# Everglades™

## Advanced filtration to target _wildfire smoke_

Everglades™ reflects Metalmark's bioinspired material science heritage while supporting the broader goal: helping organizations prioritize, act, and verify improvement.

Up to 5x

Test reports confirm wildfire smoke removal up to 5x better than typical MERV 13 HVAC filters.

## Role in the Metalmark platform

### Filtration matters. Decisions matter more

Everglades™ should not be evaluated as a catalog item alone. Metalmark helps teams understand where advanced filtration fits, which spaces require attention, and how results will be verified.

### Assess

#### Start with measured risk

Identify where filtration can support the broader indoor environmental strategy.

### Fit

#### Use as a drop-in layer

Plan around existing filter dimensions and operating requirements.

### Verify

#### Document the result

Pair filtration changes with a verification path that shows what improved.

## Where it fits

### A filtration component for measured smoke-readiness strategies

1. **Materials science foundation**  
   Informed by Metalmark's work with nature-inspired structures and advanced materials.

2. **Enhanced smoke protection**  
   Designed to improve wildfire smoke removal while maintaining a standard filter format.

3. **System component**  
   Supports targeted strategies within a broader indoor environmental intelligence platform.

4. **Verification context**  
   Intended to be paired with measurement, interpretation, and documented improvement.

### Size

24 in x 24 in x 2 in

### Flow limitation

2000 CFM @ 0.5 in H2O

### Air filter rating

MERV 13 / 11A  
Rated per ASHRAE 52.2 and Appendix J standard testing.

### Installation

Drop-in replacement for filters of the same dimensions and grade; compatible with standard commercial HVAC systems.

### Smoke performance

Up to 5x compared with typical MERV 13 HVAC filters.

### Test note

Pine needle smoke used as a comparable analyte for wildfire smoke.  
Outperforms other MERV 13 filters on the market for smoke removal efficiency.

## Evidence context

### Build a filtration strategy around measured risk

Everglades™ belongs inside a readiness and verification workflow. Metalmark can help determine where enhanced filtration is the right action, how it should be implemented, and whether the expected improvement occurred.

## Understand where filter upgrade belongs in your indoor environmental strategy

Start with an operating question, a representative site, or a smoke-readiness priority. Metalmark can help define the right first step.

### Smoke readiness

For organizations planning for wildfire smoke exposure and site-specific vulnerability.

### Filtration fit

For teams evaluating replacement strategies across spaces or locations.