Indoor Air Quality: An Important HVAC Consideration
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.
Cleaner indoor air improves cognition and productivity, reduces the spread of other airborne diseases, protects against outdoor air pollutants such as smog and wildfire smoke, and decreases the number of environmental triggers for conditions like asthma and allergies.
Whole home clean air solutions, like those provided by Andgar Home Comfort, involve multiple systems, settings, and maintenance schedules. Setting and keeping the air in your home within an ideal humidity and temperature range, regular heating/cooling system and filter maintenance, optimal fresh air circulation, as well as possible indoor air quality enhancements like air cleaners and annual duct cleaning all contribute to the best possible reduction of allergens, odors, and contaminants, and viruses in your home.
Duct Cleaning: Heating/Cooling System Maintenance
While duct cleaning isn't always necessary every year, there are situations in which duct cleaning should be part of your HVAC system maintenance plan. You should check with our Indoor Air Quality Specialist for a quote if your home has any of the following concerns:
- Visible Dust: If it has been more than 2 years and you are seeing dust buildup at your vents, it may be helpful to get your ductwork cleaned
- Pets: Pet hair and dander can accumulate throughout your ventilation system, especially when you have multiple pets.
- Respiratory concerns: Dirty ductwork can worsen asthma and allergy sufferers symptoms.
- Home renovations: If you've completed any construction projects in your home recently, it is a good idea to get a duct cleaning to remove construction debris buildup in your ventilation system.
- Smoking: Tobacco users smoke residue can sit and accumulate inside your ductwork, hanging on to unpleasant odors and spreading them throughout your home when HVAC air circulates.
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Kick your air quality into high gear.
A single REME-HaloⓇ unit installed into your air duct system will blanket your entire home, quickly destroying pollutants and microbes before they can circulate or land on common surfaces. The REME-HaloⓇ air purifier kills 99% of bacteria, mold, and viruses in the air.
REME-HaloⓇ units utilize RGF's patented REMEⓇ Cell technology with UV-C light to create low level, airborne hydrogen peroxide.
The REME-HaloⓇ actively reduces pollutants at the source, ensuring excellent indoor air quality.
REME-HaloⓇ-LED units are the same great cleaning benefits as the original, with the added convenience of turning off and on with your HVAC fan, and creating zero ozone. This unit's LED UV-C cell lasts up to five years and has a seven year ballast and four year cell warranty included.
Ask your friendly Andgar Home Comfort Indoor Air Quality Specialist about installing a REME-HaloⓇ unit into your HVAC system!
Ask your technician or estimator about:
indoor air quality add-on options & Duct Cleaning
Our repair and maintenance technicians and our in-home HVAC system estimators can also talk with you in-depth about which air quality solutions are right for your home.
Indoor air quality isn't just about a replaceable filter on your furnace but can be about duct cleaning, humidity control, allergens, forest fire season, and cold/flu season management. That's why Andgar Home Comfort employs full time Indoor Air Quality Specialists, to make sure your home's air is as clean as possible!
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