Fight indoor pollution with air exchange thanks to Controlled Ventilation

The latest generation of windows and doors are designed to achieve maximum thermal insulation and make our home a virtually airtight shell. This allows us to obtain a significant reduction in energy costs and environmental emissions due to heating or cooling systems, and an improvement in sound insulation.

However, this insulating envelope does not allow for optimal air recirculation for our health. The drafts that you had with the old windows, paradoxically served to provide some air change. So if we don't open our windows often, our thermal insulation risks becoming detrimental to our health.

Controlled Ventilation systems for windows and doors are designed to provide a well-ventilated home without sacrificing thermal and acoustic insulation. By choosing these solutions you will be sure to live in healthy and dehumidified environments, with a temperature always pleasant and with low air conditioning costs.

Controlled Ventilation Systems: a solution for the health of your home and family

The theme of air recirculation to improve the healthiness of environments is central in this period that we are living with the pandemic of Covid-19: during periods of health emergency, one of the recommendations that institutions have done more often was to open the windows to facilitate air exchange and decrease the risk of contagion. This good practice has always been valid even for seasonal peaks of flu.

Ventilation in indoor spaces is therefore above all a question of health, but not only. Another aspect to consider is related to consumption and environmental impact. During the cold months, in fact, people tend to avoid opening windows because the heat exchange between inside and outside would disperse heat, with the consequent increase in energy consumption to return to the desired temperature.

A solution that allows you to have the house always ventilated and at the same time to contain consumption (doing a favor to your wallet and the environment) are the windows with controlled ventilation.

Controlled Mechanical Ventilation: Pros and Cons

One of the parameters for evaluating living comfort is air quality: the "cleaner" the oxygen inside the house, the greater the well-being of the people who live there. Why is the ventilation of home environments so important?

Controlled Mechanical Ventilation: Pros and Cons

• High-performance insulating windows and doors have the disadvantage of "sealing" the house, and to overcome the lack of air exchange, integrated controlled ventilation may be the solution.
• With controlled ventilation, you get efficient air recirculation with heat recovery (outflow of stale air and inlet of clean, warm air).
• Opening windows to exchange air is disadvantageous for sustainability because there is high heat loss, which consequently leads to an increase in consumption, with the VMC this problem is no longer there, you can save on consumption up to 80%.
• Reduces rates of CO2 and pollutants such as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs).
• It regulates the humidity level in the air, keeps it within the standard percentage between 40% and 60% and avoids the proliferation of mold in rooms such as bathrooms and kitchens.
• It mitigates allergic reactions during the spring pollen season because you avoid gaping windows.
• Healthy, clean air, the VMC diminishes the possibility of airborne transmission of pathogens such as viruses and bacteria.

The different Controlled Ventilation systems: how to choose those best suited to your needs

Controlled ventilation systems are designed to overcome the problem of lack of air recirculation in the absence of open windows. The air we breathe in the house in the long run is loaded with harmful substances from radiators, gas or chemicals used for cleaning. Airing the rooms by opening the windows, especially if the day is warm and sunny, is always an excellent practice. Today, however, it is possible to integrate windows and doors with ventilation systems designed precisely to provide a constant exchange of air. In winter or even without the need to keep windows open, controlled ventilation systems allow you to always breathe clean air in your home. But how are these ventilation systems made?

If the renovation work involves the replacement of windows and doors without invasive masonry work, the solutions can be Schuco ventilation systems or Alpac boxes with integrated VMC. All models do not require invasive masonry work and are:

• They can be discreetly integrated into the frame and are invisible from both the inside and the outside.
• Windproof and rainproof.
• Thermally insulating (with up to 80% heat recovery).
• Acoustically insulating (especially VentoFrame Asonic, also suitable for workplaces).

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If, on the other hand, invasive masonry work is envisaged, the entire window cage can be replaced with an Alpac monoblock that can be decentralized with one motor per window or with a centralized motor for the entire house that operates the entire ventilation system.

• Equipped with anti-dust filters as standard, the VMC machines designed by Alpac allow for the constant and continuous renewal and purification of indoor air, for a healthier environment.
• They feature a double cross-flow countercurrent enthalpy heat exchanger that allows the heat contained in the outgoing air to be recovered and used to heat the incoming air.
• an innovative solution to transform window holes into structures capable of constantly renewing indoor air.
• Alpac's decentralized VMC system makes it possible to avoid ducting and cumbersome centralized systems.