Don’t Let Kitchen Pollution Invade Your Home (NAPSA)—According to the Home Ventilating Institute (HVD, kitchens are a main sourceof pollutants in the home—aresult of grease, smoke, moisture and other by-products generated from cooking. As the EPA estimates people spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors, these factors create a bad environment within the home. Broan-NuTone, North America’s leading homeventilation products manufacturer, claims that cooking emits more airborne contaminants than almost anything else in the home. As food is prepared, over 85 percent of the grease involved in cooking is vaporized. As grease settles on cabinets or backsplashes,it acts like an acid, destroying finishes. It also collects on pictures and curtains, deteriorating frames and fadingcolors. Typical family cooking adds more than 40 gallons of moisture to the air annually. This excess moisture can lead to allergy problems and structural damage by encouraging the growth of molds, mildew and bacteria. Unwanted odors also can be a product of home cooking. Whenbroiling fish or any other distinct-smelling food, odors can linger for days, soaking into fabrics, carpets and clothing. The solution is to exhaust pollutants to the outside. A range hood is the best way to dothis. The new Broan Elite 662, designed for use with high-perfor- mance gas ranges, exhausts 800 CFM. External blowers can be selected to maximize the hood’s Range hoods, like the Broan Elite 662, can improve air quality in your kitchen. performance to 1500 CFM. Special features include fourspeed controls that remember the last setting used and return the hood to that setting the next time it is in use; a delay-off feature that automatically shuts off the hood after cooking is complete; and Heat Sentry, which monitors for excessive heat, turning the blower to high when needed. “Homeowners should only select and purchase range hoods bearing the HVI logo; this will assure them the product will meet their kitchen ventilation needs,” says Brian Wellnitz of Broan-NuTone. “Having a range hood like the Broan Elite 662 is a great benefit to consumers—it meets the design needs of an under-cabinet hood and provides efficient and effective smoke-, odor- and humidityremoval capability underall cooking conditions,” says Wellnitz. For more information about range hoods, call (800) 558-1711 or visit www.broan.com.
