Clean air for smokers and non-smokers

New high-tech Honeywell air cleaner and two Xpelair extractor fans ensure the atmosphere is never smoky in The Harvest Home.

A new high-tech Honeywell air cleaner and two Xpelair extractor fans ensure the atmosphere is never smoky in The Harvest Home.

That's good news for the health and comfort of smokers and non-smokers in the village pub/restaurant at Greet in the Cotswolds.

The equipment was installed and is serviced by I.H.S.(Air Quality) , the clean air specialists based in Birmingham.

It's not only patrons who benefit from the cleaner air.

Barmaid Kate Tandy, a non-smoker, says "The Honeywell air cleaner and Xpelairs have made a big difference.

It used to get very smoky in the public bar.

I hated the smell of stale smoke when I came to work, but now it doesn't smell at all.

Recently I had a chesty cough, which is uncomfortable when you're breathing smoke.

However, the new air cleaner and extractors made it much easier for me.

"Many drinkers including a couple with young children wouldn't enter the public bar before, but they do now the air is clean".

Diners enjoy the pub's delicious food in non-smoking areas - the restaurant and adjoining bar.

However, most drinkers - whether they smoke or not - prefer to meet and drink in the public bar where smoking is allowed.

I.H.S.proposed the Honeywell and Xpelair products to The Harvest Home's manager and owner, Steve Walklet, who was dissatisfied with the pub's existing air cleaners, which were not made by Honeywell.

"We rarely switched them on," he said.

"We can't put up prices to pay for equipment, whether it's for air cleaners or kitchen equipment.

So there has to be a return on cost, through extra revenue and profit".

While it is too soon to say if the cleaner air is raising revenue or by how much, Ms Tandy said that the improvement in air quality was dramatic and obvious to everyone - smokers and non-smokers.

"We have cigarette and pipe smokers here and it soon becomes smoky if the air cleaning is switched off, but it clears quickly when they are put on".

Honeywell has been supplying air cleaners for smoke removal in the UK for over 25 years and is the market leader by far.

They are much more effective than conventional air filters and recirculators because they remove particles electrostatically.

First, larger particles are trapped by a mesh filter, then remaining particles receive an electrostatic charge and are attracted onto aluminium plates like iron filings onto a magnet.

The cleaned air is recirculated, giving patrons a cleaner, healthier and more comfortable atmosphere in which to enjoy fine drinks and good company.

Venues wishing to profit through cleaner air can request details or a survey by contacting: I.H.S.(Air Quality).

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