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Air purifiersENERGY STAR certified

Winix Tower XQ

461 cfm fan and filter air purifier.

Smoke CADR

461 cfm

Room size

715 sq ft

Annual energy use

486 kWh/yr

Filter

HEPA

Of 225 certified fan and filter air purifiers, 171 have a higher efficiency than the Tower XQ (5.7 CADR/W).

Maker
Winix
Model
Tower XQ
Type
Fan and Filter
Room size
715 sq ft
Smoke CADR
461 cfm
PM2.5 CADR
471 cfm
Dust CADR
482 cfm
Efficiency
5.7 CADR/W
Annual energy use
486 kWh/yr
Filter
HEPA
Ozone emissions
1 ppb
Automatic mode
Air Quality Sensor
On the market since
Nov 2018
ENERGY STAR certified
17 Dec 2018

Certified under the same record

The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: XQ Pro.

Source: ENERGY STAR certified air purifiers dataset, US EPA, record 4572714, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.

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