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What this does is create the maximum in efficiency of airflow, as well as a significantly longer than average filter life. Commonly, the filters last for five years under normal residential use. For an air purifier to produce the ultimate in clean, healthy air, it must eliminate all gases, submicron particles, and noxious chemicals. In addition, air purifiers should not produce any dangerous byproducts such as ozone.
Austin Air only uses the best, highest quality medical grade HEPA and activated carbon filters. This is the only filter technology is allowed and trusted for use in both hospitals and operating rooms. Unlike ion generators and electrostatic precipitators, none of Austin Air’s cleaners produce any byproducts. Austin Air’s HEPA filters are 99.97 percent efficient at capturing all airborne particles that are as small as 0.3 microns. They are also 95 percent efficient for airborne particles that are small as 0.1 microns. This is truly the most effective particle filter that you can purchase.
All of Austin Air’s activated carbon filters are manufactured to be highly porous, which leaves the surface area of the carbon more exposed which allows it to capture and chemically bind more contaminants like VOCs and noxious gases. Austin Air purifier bodies are all made of solid steel and, as a powder coated, non-toxic paint that is reliable, strong and supplies superior longevity. Because all of these air filters are made of the highest quality and a reliable, every Austin Air purifier comes with a five-year warranty, including a five-year prorated warranty on all filters.
In addition to Austin Air’s exemplary air purifiers, you can also purchase an AirPura air purifier that offers specific purifying qualities for every need. Regardless of your surrounding air, you can choose an Airpura air purifier. Is excellent for people with allergies, to purify tobacco smoke, to eliminate germs, eliminate VOC’s, or an air purifier that provides you with photo catalytic oxidation.
All of Airpura’s air purifiers are extremely simple, powerful, effective and provide the cleanest air possible. Airpura offers the simplest yet most effective airflow, for maximum efficiency and noise reduction. They all come with a powerful, variable speed fan motor, which you can choose the rate at which you clean your air, from a super quiet setting to the premium power filtering setting that provides you with 560 CFM capacity.
2011年6月20日星期一
Contest seeks ideas for $300 houses to shelter world's poor
What started as a theoretical question posed on the obstacles to global housing-for-the-poor has reached fruition as voting closed June 15th on the 300House project. Contestants around the world were challenged to design a house that could be constructed for less than US$300. Prize money of $25,000 was shared among the top sixteen ranked ideas, with two-week prototyping workshops worth $15,000 for the first, second and third designs ranked by the online voting community, and three awarded the Jury Prize.
The problem of housing is one faced by two billion people around the world. Initially a conceptual argument by bloggers Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar, the hypothetical idea of a house constructed for under US$300 received an overwhelming response and they began to bring together a collective of thinkers, designers and investors from around the world. Eventually, with partners Jovoto, a crowd-sourcing forum for sponsored design competitions, and US$25,000 prize money underwritten by international industrial firm Ingersoll Rand, a challenge was thrown down to bring affordable housing to the world's poor.
The detailed briefing was to provide a dwelling that was weather-proof & fire-proof, sustainable, secure, durable (up to fifty years) replicable and dignified, with a guideline cost of $300. The dwelling should be standardized, and yet take into consideration differences in region and available materials. It should therefore also be affordable, and self-improvable. It should be no smaller than 2.2 meters square (23.68 sq ft), with space to sleep and cook, access to light, drinking water and electricity and be secure. Sanitation was not part of the briefing, however, as it was envisaged as part of a centralized communal facility.
The problem of housing is one faced by two billion people around the world. Initially a conceptual argument by bloggers Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar, the hypothetical idea of a house constructed for under US$300 received an overwhelming response and they began to bring together a collective of thinkers, designers and investors from around the world. Eventually, with partners Jovoto, a crowd-sourcing forum for sponsored design competitions, and US$25,000 prize money underwritten by international industrial firm Ingersoll Rand, a challenge was thrown down to bring affordable housing to the world's poor.
