Guardian Air

Advanced Oxidation Technology

The goal of air purification is to remove contaminants from the air we breathe. Considering we breathe 23,000 times a day and move around 435 cubic feet of air, this is a major concern.

Recently, the EPA and the U.S. Congress declared poor Indoor Air Quality as the biggest single health risk to America. Americans, on the average, spend more than 90% of their time indoors where pollutant levels can be 2-5 times higher than outdoor levels. The air in even the cleanest homes can harbor dust, dirt, pollen, pet dander, mold and other airborne contaminants.

Most colds and viruses are caught indoors by airborne germs. Indoor air pollution, left unchecked, can lead to sick buildings. With today's technology, indoor air pollution is no longer a necessary evil of today's tightly built, energy saving buildings.

Gases and Microbials Indoor air pollution has a wide scope of symptoms, which generally include the following:

Headaches
Memory Loss
Fatigue, Dizziness
Depression
Eye Irritations
Skin Irritations
Asthma Attacks
Sinus Infections
Breathing Problems
Colds, Flu and Viruses

The traditional method of indoor air filtration is to force the room air through an HVAC duct filter, usually consisting of simple fiberglass or open-cell foam fibers, that are capable of removing only particulate matter over 10 microns in size. Microbes and polluting gases pass right through the filter, and the dust and dirt build-up on the filter can act as a breeding ground for bacteria, mold and fungus.

Indoor air pollution consists of three major categories:

Particulates ~ These consist of minute solids drifting in air currents. Particulates consist of dust, dander (skin flakes), soot, pollen, and smoke particles. Size range: .001 to 1,000 microns.
Microbes ~ These are bacteria, germs, viruses, fungi, spores and mold. Size range: .001 to 10 microns.
Gases/Odors ~ Indoor gases, such as benzene, formaldehyde, chloroform, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, etc., are released from furniture, cabinets, carpets, cleaning chemicals, copy machines, insulation, insect sprays, hair sprays, etc. Size range: .0001 to .001 microns.

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Guardian Air does not wait for pollutants to travel through your heating or cooling sysem. Guardian Air is proactive and sends aggressive advanced oxidizers into the room to destroy the pollutants at the source before they can reach your family.

Here's how it works:

When returning air is forced through your HVAC duct system, your EAC and HEPA air cleaners work to capture particules as small as .01 microns. Many odors and gasses are captured by activated carbon filters installed in your system.

But if you want to eliminate the very small micro-organisms that can be a threat to your health, you need Guardian Air's Photohydroionization or PHI technology. Before air is recirculated throughout your home, it passes over the PHI cell. This transforms the air by generating friendly oxidizers that eliminate odors, mold, viruses, bacteria and other pathogens without causing any harm to you or your family. These are called friendly oxidizers because, after making contact and destroying pathogens, they turn back into harmless oxygen and hydrogen.