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INDOOR AIR

QUALITY AND

WATER QUALITY

Voltea DiEntry Water
Purification Unit

Voltea’s first residential product, DiEntry, addresses the
major water issues—quality, taste and waste—by using
the company’s trademark Capacitive Deionization
(CapDI) technology to “tune” water to meet the needs
of the homeowner and community without using salt or
chemicals. Designed for households of three or more,
DiEntry and CapDI are also an economical,
environmentally responsible alternative to traditional
technologies such as reverse osmosis.
Panasonic EcoSolutions WhisperFresh With CapDI, water flows between electrodes that
Select Fresh Air Supply Fan remove oppositely charged salts and water hardness,
reducing environmental impact and lowering energy
Panasonic’s WhisperFresh Select supply fan offers builders, remodelers and costs. Its patented “tuning” feature allows water
homeowners a filtered fresh air solution for tightly built, energy-efficient softening to fit specific tastes and preferences, while
homes. The fan can operate as a standalone fresh air supply solution or can be its anti-scaling effect promotes the longevity of
paired with Panasonic’s multi-speed exhaust fans for a whole-house indoor air valuable appliances.
quality (IAQ) solution, bringing fresh, filtered air from outside into the home, and For builders, DiEntry offers a way to provide
exhausting stale, moist, polluted air out of the home to create balanced fundamentally better water flowing into and out of their
ventilation. housing projects. DiEntry is also smaller, and uses and
Equipped with the built-in Pick-A-Flow Airflow Selector, the WhisperFresh wastes less water than other traditional water
Select enables the user to customize the ventilation fan for nine different CFM treatment systems. Its design also makes it easy to
settings (50-60-70-80-90-100-110-130-150), ensuring it meets required comply with current and future sodium chloride
airflow settings with the turn of a dial. The ability to choose the required CFM discharge regulations.
level gives builders and contractors the flexibility and assurance that one fan Homeowners benefit from long-term savings in water
will satisfy a range of ventilation design requirements that meet code and and energy usage as well as being in immediate
perform as promised. The WhisperFresh Select can be used to comply with compliance with community restrictions on water usage
many green building standards, including LEED, ASHRAE 62.2 and California’s and runoff from traditional water-softening systems.
Title 24. Voltea’s patented technology and cross-industry
Additionally, the fan can integrate with central HVAC and enhances ductless impact earned it the Breakthrough Water Technology
systems for maximum IAQ benefit. Whisper Fresh Select was recognized as an Company of the Year Award at the 2018 Global Water
ENERGY STAR Most Efficient product for 2018. Summit in Paris.
For more information: https://bit.ly/2D78cJF For more information: http://voltea.com/products

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