The detailed briefing was to provide a dwelling that was weather-proof & fire-proof, sustainable, secure, durable (up to fifty years) replicable and dignified, with a guideline cost of $300. The dwelling should be standardized, and yet take into consideration differences in region and available materials. It should therefore also be affordable, and self-improvable. It should be no smaller than 2.2 meters square (23.68 sq ft), with space to sleep and cook, access to light, drinking water and electricity and be secure. Sanitation was not part of the briefing, however, as it was envisaged as part of a centralized communal facility.
2011年6月15日星期三
Your essential guide to a sneeze-free summer
Summer looks set to sizzle and while that’s more than welcome after months of drizzle, it has a definite downside if you happen to be allergic to pollen.
Hay fever isn’t going away. With a huge 15 million Brits have the condition and numbers are rising. So here’s our 20-point sneezing-survival plan.
1 Spot the hidden symptoms
A blocked, runny or itchy nose, red and itchy, watery eyes, sore throat and headaches can all be tell-tale signs of hay fever. More people are getting hay fever for the first time in middle-age but because of variations in the pollen count, they might not suffer the same symptoms every year.
“People mistakenly believe they have a cold, so treat it inappropriately,” says pollen and allergy expert Professor Jean Emberlin. If any of these symptoms last longer than a couple of weeks, see your pharmacist. But see your GP if you also have asthma as uncontrolled hay fever can make it worse.
2 Let out the smoke
Cigarette smoke – your own or someone else’s – irritates the lining of the nose, eyes, throat and airways, making hay fever worse, so ban it at home.
3 Boost your defences
Pack in the fruit and veg and get plenty of exercise to strengthen your immune system. Allergies like hay fever occur when the immune system gets confused, mistaking a harmless substance like pollen for something harmful, putting it into overdrive.
During this process, your body produces the chemical histamine, which causes the symptoms. Last year’s Hay Fever Health Report carried out by Professor Emberlin’s team found that people who eat healthily and exercise are less likely to suffer severe hay fever symptoms.
4 Nip it in the bud
The earlier you start treatment, the more successful it should be. When hay fever symptoms are in full flow, one in 10 sufferers has difficulty working while a third have problems sleeping, according to Opticrom.
Start with over-the-counter antihistamine nasal sprays and eye drops for mild symptoms. Otherwise, try long-acting, non-drowsy antihistamine pills, such as those with cetirizine or loratadine – save money with non-branded versions.
5 Find the culprit
Once you know which pollen or pollens cause problems, you can try to avoid them. Keep a diary of when and where you get symptoms and match them against a pollen calendar. You can download one for free at www.zirtek.co.uk.
6 Watch what you eat
If you’re allergic to birch pollen, eating uncooked apples and stone fruits can make symptoms worse.
7 Lighten up
The Lumie Haylight (£49.95) is a pocket-sized phototherapy device, which has two tubes that you insert into your nostrils for three minutes, three to four times a day. It emits light that works on the membranes inside the nose, reducing production of histamine. It might sound odd but it doesn’t have side effects and is scientifically proven. Visit www.lumie.com.
8 Put up barriers
There are plenty of barrier balms that trap pollen before it gets into the respiratory system. But Prevalin (£9.22) is a new nasal spray that goes even further. It deactivates the pollen inside the nose, forms a microgel barrier to protect the nasal lining and helps to remove pollen from the nostrils.
In a study, 75% of hay fever sufferers said they preferred Prevalin to their usual treatment. It’s also safe for kids and pregnant women. Visit www.westonsinternet.co.uk.
9 Clear the air
Air purifiers capture pollen grains that are circulating in the air at home. The best are those given Allergy UK’s seal of approval. Visit www.allergyuk.org.
10 Check the count
On high pollen count days, try to stay indoors and, if you go out, wear wrap-around sunglasses to protect your eyes. You can find out the pollen count on weather forecasts.
11 Escape the city
Hay fever symptoms are worse in cities as pollution reacts with the pollen, making it more powerful. Pollen counts are usually lower close to the coast and on higher ground. If you’re going on holiday, pick a low-pollen location with the help of pollen maps. Maps of the UK and Europe, can be downloaded free at www.nasacort.co.uk.
12 Chill out
Stress produces the hormone cortisol, which affects the immune system and prolongs symptoms. The Hay Fever Health Report found seven out of 10 sufferers with high stress suffered severe symptoms.
