Indoor Air Quality
Purifiers, Filters, UV Lamps, and More
Indoor Air Quality: What It Is and What It Can Do For You
Get The Most Out Of Your Indoor Space
Indoor air quality (or IAQ) relates to how indoor air can affect your health, comfort, and ability to work. You can determine air quality based on many factors. A few big ones include poor ventilation, excessive humidity, and moisture, or failing to change your air filters.
Positive qualities of IAQ can include:
- A comfortable temperature and level of humidity.
- Plenty of outside air comes in to replace the stale air.
- Controlled levels of pollutants and volatile organic compounds (VOC) living in the air.
There are many benefits to having clean air inside your home. The most considerable effect of them all is on your health. Poor indoor air quality keeps you sick and significantly harms young children, elderly adults, and people living with asthma.
You can clean up the indoor air quality in your home with a few tricks. One of the best ways to remove indoor air pollution is by controlling individual sources of pollutants. These pollutants come from things like gas stoves and furnaces. You should also be aware of the pollutants inside household chemicals and paint. Polluted indoor air can be a sign of poor ventilation. Opening the doors and windows daily to ensure fresh air can get in is an excellent place to start. Still, you may need more help. You may need repairs done on your air ducts, but an air cleaner may also help.
Green Leaf offers several air cleaning systems capable of restoring good IAQ. We have:
- air purification systems
- energy recovery ventilators
- media filters
Indoor Air Quality Testing For Everyday Families
Do You Know What You Are Breathing?
Air is the most critical thing in our home. We breathe it constantly. Breathing clean air is just as important as drinking clean water. Good indoor air quality constitutes several factors. Three main factors are a comfortable temperature, pollutant control, and humidity levels between 30-50 percent.
There are many benefits to air quality testing. Bad air quality keeps you sick and is harmful to breathe. Breathing polluted air interferes with the oxygen absorption process. It can cause memory loss, low blood oxygen levels, and the deterioration of your lungs. Other symptoms of poor IAQ are:
- Allergy-like symptoms, itchy eyes
- Trouble breathing
- Headaches
- Fatigue
- Asthma
Knowing whether these symptoms come from toxic air can be challenging. However, experiencing symptoms that only persist as long as you are in your home indicates poor air quality. Improving the air quality will increase your comfort and remove unnecessary health risks.
You may be wondering if you have to hire someone or if indoor air quality testing is something you can do. DIY IAQ tests exist but are far from being as accurate as an official test. A specialist can test for specific pollutants in the air and help identify any mechanical issues causing the problem. Additionally, an at-home test may be less helpful. The major benefit of hiring a professional HVAC company, like Green Leaf, is that they can interpret the results. From there, they provide suggestions for further action and help you make a plan. If you are worried about indoor air quality, call a Green Leaf specialist today.
Factors That Contribute to Poor Indoor Air Quality
Is the Quality of Air in Your Home at Risk?
Many factors contribute to the air quality in your home. Familiarizing yourself with these factors will lead to you breathing cleaner air. Keep reading to learn about the four most common factors affecting indoor air quality.
Indoor Air Quality and The Usual Suspects
The Most Common Toxic Indoor Air Pollutants
There are so many different sources of indoor air pollution. It can come from chemicals, mold, pests, or organisms in your air. Pollutants can cause serious health risks at worst. However, even in the best case, they trigger your allergies and keep you exhausted.
Pollutants can be neither seen nor smelled, so it is important to know what you are looking for. Understanding the most common indoor air pollutants will radically improve the quality of your life.
If you think you are experiencing symptoms of toxic indoor air, you should call a specialist immediately. Many of these pollutants have severe implications for your health if not handled. Green Leaf specializes in clean air. Therefore, you can trust us to find the culprit and formulate a plan so that you can live comfortably.
Green Leaf Indoor Air Quality Control
Products Carried and Maintained by Our Technicians
Stop stressing over the indoor air quality of your home. Green Leaf A/C and Heating can install a variety of different high-quality products that can restore your home’s IAQ. We have air purifiers, filters, and UV lamps for every situation regardless of budget, building size, or need.
