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HOME Ventilation<br />
Guide<br />
Welcome to the Home Ventilating Institute’s<br />
Guide to Home Ventilation<br />
and Indoor Air Quality<br />
The mission of the Home Ventilating Institute (HVI) is to “Advance the Value of<br />
Residential Ventilation for Healthier Living.” The air inside our homes is<br />
almost always significantly more polluted than the air outside. Homes used to<br />
be leaky at great expense for heating and cooling, while allowing ventilation to take<br />
place. With added focus on energy efficiency and comfort, it becomes increasingly<br />
important to “build tight and ventilate right.” Proper mechanical ventilation is necessary<br />
to ensure a healthy environment for the occupants and to protect the building<br />
structure.<br />
HVI, founded in 1955, created the Certified Rating Program to provide a fair and<br />
credible method of comparing ventilation performance and noise levels. Not only are<br />
products HVI-Certified, but a random verification program ensures that those<br />
products perform as advertised. Laboratories, independent from any manufacturer,<br />
perform all testing. HVI Certification is available for a wide range of home ventilating<br />
products including bathroom exhaust fans, kitchen range hoods, heat and energy<br />
recovery ventilators, inline single- and multiport fans, exterior-mounted ventilators,<br />
powered attic ventilators, ridge and other static vents, with new products being<br />
added as the market evolves.<br />
HVI Certified Ratings are trusted and referenced by Energy Star ® ,the American<br />
Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and<br />
building codes across North America. A complete list of HVI-Certified products<br />
and their manufacturers can be found in the Certified Home Ventilating Products<br />
Directory at www.hvi.org.<br />
We hope you find this guide a useful resource for learning more about the wide<br />
range of ventilation products available today, and how you can apply them to create<br />
more comfortable and healthier living environments. Always look for the “HVI-Certified”<br />
label when selecting residential ventilating products.<br />
Peter K. Grinbergs<br />
Chairman of the Board<br />
For more information, contact:<br />
Home Ventilating Institute (HVI)<br />
1000 North Rand Road, Suite 214<br />
Wauconda, IL 60084 USA<br />
Phone: 847/526-2010<br />
Fax: 847/526-3993<br />
e-Mail: hvi@hvi.org<br />
Website: www.hvi.org<br />
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