Aprilaire Fresh Air Ventilation Product Guide
Fresh Air Ventilation
Product Guide
Aprilaire sets the standard for residential fresh air ventilation with whole-home solutions based on
building and energy codes, geographic climate zones and cost-effective installations.
Trusted Solutions for a Healthy Home®
Aprilaire fresh air ventilation
Aprilaire provides HVAC contractors with a comprehensive lineup of whole-home, fresh air ventilation
products for every geographic climate zone and application. Our expanded lineup features new
products and upgraded controls that make installing and managing ventilation in multiple applications
(single-family, multi-family, light commercial) easier and more eective than ever before.
Comfort and Health
+ “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) studies of human exposure to air pollutants indicate that indoor levels
of pollutants may be two to five times—and occasionally more than 100 times—higher than outdoor levels.”
https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/why-indoor-air-quality-important-schools
+ Whole-home ventilation introduces fresh air into the home to combat these pollutants and prevent stale odors and
stagnant air from impacting the living space of the home.
Efficiency
+ Many successful builders use energy-ecient construction materials to dierentiate their businesses. These tighter-built
homes increase the need for fresh air delivery to the living space.
+ Aprilaire’s new ventilation controller allows for high and low temperature and relative humidity lockouts. Superior control
and operation allow our fresh air ventilators to deliver fresh air eciently and reliably.
Building and Energy Codes
+ Ventilation controller meets ASHRAE 62.2-2010.
+ Fresh air ventilators meet IECC 2012 & 2015 codes and California Energy Commission Title 24.
Ventilation optimized per temperature lockouts and ventilation code
SUMMER DAY
VENTILATION
ON ONOFF
OUTDOOR
TEMPERATURE
Midnight Midnight
TIME OF DAY
Noon
VENTILATION
OUTDOOR
TEMPERATURE
Midnight
TIME OF DAY
OFF OFFON
WINTER DAY
Charts above are for illustration purposes.
Noon
Midnight
Whole-home benefits
of fresh air ventilators
Single-point ventilation is commonly used to remove moisture from specific areas such as
bathrooms. However, exhaust fans and range hoods are not eective in exchanging stale
air throughout the entire home.
Single-point ventilation
is NOT the answer.
“ Exhaust ventilation testing showed lower uniformity of outdoor
air exchange rate between living space zones, and higher
concentrations of particulates, formaldehyde, and other top 20
VOCs than did the supply and balanced ventilation systems.
This showed that single-point exhaust ventilation was inferior
as a whole-home ventilation strategy because the source of
outside air was not directly from outside (much of it came
from the attic), the ventilation air was not distributed, and no
provision existed for air filtration.”
US Department of Energy – Ventilation System Eectiveness
and Tested Indoor Air Quality Impacts – February 2014
BATH FAN WHOLE-HOME VENTILATION
Removes moisture from a specific area
of the home.
Does not deliver fresh outdoor air into the home. Delivers fresh outdoor air into the home.
Homeowner has to manually operate bath fan
to start ventilation.
Does not eectively combat particulates, formaldehyde
and other VOCs in the air.
Ventilation is impacted if bathroom
door is closed.
Removes moisture from the entire home.
Ventilation is set and automated from thermostat
or vent controller.
Eective solution against particulates, formaldehyde
and other VOCs in the air.
Ventilation is not impacted if bathroom
door is closed.
Fresh air delivered through
the HVAC system
When ventilation is a part of a home’s HVAC system, the required amount of fresh air is
delivered to the home at the lowest cost to the consumer. Below are some of the many
advantages that whole-home ventilation provides over single-point ventilation.
WHOLE-HOME COVERAGE
VENTILATED AIR
Aprilaire ventilators utilize existing HVAC ducting systems
to deliver air throughout the home.
AIR PRE-CONDITIONED
CONTROLLED AIR SOURCE
VENTILATED AIR
FROM KNOWN
LOCATION
Outdoor air is delivered from a safe location,
not passing through the walls.
POSITIVE PRESSURE
VENTILATED AIR
Ventilated air is delivered to the air conditioning
evaporator coil to remove moisture.
Positive pressure eliminates safety concerns from combustible
appliances backdrafting and is easy to measure (CFM).
Fresh air ventilation for all applications
Homes with any type of HVAC system can easily be equipped with Aprilaire
fresh air ventilators.
Multiple installation applications, including
+ BASEMENT
+ ATTIC
+ CRAWLSPACE
+ CLOSET
+ GARAGE
Industry-leading ventilation control
The new Aprilaire 8120X Ventilation Control makes every fresh air ventilator ecient and
eective with intelligent operation.
+ Easy, intuitive setup menu helps installers calculate required CFM of fresh air
needed per hour to satisfy ASHRAE Standard 62.2-2010 requirements.
+ Patented control logic uses ASHRAE 62.2 code even with temperature lockouts
in place (ventilator will stay on for longer periods of time to meet requirements
when temperatures are within acceptable range).*†
*Pat. No. 9,874,366 †Also found in 8620, 8620W, 8910, 8910W and 8920W
+ With just the press of a button, raters can easily determine how much
continuous or intermittent CFM is being delivered.
+ Ventilation can be set up with homeowner's comfort in mind by setting high
and low outdoor air temperature lockouts as well as high and low indoor air
relative humidity lockouts.
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