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When There’s No MERV Rating on Your Filter Packaging: What to Do

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

When There's No MERV Rating on Your Filter Packaging: What to DoYou’d think that MERV, which stands for Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value, would be a common rating on practically any HVAC filter’s packaging. Devised by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) as a helpful way to analyze and compare air filtration media performance, most companies rate their filters based on the MERV system.

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