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Austin Air Systems Partners With National Sleep Foundation
National Sleep Foundation Launches Air Purification System for the Bedroom

Buffalo, NY January 15, 2010 -- Austin Air Systems, America’s leading indoor air cleaner manufacturer, is pleased to announce its partnership with the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) to launch a new National Sleep Foundation-branded air purification system specifically designed for the bedroom. The National Sleep Foundation Bedroom Machine by Austin Air makes its debut at the Big Sleep Show in Washington, DC in January 2010.

Developed and designed by Austin Air, the National Sleep Foundation Bedroom Machine uses an advanced HEPA filter system, designed to remove common bedroom pollutants, such as cooking gases, dry cleaning chemicals, and other airborne irritants and allergens. The unit was selected for use in a new Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health study on asthma and bedroom air quality and a number of University of Buffalo studies on environment and asthma.

“The National Sleep Foundation is pleased to introduce the first bedroom product to carry the National Sleep Foundation name,” reports David M. Cloud, NSF’s Chief Executive Officer. “This is very advanced bedroom air purification system and is made by one of the most-respected manufacturers in the industry. We are proud to be working with the experts at Austin Air to make the National Sleep Foundation Bedroom Machine available so people can breathe cleaner air as they sleep.”

“There are huge implications for our collaboration,” said Richard Taylor, Founder and President of Austin Air Systems, adding “Respiratory illness is one of the primary causes of sleep disturbance. The medical evidence coming out of the research now provides the most compelling argument possible of the necessity of clean air in promoting healthy sleep.” A Johns Hopkins study, published in the February 2009 edition of Environmental Health Perspectives, found an association between high levels of indoor particulate matter pollution and the severity of asthma symptoms among children.

“The results of the recent Johns Hopkins study are important,” says Thomas Balkin, PhD, Chairman of the National Sleep Foundation’s Board of Directors. “The potential health benefits of improving bedroom air quality, particularly when people are reclining in bed, are often overlooked. Right now, the Bedroom Machine is being used in several studies to advance the science of sleep and air quality.”

The National Sleep Foundation Bedroom Machine by Austin Air is available nationally through Austin’s dealer network and will be available through National Sleep Foundation’s member sleep centers and its web site, www.sleepfoundation.org. It retails for $699