Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

HRV stands for Heat Recovery Ventilator. It is a technology that has been in use for the last forty years worldwide to provide high quality indoor air into buildings for the benefits of the occupants. HRV technology is used for commercial and industrial buildings as well as residential buildings.

All HRV systems generally provide the following:

• fresh air into a building,
• extract stale air from the building,
• filter the fresh air entering the building to remove pollutants,
• recover heat from the stale air using a heat exchange core,
• and transfer the recovered heat to the incoming fresh air.

For more detailed information read Heat Recovery Ventilator

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