Indoor Air Quality & Safe Haven Engineering

Your Estate as a Safe Haven. Proven Live, Not Promised.

We engineer custom homes as biological and environmental Safe Havens—physically sealed against wildfire smoke via our X15A spring-return motorized shut-off damper, scrubbed through 4–5" MERV 15/16 media, activated carbon, and UA4000DV UV purification, and balanced with Daikin VAM ERV fresh air. Then we show you the proof: indoor vs. outdoor readings, live on your Daikin ONE Touch (DTST-TOU-A) wall touchscreens every hour of every day.

Try the Live Simulator 24/7 White Glove Monitoring

MERV 15/164–5" hospital filtration

Carbon + UVUA4000DV VOC & bio control

100%Physical X15A intake seal

DTST-TOU-ALive touchscreen proof

Malibu Canyon Safe Haven

Positively sealed via X15A spring-return damper, scrubbed, and monitored 24/7 through smoke season.

Interactive Engineering Telemetry

Live Air-Quality Telemetry & Wildfire-Smoke Vault Simulator

Switch scenarios or drag the outdoor AQI slider to see how our exterior sensor, X15A spring-return shut-off damper, and Daikin ONE Touch (DTST-TOU-A) wall controller respond in real time.

Outdoor AQI 315 · Hazardous

Outdoor Optical Sensor Hazardous Wildfire Plume

315 US AQI Exterior Commercial PM2.5 Sensor Triggered

PM2.5 258.3 µg/m³ (Heavy Wildfire Smoke & Soot)
Fresh-Air Intake HALTED — 100% Positive-Seal Isolation Engaged

Automated VAM ERV Intake Sequence (X15A)

Normally-closed spring-return motorized damper on Daikin VAM ERV OA intake collar wired to terminal X15A (Mode 18/28, Code 3-03).

Indoor · Daikin ONE Touch (DTST-TOU-A) Wildfire-Smoke Vault Sealed

8 US AQI Positively Sealed Safe Haven

PM2.5 0.9 µg/m³ (Zero Smoke Odor · Positively Sealed)
Intake Damper (X15A) LOCKED 100% SHUT — Spring-Return Positive Seal
Filtration Closed-Loop Scrubbing: MERV 16 + Carbon + UV-C

Step 1

Outdoor Smoke Detected

A weatherproof commercial exterior optical sensor detects fine particulate matter (PM2.5) spiking as canyon smoke arrives.

Step 2

Why 'Fan Off' Isn't Enough

Simply turning an ERV fan off leaves the outside-air duct physically open—canyon wind pressure and stack effect still push smoke inside.

Step 3

100% Physical Seal (X15A)

A normally-closed, spring-return motorized shut-off damper on the Daikin VAM ERV OA intake collar wired to terminal X15A (Mode 18/28, Code 3-03) locks 100% shut.

Step 4

Closed-Loop Scrubbing

The residence shifts into closed-loop recirculation through 4–5" MERV 15/16 media (DV1-15/AM11), activated carbon, and UA4000DV UV-C purification.

Step 5

Live Proof & Auto-Recovery

When canyon air clears, the X15A damper re-opens automatically—all verified live on Daikin ONE Touch (DTST-TOU-A) and 24/7 HERO telemetry.

PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Outdoor: 258.3 µg/m³ 0.9 µg/m³

99.6% reduction vs. outdoor canyon smoke plume; zero smoke infiltration.

TVOC (ppb)

Outdoor Smoke VOC: 1,480 ppb 38 ppb

Deep-bed activated carbon neutralizes acrid wildfire gases & benzene.

CO₂ (ppm)

Vault Recirculation 640 ppm

High-volume estate air volume buffered safely during intake lockdown.

Relative Humidity

Santa Ana Dry: 11% RH 44.5% RH

Protects custom white-oak floors & instruments during 11% RH Santa Ana winds.

The Safe Haven Standard

Three Engineering Layers That Protect Your Residence

Every custom estate system we build includes our four mandatory clean-air & telemetry pillars plus physical smoke isolation.

01 · Seal

Physically Sealed via `X15A` Spring-Return Damper

Not a fan switched off—every Daikin VAM ERV includes a field-supplied normally-closed, spring-return motorized shut-off damper on the outside-air intake collar wired to terminal X15A (Field Setting Mode 18/28, Code 3-03) so canyon winds cannot force smoke inside.

02 · Scrub

Hospital-Grade MERV 15/16, Carbon & `UA4000DV` UV

Every system includes 4–5" deep-pleat MERV 15/16 media air cleaners (DV1-15/AM11) engineered for zero static-pressure penalty, activated carbon for smoke VOCs, and dedicated UA4000DV UV purification.

03 · Prove

Live Proof on Daikin ONE Touch & 24/7 HERO Telemetry

Indoor vs. outdoor readings display side by side on your Daikin ONE Touch (DTST-TOU-A) controllers (with DAPT-ONE-VMS VRV adapters) while our engineers monitor your estate 24/7 via Daikin HERO Cloud Telemetry (Year 1 included; $69/mo White Glove add-on).