Unclean air conditioning ductwork can pose a safety risk as well as affect the air quality in a building. Traditional air conditioning, ventilation and extract systems will develop a build-up of dirt, debris and grease. This is especially true for systems in areas of high pollution or environments prone to grease such as kitchens.
Ensuring that heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and ducts are clean and in good working order maintains system efficiency. It also ensures adequate levels of indoor air quality are achieved. The main principle behind installing HVAC equipment is to improve indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort levels. However if ducts are not regularly cleaned this can create issues with regards to hygiene, air pollutants and odours.
In addition, unclean air conditioning ducts can also pose a health and safety hazard. The accumulation of debris and grease can be extremely flammable. If ducts are not well maintained this can void insurance policies or result in an increase in premiums. Building managers may also be liable to prosecution.
Ignoring the requirement for ducts to be kept clean is described as a false economy. Ruined interior decoration and air conditioning breakdown are all potential costly outcomes of insufficient duct cleaning.
Making the ducts easily accessible and arranging duct maintenance can consequently be costly and inconvenient.
The Ingenious Air® System provides air conditioning and heating and eliminates the need for all of this hassle and associated costs.
The ducts are self-cleaning.
The manufacturer explains that “by increasing air velocity within the duct to a level 2-3 times that of conventional ducted systems, we eliminate the need to clean ducts: dust and debris is not able to settle within the air duct.”
The photo shows the condition of the inside of an Ingenious Air® duct, 5 years after installation. The unit has been in continuous use in an office and there is no dirt build up. The identification stamp inside is still visible and no dust has settled.
Effortlessly maintaining clean ducts improves indoor air quality and can reduce sickness and absentee costs. There is no need to arrange duct cleaning, which makes duct and building design easier. There is no need for additional building works to install access panels.
