Lunos e2 units where installed to bring Heat Recovery Ventilation to individual rooms at the Lister Centre Student Residence, University of Alberta, Edmonton. The redevelopment project consists of the modernization of the Kelsey, Mackenzie and Henday Hall which includes the modernization of suites, and common spaces in the tower (such as common areas, study, ktichen, gym). Building will also be upgrading to improve systems involved with heating, lighting, fire suppression and ventilation with heat recovery where a pair of Lunos e2 where used per suite.

Smoke from forest fires or grass fires is one of the most serious air quality problems for Canadians. All provinces and territories can be affected. During the wildfire season (early April to late October), fire can sweep through Canada’s forests and grasslands, producing dense smoke that can be a major source of toxic air pollutants. Fine particles in the smoke can penetrate deep into the lungs and can lead to serious health effects, particularly for small children, pregnant women, the elderly, and those with lung and heart conditions. 

Introducing the Lunos MERV 10 Electrostatic Filter

While improving indoor air quality during extreme wild fire conditions is challenging, Lunos Ventilation Systems with the Lunos MERV 10 Electrostatic Filter can improve the quality of your inlet air. 

Medium-MERV filters, according to the EPA, “are likely to be nearly as effective as true HEPA filters” at controlling most airborne indoor particles.

MERV stands for minimum efficiency reporting value, and is a measure of how well a central-air filter removes particulates from the air. Medium-MERV filters provide much more filtration than the basic MERV 1–4 filters that come standard with central-air systems,

Wildfire smoke predominantly consists of fine particles in the 0.4 to 0.7 micron range. The Lunos Electrostatic Filters are exceptionally good at removing particles of that size from the air. 

Smoky conditions will clog the filters in as little as half the recommended replacement cycle (usually three months), so we suggest simply vacuuming  the filters (do not wash) once the fire season is over. 

Cold Climate Tiny House Construction

Version.3 is the latest tiny house built by Leaf House Small Space Design & Build, a tiny house company based in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Design as a case study for cold climate tiny house construction. Version.3 features a number of innovations unique to the challenges faced by -50°C weather.

Version.3 is one of the first tiny houses to feature a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) and the first to test the Lunos e2 HRV in North America. HRVs are an essential feature of cold climate tiny house construction, and Lunos e2 is one of the first commercially available HRVs suitable to tiny house construction.

The Lunos e2 system was chosen by the Canadian Science and Technology Museum in their tiny house installation.

Tiny House

The museum’s Tiny House is an immersive experience that allows visitors the opportunity to think about the realities of living in a home no larger than 30 m². While living in a Tiny House might mean lower upfront and maintenance costs, and less of an impact on the environment, it certainly presents challenges to homeowners.

https://ingeniumcanada.org/exhibitions/technology-in-our-lives

A Tiny House That Pushes the Limits of Sustainable Building Design

Northern Nomad was launched as a capstone design project last November by a group of five senior engineering students supervised by Bucking. They wanted to build a tiny house, according to a description for a FutureFunder campaign that raised nearly $12,000, and “push the limits of sustainable building design in Ottawa.

“We will be exploring ways in which new and innovative technologies can be integrated into a sustainable building,” they wrote. “Our hope is to reduce the impact of greenhouse gases on the built environment in response to climate change.”

 LunosCanada was happy to donate Lunos e2 Systems to Northern Nomad project.

Find out more at: https://carleton.ca/our-stories/story/tiny-house/