A new season brings pollen from trees, grass and flowers. Combine this with existing dust mites and mould particles and they can trigger devastating symptoms in people who suffer Asthma and other respiratory illnesses.
The Healthy Home Group, a division of Fletcher Building, offer a range of DVS® ventilation systems, Fujitsu Heat Pumps, Pink® Batts® insulation and DVS® central vacuum units to make the air in your home healthier, drier and more comfortable.
How do our products benefit people with asthma and allergies?
With more than 17 years in business, DVS® is the oldest established home ventilation company in the country. Research from Massey University has proven the DVS® ventilation systems to reduce the mould and fungal spores that can be triggers for people with asthma. In addition, DVS® air filters can virtually eliminate the pollens and other airborne particles and irritants that can be so devastating for people who suffer from respiratory illnesses.
Ventilation of the home with fresh, filtered air is important for the health of any family. However, for people with asthma (who are allergic to the microscopic particles found in the air that we breathe), the benefits are even more important. A DVS® home ventilation system can improve the health of people who suffer asthma and other respiratory illnesses by reducing their exposure to inhaled triggers and irritants. This is achieved in three ways, by:
• Controlling excess moisture and condensation;
• Filtering air that comes into the home from outside (via the roof space);
• Pushing out airborne irritants that originate inside the home.
Controlling excess moisture and condensation
When you control excess moisture and condensation in the home, you significantly reduce two well-known asthma triggers:
Dust mites and their droppings.
Because dust mites thrive in warm, moist places, one of the best ways to protect against this type of allergen is to make the home dry, so that mites cannot survive. But when you consider that showers, cooking and people can produce up to 12 litres of water per day for a typical household, it’s easy to see that it will take more than the occasional opening of a few windows to dry out a home. A DVS is the most effective way to reduce excess water vapour as it continuously pushes out the moisture-laden, stale air, replacing it with fresher, drier air.
Mould, mildew and airborne mould spores.
When condensation and dampness are present, fungal spore counts skyrocket. However, with a DVS at work controlling condensation and excess moisture in the home, the growth of mould and mildew can be halted, and the amount of airborne mould spores greatly reduced as a result.
Filtering air that comes into the home from outside (via the roof space)
This significantly reduces the occupants’ exposure to dust, pollen, plant spores and other inhaled triggers. While such allergens will always be present in fresh, outside air, the DVS uses high quality, internationally rated filters to filter these from the air before it comes into the home.
Therefore, people who are allergic to such triggers can choose to stay inside their DVS-ventilated homes (with windows and external doors closed) significantly reducing their exposure and, subsequently, their symptoms. DVS also offer a Summer Ventilation option which allows cooler, fresher, filtered air (taken from outside, not the roof space) to be circulated through the home both day and night, enabling windows to be kept shut and allergens out.
Pushing out airborne irritants that originate inside the home
This includes tobacco smoke, wood fire smoke, perfumes, paint, common household cleaners, pet dander, formaldehyde from furniture, carpet and building materials, and other chemicals and gases. Ventilating the home with a DVS system ensures that any contaminated air inside the home is continually pushed out (around 16 air changes every 24 hours), and replaced by drier, fresher, filtered air instead.
Finally, some people with asthma find that cold air can trigger an episode of asthma. While the DVS is not a heating system, it can supplement existing home heating by capturing free, solar-heated warm air from the home’s roof space on sunny days.
Portable vacuums can actually pollute more than they clean, exhausting dirt, dust and allergens back into the room being cleaned. With a DVS Central Vacuum System, the allergy-causing dust and debris is extracted through PVC ducting (located in either the walls, roofspace or under floor) to an out-of-the-way dust collector.
And because the motor is permanently located out of sight with the dust collector, the only thing you move around the house is the central vacuum hose, from inlet to inlet - so you won't be restricted by a cumbersome noise appliance and electrical leads.
With motor suction two to three times more powerful than a conventional vacuum cleaner, a five-year warranty (conditions apply) and a large capacity dust collector (less emptying) why wouldn't you choose a DVS Central Vacuum System?
Don't
wait to build your dream home to have a healthy, clean, living
environment - we can install DVS Central Vacuum Systems into both newandexisting homes.
Fujitsu Heat Pumps
A Fujitsu Heat Pump not only saves you on winter heating costs, but will make sure your home is cool and comfortable in summer.
But, importantly for allergy sufferers, Fujitsu has Asthma New Zealand approval for a special plasma filter developed to collect allergens such as minute dust particles, pollen, per fur, mite carcasses and even mould spores from the air.
The result? A clean fresh home with comfortable living all year round.
If you would like to gain more information about DVS products please complete the Contact Us form or call us on 0800 387 387.
