“I have three asthmatics children at home,” notes Karen Dowd, “We have been with a lot of challenges over the years. Getting full night’s of sleep for any of us was difficult. It’s especially hard on kids who really need a good night’s rest to function well at school.”
It wasn’t just a question of a restless night; it was numerous trip to the emergency ward when someone had a particularly bad attack. It was happening too often. So Karen did what we all do when presented with a personal health problem: she got on the Internet to look for a solution, researching for 4 years, being asthmatic as well.
What she found was Honeywell’s TrueClean™ Enhanced Whole-House Air Cleaner System. “It is the only system that addressed a whole house solution.”
The problem was that a room air purifier is fine, but you don’t stay in one room all the time. The TrueCLEAN system not only purified the entire home, it has an unsurpassed MERV rating of 15.7. The highest MERV rating possible is 16, so that means it’s about as effective as you can get in trapping particles and bacteria that cause allergies and can cause an asthmatic attack. Just to give you an idea, most of the air filters you get at Lowe’s are rated 4 at most, so if you’ve have a serious health issue, these are next to useless.
While the indoor air quality system solution Karen seemed to have looked good in theory, the ultimate proof was how well it worked in practice. So how soon did she and her family see any change? Literally, overnight.
“The first night we had the system installed, my kids slept through the night,” Karen says. “They woke up the next day feeling better than they had in years.”
She adds, “As a parent, it’s a terrifying feeling a kid that might have an attack, and it might even be serious enough that you wind up in the emergency room. Now, with this system in our house, not only are my kids more comfortable and getting a good night’s sleep, Joe and I can rest easier knowing that they’re sleeping in an indoor environment that’s much healthier for them and our entire family.”
Indeed, the Dowds not only touted the benefits to friends, family and neighbors who has similar issues and concerns about indoor air quality, they decided to start a company devoted exclusively to identifying resolving indoor air quality (IAQ) issues.
“There’s no company in the greater Philadelphia area that offers indoor air quality testing and remediation,” says Joe. “Sure, there are heating and air conditioning contractors that will sell you a filter, or clean the ductwork. And you have to understand and be experienced with HVAC systems. But no one tests the air using scientific instrumentation, and no one has a whole house air cleaning system that removes bacteria and particulates at a level equivalent to hospitals. We installed this system in our own home for the health of our family. We formed TrueCLEANAir™ to help other families enjoy the results we have. There’s really no one else equipped to do it, and I speak from personal experience.”