13 Ignore the old wives’ tales
Many people believe that eating local honey can help. Unfortunately, it turns out it’s a myth. As honey is derived from bee pollination from flowers and most people’s hay fever is triggered by grass or tree pollen, honey might be scrummy, but it will do very little to relieve symptoms.
14 Time it right
Keep windows shut at peak pollen times of day – that’s between 7am and10am and 5pm and 7pm. Try to limit time spent outdoors during those hours if possible.
15 Bin the booze
As well as making you more sensitive to pollen, alcohol is dehydrating, which makes the symptoms seem worse.
Hay fever isn’t going away. With a huge 15 million Brits have the condition and numbers are rising. So here’s our 20-point sneezing-survival plan.
1 Spot the hidden symptoms
A blocked, runny or itchy nose, red and itchy, watery eyes, sore throat and headaches can all be tell-tale signs of hay fever. More people are getting hay fever for the first time in middle-age but because of variations in the pollen count, they might not suffer the same symptoms every year.
“People mistakenly believe they have a cold, so treat it inappropriately,” says pollen and allergy expert Professor Jean Emberlin. If any of these symptoms last longer than a couple of weeks, see your pharmacist. But see your GP if you also have asthma as uncontrolled hay fever can make it worse.
2 Let out the smoke
Cigarette smoke – your own or someone else’s – irritates the lining of the nose, eyes, throat and airways, making hay fever worse, so ban it at home.
3 Boost your defences
Pack in the fruit and veg and get plenty of exercise to strengthen your immune system. Allergies like hay fever occur when the immune system gets confused, mistaking a harmless substance like pollen for something harmful, putting it into overdrive.
During this process, your body produces the chemical histamine, which causes the symptoms. Last year’s Hay Fever Health Report carried out by Professor Emberlin’s team found that people who eat healthily and exercise are less likely to suffer severe hay fever symptoms.
4 Nip it in the bud
The earlier you start treatment, the more successful it should be. When hay fever symptoms are in full flow, one in 10 sufferers has difficulty working while a third have problems sleeping, according to Opticrom.
Start with over-the-counter antihistamine nasal sprays and eye drops for mild symptoms. Otherwise, try long-acting, non-drowsy antihistamine pills, such as those with cetirizine or loratadine – save money with non-branded versions.
5 Find the culprit
Once you know which pollen or pollens cause problems, you can try to avoid them. Keep a diary of when and where you get symptoms and match them against a pollen calendar. You can download one for free at www.zirtek.co.uk.
6 Watch what you eat
If you’re allergic to birch pollen, eating uncooked apples and stone fruits can make symptoms worse.
7 Lighten up
The Lumie Haylight (£49.95) is a pocket-sized phototherapy device, which has two tubes that you insert into your nostrils for three minutes, three to four times a day. It emits light that works on the membranes inside the nose, reducing production of histamine. It might sound odd but it doesn’t have side effects and is scientifically proven. Visit www.lumie.com.
8 Put up barriers
There are plenty of barrier balms that trap pollen before it gets into the respiratory system. But Prevalin (£9.22) is a new nasal spray that goes even further. It deactivates the pollen inside the nose, forms a microgel barrier to protect the nasal lining and helps to remove pollen from the nostrils.
In a study, 75% of hay fever sufferers said they preferred Prevalin to their usual treatment. It’s also safe for kids and pregnant women. Visit www.westonsinternet.co.uk.
9 Clear the air
Air purifiers capture pollen grains that are circulating in the air at home. The best are those given Allergy UK’s seal of approval. Visit www.allergyuk.org.
10 Check the count
On high pollen count days, try to stay indoors and, if you go out, wear wrap-around sunglasses to protect your eyes. You can find out the pollen count on weather forecasts.
11 Escape the city
Hay fever symptoms are worse in cities as pollution reacts with the pollen, making it more powerful. Pollen counts are usually lower close to the coast and on higher ground. If you’re going on holiday, pick a low-pollen location with the help of pollen maps. Maps of the UK and Europe, can be downloaded free at www.nasacort.co.uk.
