Response by Dan Dearden, CAFS – Certified Air Filtration Specialist, Essential Air Products Founder, NovusAer Inventor After 47 years as...

By Dan Dearden, CAFS, Founder, Essential Air Products Homeowners today have more choices than ever when it comes to improving indoor air quality. Two popular categories are: 1. Advanced whole-home air filters (like the NovusAer) 2. Bipolar ionization devices  (such as the iWave by NuShield, Purifi by PurifiLabs, or the DM-2 by GPS) Both claim to “purify” the air—but they do it in very different ways. And those differences matter. Below is a homeowner-friendly breakdown to hel

Response by Tom Dearden, President Everything performs differently in a real home compared to a laboratory. In a lab, every variable is controlled: temperature, airflow, humidity, particle size, particle concentration—everything is set to meet the precise requirements of ASHRAE Standard 52. Below is a photo of the NovusAer undergoing testing at Blue Heaven Technologies. A home, on the other hand, is a beautifully unpredictable environment. Airflow changes constantly. Temperat

By Dan Dearden, CAFS (Certified Air Filtration Specialist) When homeowners begin looking for whole-home air purification, two categories of products usually appear: high-efficiency air filters like the NovusAer , and active chemical purifiers  such as Photocatalytic Oxidizers (PCOs) and Photohydroionizers (PHIs), best known by popular brands like Reme Halo  (RGF) and Air Scrubber (ActivePure/ActiveTek). While all of these devices fall under the general umbrella of “whole-home