Findings from leading experts on clean air and you
You’ve probably seen a lot of air cleaning technologies currently being advertised
on TV. And what many products claim can be difficult to believe. In fact, a leading
consumer magazine recently challenged the effectiveness of many of these air cleaning
products.
That’s why when we say TRANE CleanEffects™ is the world’s most effective whole-house
air filtration system, we back it up with research from some of the industry’s leading
experts, including professors Dr. Jack McCarthy (read bio)and
Dr. Jack Spengler (read bio) from the Harvard
School of Public Health.
Watch clips from the video below to learn more about what these Harvard experts
have determined about the effectiveness of TRANE CleanEffects.
For Researchers and Engineers
At Trane, we put every one of our products through some of the industry’s most demanding
and exacting tests. So when we claim that TRANE CleanEffects™ is truly a breakthrough
technology for removing up to 99.8% of the particles from your home’s air, we do
so with the backing of testing completed as part of a joint research project between
scientists from the firm Environmental Health & Engineering and the Harvard
School of Public Health.
From the testing materials and methods, to the results and conclusions, if you’d
like to read a copy of the full report, please download the file below.
John D. Spengler, Ph.D. Harvard University School of Public Health
John D. Spengler, Ph.D., is a professor of environmental health and human habitation,
in the exposure, epidemiology and risk program, department of environmental health,
at Harvard University's School of Public Health.
Prof. Spengler has conducted research in the areas of personal monitoring, air pollution
health effects, indoor air pollution and air pollution meteorology. More recently,
he has been involved in research that includes the integration of knowledge about
indoor and outdoor air pollution. Several new efforts are underway to investigate
housing design and its effects on ventilation rates, building materials selection,
energy consumption and total environmental quality in homes.
He serves as an advisor to the World Health Organization on indoor air pollution,
personal exposure and air pollution epidemiology, and he has served as either a
member or consultant on various U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board committees. In 2003,
Prof. Spengler received a Heinz Award for the Environment.
He is co-editor of three books: Indoor Air Quality Handbook, Particles in Our Air:
Concentrations and Health Effects and Indoor Air Pollution: A Health Perspective.
John F. McCarthy, Sc.D., C.I.H. President, Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc.
John McCarthy is President of Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc. (EH&E),
a private engineering consulting firm based in Newton, Massachusetts, specializing
in development and implementation of environmental and occupational management systems.
Dr. McCarthy holds a B.S. in biology from Boston College, an M.S. in industrial
hygiene and environmental health sciences from Harvard University, and an Sc.D.
in environmental science and physiology from Harvard University.
Dr. McCarthy has managed a variety of multidisciplinary studies for hospitals, schools,
and corporations. These investigations have included evaluation of chemical, particulate,
and microbiological contaminants in the environment. Of particular focus has been
health effects related to contaminants, including risk analysis of various hazardous
exposures.
Under Dr. McCarthy's direction, EH&E managed the Building Assessment Survey
and Evaluation, a five-year U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study in which
indoor air quality information was compiled on 100 commercial buildings, creating
a comprehensive database of information that will be used as guidance for further
research. As a continuation of this study, EH&E has assisted EPA with further
study design and data analysis. EH&E implemented a research study to assess
building related asthma under a grant from the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
Dr. McCarthy has authored more than fifty technical papers and book chapters and
co-edited the IAQ Handbook (McGraw-Hill 2000), a comprehensive reference for building
owners and managers regarding indoor environmental concerns. He serves as a consultant
to the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health,
the Energy Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the World Health Organization, and
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. McCarthy chaired IAQ 2004, a joint
ASHRAE/ASHE conference held in Tampa, Florida.
