technology as used on the International Space Station. It is the only Certified Space Technology in the world in its class. ActivePure® Technology utilizes a proprietary hydrophilic photo catalytic coating, consisting of non-nano titanium dioxide with a proprietary combination of additional transition elements to enhance efficiency. Activated by a specific wavelength of ultraviolet light, oxygen and humidity are extracted from the air to create a host of powerful oxidizers that target air and surface pollution. These oxidizers are extremely effective at destroying bacteria, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other environmental contaminants. ActivePure Technology does not create harmful chemicals but instead uses oxidizers found naturally occurring in the environment. These oxidizers are not harmful to humans, pets or plants and are complete safe for indoor use.
The key oxidizers created by ActivePure® Technology are the following:

• Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2)
• Hydroxyls (OH-)
• Hydroxyl Radicals (°OH)
• Super Oxides (O2-)

iWave Air Purifiers

The iWave is a needlepoint bipolar ionization generator. As the air flows past the iWave, positive and negative ions actively clean the air to reduce bacteria, viruses, smoke, odor, static electricity, and other airborne particles. As a result of the clean air that is produced, the unit’s coil will also be cleaner. The iWave is validated to meet UL 867 ozone requirements, and is UL and cUL recognized. It produces over 160 million ions/cc per polarity, which is more than any other ionizer product on the market. It features a self-cleaning cycle, alarm notifications, and a flexible design with no replacement parts-no more changing those expensive bulbs found in previous air treatment devices! Reach out to one of our specialists to see if this advanced ionizer is the right fit for your home!