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by throw0101a 1144 days ago
> Reme Halo is what you want. That's what I put in when I installed my ERV.

Please view the video. The interviewee:

> Jeffrey Siegel, Ph.D., is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto and a member of the university’s Building Engineering Research Group. He holds joint appointments at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley as well as a B.Sc. from Swarthmore College. He is fellow of ASHRAE and a member of the Academy of Fellows of ISIAQ. His research interests including healthy and sustainable buildings, ventilation and indoor air quality in residential and commercial buildings, control of indoor particulate matter, the indoor microbiome, and moisture interactions with indoor chemistry and biology. Dr. Siegel is an active member of ISIAQ and ASHRAE and was an associate editor for the journal Building and Environment from 2014-2018. He teaches courses in indoor air quality, sustainable buildings, and sustainable energy systems. Prior to his position at the University of Toronto, Dr. Siegel was an Associate Professor at the University of Texas.

* https://civmin.utoronto.ca/home/about-us/directory/professor...

Peroxide has at best generally been found to useless, and at worst you're introducing active chemistry to your ventilation system (including ozone). If you want to get rid of garbage in your air then (a) exchange it at ASHRAE-recommended volumes, and (b) use high-MERV/HEPA filters.

In wildfire zones and in wildfire season you can perhaps add charcoal filters—if your system is designed to handle the pressure/head loss—to get rid of the smoke-y smells.

There is no need to conduct chemistry experiments on yourself.

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You might actually want to do some research on these first. These have been installed with great success at Chipotle stores, meatpacking plants, hospitals, veterinary hospitals, hotels, schools (Chicago Public Schools 138), universities, Office Depot's corporate HQ, the IRS facility in Austin TX to name a few...
How is that 'great success' measured and verified?