Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Air Quality
There is more going on inside your home than heating and cooling. Dry skin, allergies, nosebleeds and indoor air pollution contribute more to our overall health than being outside.
Leaky Ductwork
A lot of people think that leaky ducts mean you are losing conditioned air out of your ducts. WRONG!!! The reality is that your ducts are sucking in unconditioned and polluted air!
Air as hot as 140 degrees from your attic in the summer and below freezing temperatures from the crawlspace in the winter, all of the contaminants like mold, dust even small insects are introduced into the air that you breathe.
In addition, just a 10% duct leak reduces the effective efficiency rating of your HVAC system by 45%. Most duct leakage that we see is much higher than 10%.
RETURN ON INVESTING IN DUCT DEALING IS LESS THAN ONE YEAR
Why would you put a Model T transmission on a corvette engine? It will probably work but very poorly. The same thing happens when you put high efficiency HVAC equipment on a leaky duct system.
GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK
SEAL THOSE DUCTS
Humidification
Raising humidity levels during the winter can really improve the way you feel. The drying effect of ward air circulating in your home can dry out your skin, increase static electricity, and make you uncomfortable!
Adding the proper humidifier to your forced air system can improve the way you feel waiting for the warm days of summer to return.
Air Cleaning
We are our own worst enemy when it comes to indoor air pollution. In today’s tighter build homes smoke, pet dander, viruses and cooking odors can stay inside for days, creating a very poor indoor environment.
All of these invaders can be eliminated or greatly reduced by adding an air cleaning option to your current system. Take a look at Clean Effects from Trane.
Indoor Air Quality Concerns
All of us face a variety of risks to our health as we go about our day-to-day lives. Driving in cars, flying in planes, engaging in recreational activities, and being exposed to environmental pollutants all pose varying degrees of risk. Some risks are simply unavoidable. Some we choose to accept because to do otherwise would restrict our ability to lead our lives the way we want. And some are risks we might decide to avoid if we had the opportunity to make informed choices. Indoor air pollution is one risk that you can do something about.
In the last several years, a growing body of scientific evidence has indicated that the air within homes and other buildings can be more seriously polluted than the outdoor air in even the largest and most industrialized cities. Other research indicates that people spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors. Thus, for many people, the risks to health may be greater due to exposure to air pollution indoors than outdoors.
In addition, people who may be exposed to indoor air pollutants for the longest periods of time are often those most susceptible to the effects of indoor air pollution. Such groups include the young, the elderly, and the chronically ill, especially those suffering from respiratory or cardiovascular disease.
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/insidest.html
There is more going on inside your home than heating and cooling. Dry skin, allergies, nosebleeds and indoor air pollution contribute more to our overall health than being outside.
Leaky Ductwork
A lot of people think that leaky ducts mean you are losing conditioned air out of your ducts. WRONG!!! The reality is that your ducts are sucking in unconditioned and polluted air!
Air as hot as 140 degrees from your attic in the summer and below freezing temperatures from the crawlspace in the winter, all of the contaminants like mold, dust even small insects are introduced into the air that you breathe.
In addition, just a 10% duct leak reduces the effective efficiency rating of your HVAC system by 45%. Most duct leakage that we see is much higher than 10%.
RETURN ON INVESTING IN DUCT DEALING IS LESS THAN ONE YEAR
Why would you put a Model T transmission on a corvette engine? It will probably work but very poorly. The same thing happens when you put high efficiency HVAC equipment on a leaky duct system.
GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK
SEAL THOSE DUCTS
Humidification Raising humidity levels during the winter can really improve the way you feel. The drying effect of ward air circulating in your home can dry out your skin, increase static electricity, and make you uncomfortable!
Adding the proper humidifier to your forced air system can improve the way you feel waiting for the warm days of summer to return.
Air Cleaning
We are our own worst enemy when it comes to indoor air pollution. In today’s tighter build homes smoke, pet dander, viruses and cooking odors can stay inside for days, creating a very poor indoor environment.
All of these invaders can be eliminated or greatly reduced by adding an air cleaning option to your current system. Take a look at Clean Effects from Trane.
Indoor Air Quality Concerns
All of us face a variety of risks to our health as we go about our day-to-day lives. Driving in cars, flying in planes, engaging in recreational activities, and being exposed to environmental pollutants all pose varying degrees of risk. Some risks are simply unavoidable. Some we choose to accept because to do otherwise would restrict our ability to lead our lives the way we want. And some are risks we might decide to avoid if we had the opportunity to make informed choices. Indoor air pollution is one risk that you can do something about.
In the last several years, a growing body of scientific evidence has indicated that the air within homes and other buildings can be more seriously polluted than the outdoor air in even the largest and most industrialized cities. Other research indicates that people spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors. Thus, for many people, the risks to health may be greater due to exposure to air pollution indoors than outdoors.
In addition, people who may be exposed to indoor air pollutants for the longest periods of time are often those most susceptible to the effects of indoor air pollution. Such groups include the young, the elderly, and the chronically ill, especially those suffering from respiratory or cardiovascular disease.
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/insidest.html
