Poor air quality inside your home can affect the health of you and your family. It is important to consider what kind of air you are breathing, particularly inside your own home where you spend so much of your time. In fact, air quality is so important that it ranks as one of the top five environmental health risks in the country. We need to address the air quality inside our home to guarantee that the air we breathe is fresh and clean. Here are four easy ways to improve the air quality inside your home.
Let Fresh Air In
Probably one of the most obvious and easy ways to ensure you have quality indoor air is to let in the fresh air from outside. Open windows to improve airflow and let the fresh air in. When the cold winter months or hot summer sun make it unpractical to open your windows, heat recovery ventilators or energy recovery ventilators can introduce fresh air into the home without affecting your heating or cooling. These are great options for letting in the fresh air while reducing pollution and preventing poor air quality inside the house.
Replace Your Air Filter Regularly
An air filter in your heating and air conditioning system is designed to collect the dust and debris before it passes through your air vent, keeping added pollution from getting into the air you breathe. When these air filters get dirty, they no longer do their jobs efficiently, meaning more dust and dirt is getting into the air you’re breathing. Change air filters regularly for a cleaner, purer air inside the home.
Take Advantage of Humidity Products and Air Filtration
A professional HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) company like E Dennis can install humidity products and air filtration systems into your home to improve your overall air quality. Filtration systems will collect and eliminate pollutants that flow through your ductwork and into the home, getting rid of pollutants before they get into the air that circulates inside. Humidity also plays a huge part in the air quality of your house, as they can help lower the humidity to improve air quality. It is recommended that you keep the humidity inside your house between 30 and 50 percent for the best results. Additionally, UV lamps can also help destroy allergens, mold, bacteria, or viruses that get into the air, leading to even better air quality.
Use Natural Air Purifiers
Utilizing proper air quality methods from E Dennis will definitely boost your indoor air quality. But if you’re looking to improve it even more, you can use some natural air purifiers, like plants. Certain plants, such as succulents, peace lilies, English ivy, and spider plants. These natural air quality boosters will not only take in particles from the air, but there are also microorganisms in the potting soil that help the plants filter air more effectively.
If at any point you are concerned about the air quality in your home, go buy some air cleaning plants and then call the experts at E Dennis. We will ensure your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system is putting out the cleanest air possible and can assist with installing any equipment or helping change your air filter so that you can have peace of mind that your family is breathing in clean, quality air.
