{"id":9380,"date":"2026-06-25T10:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/?p=9380"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:33:48","slug":"why-f8-filters-save-more-than-f6-over-10-years-a-tco-analysis-for-an-office-buildings-ahu-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/why-f8-filters-save-more-than-f6-over-10-years-a-tco-analysis-for-an-office-buildings-ahu-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Why F8 Filters Save More Than F6 Over 10 Years: A TCO Analysis for an Office Building&#8217;s AHU System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A common question building investors ask: &#8220;F8 filters cost up to 40% more than F6 \u2014 why should I buy them?&#8221; The answer lies in a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis over the system\u2019s lifecycle.<\/p>\n<p>Air Filtech has just published a 10-year TCO analysis report for a typical AHU system in a 20-story office building in Ho Chi Minh City, comparing two scenarios: using F6 filters (ePM2.5 \u226535%) and F8 filters (ePM1 \u226570%).<\/p>\n<p>Analysis results \u2014 based on actual operating conditions, current electricity prices, and filter replacement costs:<\/p>\n<h3>Filter Purchase Cost (10 years)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>F6: 180 million VND (2 replacements\/year \u00d7 10 years)<\/li>\n<li>F8: 260 million VND (1.5 replacements\/year \u00d7 10 years)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>AHU Electricity Cost (10 years)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>F6: 2,240 million VND \u2014 end-of-life pressure drop of 180 Pa<\/li>\n<li>F8: 1,920 million VND \u2014 end-of-life pressure drop of 140 Pa (thanks to larger filter media area)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Cooling Coil Cleaning &amp; Repair Cost (10 years)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>F6: 320 million VND \u2014 heavy PM2.5 dust buildup on coils, cleaned twice a year<\/li>\n<li>F8: 120 million VND \u2014 cleaned once a year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over 10 years<\/h3>\n<table width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"300\"><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"300\"><strong>10-Year Total Cost<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"300\">F6<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">2,740 million VND<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"300\">F8<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">2,300 million VND<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 F8 filters save 440 million VND over 10 years of operation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyond the financial benefit, buildings using F8 filters maintain IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) levels that meet the WELL Building Standard \u2014 a key competitive advantage in the Grade A office segment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192 Get the full TCO report and a free consultation: 08 999 44 666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common question building investors ask: &#8220;F8 filters cost up to 40% more than F6 \u2014 why should I buy them?&#8221; The answer lies in a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis over the system\u2019s lifecycle. Air Filtech has just published a 10-year TCO analysis report for a typical AHU system in a 20-story office [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[342,451],"tags":[362,364],"class_list":["post-9380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commercial-public-buildings","category-system-cost-optimization","tag-ahu","tag-iso-1689"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9392,"href":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9380\/revisions\/9392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airfiltech.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}