Indoor air quality (IAQ) is becoming a bigger worry for people who own homes, especially now that houses are built to be very sealed and energy-saving. Although making a home airtight is good for keeping heat in and lowering energy costs, it also keeps things like pollution, allergens, and dampness inside. This can cause the air to feel stuffy, create breathing problems, and make people more exposed to allergens.

Did you know that we spend a lot of time indoor? And that the air inside buildings can be more polluted than the air outside?

We tend to think that our homes shield us from external pollution. However, authoritative scientific research, including that of ISPRA (the Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research), has shown that this is not the case.

In fact, the air we breathe indoors can be far from healthy, due to external pollution that penetrates inside, as well as internal pollutants that we are often unaware of, both chemical (such as fine particulate matter, ozone, benzene, formaldehyde, radon, carbon dioxide, or nitrogen dioxide) and biological (allergens, dust mites, and mold).

This type of pollution is even more dangerous than outdoor pollution because our homes, increasingly sealed and equipped with high-performance windows and doors, tend to trap and concentrate pollutants.

In addition to atmospheric pollution, there is also noise pollution, caused by annoying noises related to urban traffic, the presence of crowded places, and construction work, which is increasingly frequent in cities and particularly intense during the summer season. Fortunately, a few simple measures, combined with mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, are enough to improve indoor air quality.

How to reduce indoor air pollution in six steps

1. Clean regularly: remove dust from surfaces and floors, especially if you have pets.
2. Less chemicals at home: prefer the use of cleaning products with a low content of harmful substances.
3. No internal pollutants: avoid using candles and do not smoke inside the house.
4. Pay attention to carpets: clean carpets, curtains, and rugs regularly.
5. Green purifies: plants produce oxygen, but their effectiveness in reducing polluted indoor air is controversial.
6. Install an MVHR (Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery) system.

How mechanical ventilation system improves indoor air quality

MVHR (Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery) systems like Octopus help you to improve indoor air quality because:

• constantly and uniformly renew the air inside the home;
• reduce humidity, thus minimizing the risk of mold and condensation formation, protecting the building and prolonging its lifespan;
• filter the outside air, removing impurities;
• heat the air in winter and cool it in summer, recovering 90% of the thermal energy for greater savings. With a single device, you can heat, cool, and achieve improved air quality, all while recovering energy.

Octopus is ideal for apartments, detached houses, and modern villas characterized by high thermal insulation.

It operates continuously at minimum, almost imperceptible speeds, ensuring homogeneous air circulation in all spaces.

In this way, it maintains the desired temperatures and optimal comfort without you noticing its activity. At the same time, it purifies the indoor air by eliminating stale air and preventing the formation of mold. It introduces clean and filtered air from the outside, utilizing the energy contained in the stale air that is expelled.

Octopus adapts to any generator, whether it's a heat pump or a boiler, and can activate a "Booster" function that allows it to reach the required temperatures even in extreme conditions, such as a crowded dining room with numerous guests during a dinner with friends, or upon returning from a long period of absence when it was necessary to turn off the system. Once the required temperature is reached, Octopus will immediately adjust to an imperceptible operation to maintain the comfort temperature.

Octopus System is there, but it is not seen or heard. Its ultra-silent operation, attention to acoustic aspects, both in terms of insulation and technological solutions, allows for noise reduction.

The system is installed entirely in the false ceiling and is therefore able to satisfy even the most demanding architects, occupying reduced spaces thanks to its thickness of only 24 cm.

All the accessories useful for installation are supplied, and the system is managed directly from the two zone controls, which are easy and intuitive, even conveniently from your smartphone thanks to the dedicated app.

The system offers all the necessary air handling components, facilitating installation operations, which are reduced to the assembly of 4 hydraulic connections, condensate drain, and the connection of flexible ducts for air intake and extraction. Octopus: heating, air conditioning, air renewal with energy recovery, all in one product. See Octopus in operation and click here for more information.

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