Any and all commercial kitchen spaces will be required to have an exhaust hood system. These exhaust systems are designed to remove contaminated air from inside the kitchen and exhaust it to outside of the building. Exhaust hood systems do this by pulling and trapping dirty air, including odors, heat, smoke, grease, and other grime, and then filtering the air before pushing the rest of it out of the kitchen. Because you are removing air from inside the kitchen you need to replace that dirty air with clean air from outside. This task is done through what is called a makeup air unit, and this unit essentially takes clean air from outside and pushes it back into the kitchen space to replace the dirty air that has been removed. But the real benefits of makeup air units are often overlooked. Here are few other ways that makeup air units can help your kitchen.

1. Makeup air units help the overall airflow in the kitchen space, and help remove strong and / or unpleasant odors from the air before they ever have a chance to make their way to where your customers may be dining.

2. When the exhaust system removes the dirty air, that air must be replaced with the same amount of clean air otherwise you could run into additional issues such as drafting and pressure issues with doors, irritating whining noises, and more. These issues are due to what is referred to as negative air pressure that is causing all air to try and escape through any type of opening - be it windows, doors, or eve...