Operating Principles
The DVS Reclaim is a whole-house heat exchange ventilation system. Its technology has been
especially developed by DVS to improve air quality, reduce moisture and reclaim energy otherwise
lost from your home. This means less heating or cooling is required to maintain a comfortable indoor
environment.
How does it work?
The DVS Reclaim is located in your roofspace and uses two energy-efficient fans.
1. One fan will effortlessly and quietly extract the damp, stale air out of your home, e.g. from your
kitchen and bathroom.
2. As the DVS Reclaim extracts the stale air, the heat exchanger reclaims the energy it contains
(usually generated by activities such as cooking, showering and paid heating) before exhausting
it outside.
3. The second fan draws a constant supply of filtered, fresh, outdoor air into your home.
4. The energy recovered by the heat exchanger is transferred to this incoming fresh air, warming or
cooling it before delivering it to your lounge, bedrooms etc.
In summer, where an air conditioner is at work generating cool air, the DVS Reclaim can recycle this
cooled air in the same way it does heated air.
Because the recovered energy is then re-used in the home, less heating or cooling is required to
keep your home at the desired temperature. And that equates to big savings – both to your power
bill and the environment.
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1. Damp stale air
is extracted from
your home
2. The heat exchanger
reclaims the energy before
exhausting it outside
3. Fresh, filtered air
is drawn into your
home
4. The energy recovered by the heat
exchanger is transferred to the fresh
air and distributed though your home