12 Chill out
Stress produces the hormone cortisol, which affects the immune system and prolongs symptoms. The Hay Fever Health Report found seven out of 10 sufferers with high stress suffered severe symptoms.
13 Ignore the old wives’ tales
Many people believe that eating local honey can help. Unfortunately, it turns out it’s a myth. As honey is derived from bee pollination from flowers and most people’s hay fever is triggered by grass or tree pollen, honey might be scrummy, but it will do very little to relieve symptoms.
14 Time it right
Keep windows shut at peak pollen times of day – that’s between 7am and10am and 5pm and 7pm. Try to limit time spent outdoors during those hours if possible.
15 Bin the booze
As well as making you more sensitive to pollen, alcohol is dehydrating, which makes the symptoms seem worse.
2011年5月22日星期日
The Rust Belt's revival
More than 1,000 applicants began lining up this week outside a former Hoover vacuum plant here in the hopes of joining a surprising trend in this part of the nation's manufacturing heartland: new jobs.
Come June, the plant will be churning out EdenPure space heaters, vacuums, air purifiers and other small appliances once made in China. The turnabout for this factory and scores of others across the long-suffering Rust Belt offers vivid evidence of a budding revival in American manufacturing that has been a key driver of the economic recovery.
The nation's factories have added 250,000 jobs since the beginning of last year -- about 13 percent of what was lost during the recent recession -- marking the first sustained increase in manufacturing employment since 1997.
But the new hiring also reflects another emerging reality of U.S. manufacturing: Many of the jobs don't pay anything close to what they used to. Assembly-line workers who will be making the EdenPure products under the auspices of Suarez Corp. Industries will start at $7.50 an hour.
That's a far cry from the $20 an hour that most workers made with Hoover, which shifted its century-old production lines to Mexico and El Paso, Texas, in 2007 after concluding that it was too expensive to make its products in the industrial Midwest.
"The communities and workers in Ohio have been devastated over the past decade and are grateful for the opportunity to earn a living," said Robert Baugh, executive director of the AFL-CIO's Industrial Union Council. "But this is tempered by reality. One is that the jobs at Suarez, with wages and benefits well below the middle-class ones that were there before, are not a replacement for the ones that left."
The Rust Belt's nascent recovery is being fueled by a host of factors, including a revitalized auto sector, innovations that have made workers more productive and a weakened dollar, which makes American products more appealing for export.
Lower labor costs are also a critical factor. But many of the prospective workers who braved a cold rain Monday outside the old Hoover plant for a shot at a job with benefits did not complain.
Come June, the plant will be churning out EdenPure space heaters, vacuums, air purifiers and other small appliances once made in China. The turnabout for this factory and scores of others across the long-suffering Rust Belt offers vivid evidence of a budding revival in American manufacturing that has been a key driver of the economic recovery.
The nation's factories have added 250,000 jobs since the beginning of last year -- about 13 percent of what was lost during the recent recession -- marking the first sustained increase in manufacturing employment since 1997.
But the new hiring also reflects another emerging reality of U.S. manufacturing: Many of the jobs don't pay anything close to what they used to. Assembly-line workers who will be making the EdenPure products under the auspices of Suarez Corp. Industries will start at $7.50 an hour.
That's a far cry from the $20 an hour that most workers made with Hoover, which shifted its century-old production lines to Mexico and El Paso, Texas, in 2007 after concluding that it was too expensive to make its products in the industrial Midwest.
"The communities and workers in Ohio have been devastated over the past decade and are grateful for the opportunity to earn a living," said Robert Baugh, executive director of the AFL-CIO's Industrial Union Council. "But this is tempered by reality. One is that the jobs at Suarez, with wages and benefits well below the middle-class ones that were there before, are not a replacement for the ones that left."
The Rust Belt's nascent recovery is being fueled by a host of factors, including a revitalized auto sector, innovations that have made workers more productive and a weakened dollar, which makes American products more appealing for export.
Lower labor costs are also a critical factor. But many of the prospective workers who braved a cold rain Monday outside the old Hoover plant for a shot at a job with benefits did not complain.
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