Some interesting air cleaner industry statistics

In it’s rebuttal to a report by the California Energy Commission (CEC), the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), provides some interesting air cleaner industry statistics.

The air cleaner industry statistics in the August 2004 report are focused on the state of California and include:

14% of households in California own at least 1 air cleaner, and of these 29.3% own more than one air cleaner, for an average of 1.293 air cleaner per household.

71% use air cleaners all year round, and 29% use them only during the allergy season.

Of those who use air cleaners all year round:

• 8.7% use them 5-7 days per week,
• 11.2% use them 3-4 days a week;
• 4.7% use them 1-2 days a week, and
• 7% use them less than 1 day per week.

The combined average is 297 days per year multiplied by 71% of population that use them year around equals 211 days per year.

Of the families in the West that use air cleaners seasonally, the average is 5 months.
Of these:

• 29% use them every day,
• 15.9% use them 5-7 days per week,
• 17% use them 3-4 days per week,
• 8.3% use them 1-2 days per week, and
• 29.8% use them once or less than once per week.

The combined average is 83.7 days per year multiplied by 29% of population using them seasonally equals 24 days per year.

There are also air cleaner industry statistics on the average life span of air cleaners, broken down by price point:

• <$50 4.0 years
• $50-150 4.2 years
• $150-200 5.0 years
• $150-200 5.2 years
• >$200 5.7 years

More air cleaner industry statistics relating to energy usage can found at:

http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:nYcld_yhQRsJ:www.energy.ca.gov/appliances/documents/public_comments/2004-8-13_AHAM.PDF+%22air+cleaner+industry%22+statistics&hl=en&lr=lang_nl|lang_en

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