HOME COMFORT ZONES, INC ANNOUNCES INTEGRATED SUPPORT FOR ASHRAE 62.2 FRESH AIR VENTILATION
Home Comfort Zones’ MyTemp® Now Includes Built-In Support for Important Air Quality Standard
Portland, Ore. – (September 12, 2008) – Home Comfort Zones, Inc., manufacturer of the MyTemp energy management and temperature control system announced integrated support for the fresh air ventilation portions of ASHRAE 62.2.
MyTemp delivers both energy savings and improved comfort by providing room-by-room temperature control for residential forced-air HVAC systems. It saves energy by conditioning occupied rooms only as much as needed and by reducing conditioning in unoccupied rooms. The system is unique because it provides wireless monitoring of the temperature in every room and individually controls the airflow to every vent. MyTemp is designed to work with most HVAC systems and it has specialized control logic for more advanced HVAC configurations.
ASHRAE 62.2 is an air quality standard that is being adopted by many local building codes to improve healthy air quality inside the home. One of the standard’s several requirements is that a minimum amount of fresh outside air is periodically brought into the home throughout the day. With MyTemp’s integrated support for the fresh air requirements of ASHRAE 62.2, the system controls the amount of fresh outside air drawn into the house through a simple electromechanical damper, and mixes it with heating, cooling or circulation cycles to ensure that the fresh air is distributed throughout the home in the most energy efficient way possible. The electromechanical damper is directly controlled by the MyTemp system and the homeowner can adjust the amount of fresh air ventilation using MyTemp’s touch-screen display.
“Modern home construction has made homes more airtight for energy efficiency while architectural features and security concerns discourage opening windows,” said Hal Alles, chief technology officer. “This reduction in natural ventilation causes the accumulation of pollutants and toxins in inside air. A growing body of scientific evidence shows that poor indoor air quality is a significant problem and contributes to a variety of health related issues. Widespread adoption of ASHRAE 62.2 is an important step toward addressing these concerns. Our implementation of fresh air ventilation provides the homeowner with the ability to manage this capability for maximum well-being and energy efficiency.”
"At Air Advice, we recognized an urgent need to identify and eliminate indoor air pollution," added John Skardon, co-founder of Air Advice. "The creation of ASHRAE 62.2 and the introduction of better control systems such as MyTemp are important developments in the movement to improve indoor air quality."
About Home Comfort Zones, Inc.
Home Comfort Zones, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells residential temperature control and energy management systems. MyTemp® began shipping in 2004 and delivers energy savings and improved comfort by providing room-by-room temperature control. MyTemp features a proprietary combination of software, sensors, electronics and mechanics. It can be designed into new homes or easily retrofitted into existing homes with forced-air heating and cooling. For more information about Home Comfort Zones, visit www.homecomfortzones.com. For more information regarding ASHRAE 62.2, visit www.ashrae.org.