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Mike Holmes Trusts Panasonic for Healthy Air Quality inside his Home

  • Case Studies
With more than 40 years on the job as a professional contractor, Mike Holmes is one of Canada’s foremost authorities on home construction, renovation and building standards. Mike shares his know-how and experience with homeowners through popular TV shows like Holmes on Homes, Holmes Family Rescue and Holmes 911, and on his highly rated podcast, Holmes on Homes. A long-time advocate for healthy living spaces, he makes indoor air quality (IAQ) a top priority in every one of his building projects.

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  • Challenge

    Mike Holmes needed to replace his decades-old ventilation system with a modern, energy-efficient solution that would eliminate odours, flush out harmful pollutants and supply his home with fresh, filtered air from outside, while maintaining optimal humidity levels. Also, the equipment would have to be easily installed in the limited space available.

  • Solution

    Mike chose Breathe Well, The Only Complete Air Quality Solution™ by Panasonic. His new IAQ system consists of an Intelli-Balance® 100 Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV), five WhisperAir Repair® air purifiers with nanoe™ X air purification technology, and Swidget® smart controls that automatically maintain healthy IAQ in every room.

  • Result

    Mike has found that air quality inside his home is significantly better now. The Intelli-Balance® ERV and WhisperAir Repair® air purifiers quietly go about their business, cleaning the air, automatically regulated by Swidget® devices with convenient lights-off and security integration. Mike’s home is healthier and more comfortable, thanks to this Panasonic IAQ solution.

The Challenge of Refreshing the Air in an Older Home

After years of building healthy living spaces for his customers, Mike Holmes decided to catch up on some long-overdue renovations to his own home. One of the first items on his To Do list was the replacement of an outdated ventilation system that had been in the house when he purchased it 15 years ago. He knew that this system was not refreshing the air inside his home often enough to consistently maintain a high level of air quality in every room.

Mike needed a new IAQ system that would keep his home supplied with fresh, clean air while removing the airborne contaminants produced by cleaning products, cooking, furniture, flooring and his cat, among other things. Whatever system he chose for this retrofit would have to fit into the structure of the house and provide efficient ventilation through his existing system of ducts.

Mike Holmes Chooses to Breathe Well

During Season One of Holmes Family Rescue, when Mike’s team took on the challenge of creating a safe, healthy home for an ailing friend, Mike had been won over by the IAQ experts at Panasonic, who had engineered a highly effective solution. As a result, Panasonic was Mike’s first and only choice for his HVAC retrofit project.

Intelli-Balance® ERV for Ventilation and Filtration

As Mike Holmes is quick to remind his customers, water is the number one enemy of any home. That’s why he chose a Panasonic Intelli-Balance® 100 ERV to be the backbone of his new IAQ system. Since an ERV is designed to exchange air with the outside while simultaneously recovering heat and balancing moisture, Mike could use it to effortlessly control the humidity inside his home, maintaining optimal levels all year round. Once installed, the new Intelli-Balance® ERV would constantly replace stale, polluted indoor air with fresh, filtered air from outside. Mike Holmes is such a big believer in ERVs that he has actually been advocating to have them included as a minimum requirement in the building code.
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Intelli-Balance® 100 ERV

WhisperAir Repair® for Air Purification

Although an ERV alone can greatly improve home comfort, Mike knew it would be a good idea to add air purification units in key locations such as the kitchen and bathrooms, guaranteeing a consistently high level of air quality in every room. For the Holmes Family Rescue project, Mike had chosen Panasonic WhisperAir Repair® air purifiers with nanoe X technology. Their quiet effectiveness, easy installation, and maintenance-free operation had won him over during that renovation, so he decided to use five of them in his own home to deodorize the air and inhibit the spread of harmful allergens.
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WhisperAir Repair® Air Purifier

Swidget for Automation

For easy management of his new IAQ system, Mike installed Swidget smart controls throughout the house. Swidget devices can monitor IAQ and automatically turn on the ERV and bathroom ventilation fans, as needed, to maintain healthy, comfortable living spaces.

Finally, Mike capped off his home renovation with a hospital-grade duct cleaning that reset the air distribution network to like-new condition, ensuring a clean, uncontaminated supply of outdoor air.

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Swidget smart devices (Wi-Fi Control + Temperature, Humidity & Motion Insert)

A Noticeable Improvement in Air Quality

The new Panasonic IAQ solution is making a real difference for Mike Holmes and his family. Indoor air is much fresher than before, thanks to the 24/7 operation of Panasonic’s Intelli-Balance® ERV and WhisperAir Repair® units, with automation provided by Swidget® smart controls. Swidget’s IAQ sensors take the guesswork out of managing the system so Mike knows that the air inside his home will always be healthy and clean.