TYLER, Texas (August 25, 2009) — Marina Shelest of Waxhaw, N.C. and her family are breathing a lot easier thanks to an American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning home comfort online giveaway. As the giveaway winner, Shelest received a new heating and cooling system including an American Standard AccuClean™ whole-home air filtration system from Dan King’s One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating in Charlotte, N.C.

“I would recommend Dan King’s One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating to everyone. The two technicians who installed our new system were very friendly and helpful and I can’t believe they did so much work in so little time,” said Marina Shelest. “They replaced our old air conditioning unit with a new, more energy-efficient model and also installed the AccuClean filtration system that will remove bacteria and viruses that might otherwise be in our home’s filtered air.”

The online giveaway was a part of a word-of-mouth campaign conducted by American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning that targeted moms in the Charlotte area. Moms were invited to visit a special Web site (http://www.momcentral.com/american-standard-heating-air-conditioning/american-standard-heating-air-conditioning-nc) to learn more about combating asthma and allergies and flu prevention, among other topics.

The site also boasted home comfort tips from the host of public television program “Hannah, Help Me!” and American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning spokesperson Hannah Keeley and an online chat room for local moms to share and discuss their own home comfort solutions.

The giveaway was designed to help Charlotte-area families make their homes cleaner and more comfortable. Part of the solution is the American Standard AccuClean whole-home air filtration system, which uses patented air cleaning technology to eliminate allergens and particles you don’t want in your home, such as dust, pollen, bacteria, pet dander, mold spores, smoke and the flu virus. American Standard AccuClean is 100 times more effective than the standard 1-inch filter found in most home central systems, removing up to 99.98 percent of airborne particles and more than 99 percent of the influenza A (also known as the common flu), B and C viruses as well as avian and swine influenza from the filtered air your family breathes.

Shelest was selected at random, among all the moms who registered online for the home comfort giveaway, to receive the grand prize valued at $15,000, which included American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning equipment, including the AccuClean system, a 10-year parts and labor warranty and installation.