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Bringing fresh air to the minds of the future ventilation rates.3 Our systems offer a maximum 3,000 CFM with our fresh-air economizer and comply with current ASHRAE standards. MAXAIR offers higher efficiency MERV filters (8-13) which can trap almost everything from mould spores to droplet nuclei (from sneezes). MERV filters act as efficiently as HEPA filters and reduce the amount of contaminants in the air, leading to a healthier student population. The filters require minimal maintenance. Good indoor air quality reduces the symptoms of asthma and allergies, especially in children.
Woodward Hill Elementary in School District No. 36.
Our children are important to both us and the future, as is their education and health. MAXAIR realizes this and has worked with educational facilities for over 10 years to ensure that our children have a learning environment that is comfortable, clean and quiet.
Comfortable A key part of comfort is temperature. If a room is too cold, or too warm, then obviously there will be discomfort. Uncomfortable students have a lower attention span which directly affects their test scores. A study done at the Westview High School, in Portland, Oregon1, indicated that room temperature has a direct impact on student attention-spans. Students who were too warm or too cold scored an average of 16 per cent less on tests than those who were in a climatecontrolled room. MAXAIR HVAC equipment is customdesigned to fit in both new and retrofit50
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ted schools. The MAXAIR unit ventilators have the smallest footprint in the industry, making it easy to adapt units for all classroom sizes. This means that schools with space issues have the opportunity to enhance the learning environment in portable classrooms. The equipment takes up minimal space while providing maximum environmental control. We also offer humidity control that helps improve classroom comfort.
Clean Substandard ventilation can cause serious health problems for children. Many schools ventilation rates are well below the recommended levels. Adequate ventilation in the classroom will lower absentee rates and reduce the transmission of disease. As a result student performance will also improve.2 A 2006 study showed that students in classrooms with a higher fresh-air rate scored an average of 14.5 per cent higher than those in classrooms with lower
Quiet There have been many studies done which show that a quieter classroom leads to higher scholastic achievement. All the studies have shown that excessive background noise interferes with communication and learning. In many classrooms, the HVAC produces up to 65dBA, which is the same volume as a teacher's voice one metre away. Children who sit further than one metre away will hear the HVAC noise better than the lesson.4 Teachers who attempt to be heard above the ambient HVAC noise frequently experience vocal stress and fatigue.5 MAXAIR unit ventilators are specifically designed for applications where low sound-levels are required. Unit classroom acoustics standard ANSI S12.60-2002 specifies that noise levels in core learning spaces should not exceed 35 dBA throughout the room. We have achieved the quietest unit ventilator with a rating of less than NC 30 at two feet away.
