GPS Air has introduced smartIAQ, the first intelligent clean air system that makes achieving ASHRAE's Indoor Air Quality Procedure (IAQP) simple while delivering equipment and energy cost savings.
The system actively monitors and verifies air quality using an integrated solid-state sensor array aligned to ASHRAE 62.1, cleaning air on demand.
Utilising smartIAQ for IAQP also reduces annual energy costs by up to $2 per square foot by lowering the air conditioning and heating loads.
The filtration system, tested to ASHRAE Standards 52.2 and 145.2, lasts for over a year in typical applications.
GPS Air CEO Audwin Cash said the IAQP could be the largest energy savings opportunity being overlooked in buildings today pointing out that smartIAQ cleans air on demand, like motion sensors for electric lighting.
“When contaminant levels are low and rooms are empty, the system automatically enters monitor mode, saving energy and extending filter life,” he said.
“When people enter and the air quality demands it, smartIAQ quietly ramps up and cleans the air supporting confident reduction in costly-to-condition outdoor airflow."
The system uses advanced solid-state sensors to monitor multiple air quality parameters, including TVOCs, CO2, formaldehyde, NOx, and particles (PM1.0, PM2.5, PM4.0, PM10). Operating at whisper-quiet sound levels, smartIAQ integrates seamlessly into any indoor environment while providing comprehensive air cleaning through its integrated filtration and NPBI® technology.
To support implementation, GPS Air has developed the smartIAQ Calculator, built from ASHRAE standards to prove compliance and demonstrate real equipment and energy savings, making the IAQP process as straightforward as the traditional Ventilation Rate Procedure.
Featuring easy-to-select project location and HVAC configuration options, the smartIAQ calculator provides quick compliance checks to the standard while also showing equipment and energy savings estimates for nearly every project type.
This technology represents a significant advancement in achieving the IAQP, which ASHRAE validates as the preferred, more direct approach for indoor air quality in its 62.1-2019 Design Manual.
Cash said smartIAQ takes the complexity and risk out of IAQP implementation while providing additional capacity for air cleaning when parameters like occupancy, outdoor air quality, or infection control requirements change.
The company's patented Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization (NPBI) technology is installed in over 300,000 schools, offices, healthcare facilities, and airports worldwide.