Heat Recovery Systems: Are they worth it?
Heat recovery systems are becoming much more popular in all sorts of commercial and domestic settings as they can be responsible for improving the quality of air in your home or office.
By combining existing heat with clean air from outside, it can prove to be a very efficient system. Here, we take a look at how heat recovery systems work and what the benefits might be.
What is a heat recovery system?
Heat recovery ventilation recovers wasted heat from around your home and replaces it with fresh filtered air. It does this by drawing heat from the extracted air and passing it into clean air being filtered in from outside. These two air flows do not use the same pipes in order to avoid any cross contamination.
This is a very important system as it can help to combat problems with excess moisture and stale areas that can cause other issues if they have been left unattended.
It can also be known as Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery (MVHR), which is designed to target problems like condensation and mould by providing a constant ventilation process. These systems work by extracting and cleaning any stale or moist air found in your home and replacing it with fresher air that can improve your indoor air quality.
Indoor air quality
One of the big benefits of a heat recovery system is the improvement it is capable of having on the quality of your air. The air in your home or commercial space can easily be polluted by things like cooking appliances, gas boilers, cleaning products and smoking tobacco as just a few examples.
This can cause a range of respiratory problems for anyone with asthma or other illnesses and can make things like allergies much worse. By ensuring there is a constant flow of warm fresh air, you can maintain a much healthier indoor air quality without losing any heat.
Energy efficiency
By extracting the existing heat from your air and reusing it you can save a fortune on your energy bills as well as reducing your carbon footprint. You will not need to use traditional central heating systems to continually generate new heat, which means you can use your thermostat less and save a lot of money.
Structural improvements
As heat recovery systems can be responsible for removing a lot of moisture and humidity from the air, it can be of great benefit to the building around you.
Humidity and condensation can not only cause health problems, but they can cause massive problems with your walls and structures thanks to problems relating to damp and mould.
By installing a system that can remove this from your indoor air, you can help preserve the life of your home or business for much longer.
Reduction in irritants
As the air in a heat recovery system is filtered throughout the building, you can ensure that irritants like pollen and dust mites are removed.
These are common irritants that are responsible for a lot of allergies as well as respiratory problems and so having a system in place that can ensure your air is cleansed of these pollutants can be hugely beneficial for your health.
Heat recovery systems are effective because they capture the heat that usually becomes lost when air has been exhausted from a building.
This means your home or commercial premises can be much more thermally efficient, which in turn will reduce your energy bills and improve your emissions. Your air will be cleaner, fresher and cheaper all whilst ensuring that your health and your bank balance are improved.
Contact us
Enjoy cleaner air and lower bills! Contact our team and discover the benefits of MVHR systems. Give us a call on 03450179963, or email at sales@chillairconditioning.co.uk. We’ll also aim to provide a competitive quote that meet your budget and needs.
