INDOOR AIR QUALITY SERVICES IN VIRGINIA

Why Indoor Air Quality Matters to Your Family

Today we spend more time indoors – at work, gyms, and our own homes – than we do outside. Recent health restrictions have only increased our time in conditioned spaces.

Stop and think: how clean is the air we breathe indoors?

A recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency revealed that the air quality inside the average home is five times worse (full of dander, pollen, dust mites, and other irritants) than the air outside! Keep your home and family healthy with air purification systems, installed by your trusted Snell team.

What is Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)?

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) refers to the air quality within and around buildings and structures, especially as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants. Indoor air quality can be a major problem for homeowners but understanding and controlling common pollutants can help reduce your risk of indoor health concerns.

Common examples of indoor pollutants include:

• Indoor dust and pet dander allergens
  Dust mites are microscopic bugs that live in carpet, bedding, upholstery, stuffed toys, and bedding. These bugs are invisible to the human eye but can majorly impact health. This is especially true for those already at risk, like the young, elderly, or those with allergies or asthma. Relatively minor effects include coughing, wheezing, and discomfort. At the same time, more severe implications can require medication or even hospitalization.
• Dander (dead skin cells sloughed off an animal’s coat) is the most common source of pet allergies. Pet dander clings to surfaces and makes its way into household cracks and crevices. Unfortunately, dander can linger for months in carpets, furniture, and even bedding! The result includes a variety of health issues for allergy sufferers. Frequent cleaning at home – including vacuuming, frequent bedding changes, and wiping down surfaces – helps keep these pollutants at bay. Use a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter to reduce dust and pet dander concentrations in your home. A HEPA filter can also eliminate other toxins, including lead.

• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
  Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are toxic airborne chemicals emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids. Top sources of VOCs in the home include paints, aerosol sprays, and air fresheners, pesticides, dry-cleaned clothing, and cleansers. Once airborne, these particles pose short and long-term health effects. According to the EPA, VOCs often cause eye, nose, throat irritation, nausea, and damage to the liver, kidney, and central nervous system.

• Bacteria, Germs, and Viruses
  Poor indoor air quality can increase the risk of spreading highly contagious viruses like the cold and flu. More severe viruses, such as Coronavirus (COVID-19), are also a threat. Viruses are microscopic pathogens that need hosts to thrive. Once a virus enters the body, it begins to hijack healthy cells and reproduce at a significant pace. Bacteria or germs thrive in enclosed spaces and spread quickly through the air. Most bacteria are harmless. However, some strains of bacteria produce toxins that can kill cells and damage the immune system.

 

Indoor air pollutants may cause serious health concerns, such as:

• Nausea
• Dizziness
• Fatigue
• Sneezing
• Coughing
• Eye and skin irritations
• Congestion
• Headaches
• Allergic reactions
• Respiratory tract infections
• Asthma

The EPA states that indoor air is one of the top five environmental health risks of our time. Indoor air has been found to contain up to 60 times more pollutants than outdoor air. A recent study by the American College of Allergists & Asthma states that polluted indoor air is the root cause of 40% – 50% of all illnesses.

Indoor Air Quality Services to Improve Your Home Air Quality  

There’s a wide array of risk factors that affect indoor air quality. Our certified and licensed HVAC technicians are extensively trained to assess poor air quality and offer customized options to restore the health of your home and the quality of your air. Adding air purification technologies, Lennox PureAir™, and Phenomenal Aire Cold Plasma Generator (CPG) to your HVAC system is the first step in evaluating and controlling your indoor air quality.

Combat Indoor Air Pollution with Lennox PureAir™ and Phenomenal Aire CPG

Lennox PureAir™ pairs the germ-killing power of UV light with MERV16 filtration, to eliminate odors, mold spores, and more from the air you breathe at home, but it doesn’t capture all airborne particles. Partnered with Phenomenal Aire’s lab-tested cold plasma technology, these devices provide powerful filtration to remove matter – including reducing 99.9%* of COVID-19 particles – from your home.

Our Air Filters, Humidifier Installation & Other Solutions Can Help You Feel Better 

• UV lamps: These dramatically destroy and reduce potentially harmful contaminants
• Humidifiers and dehumidifiers: These work with your HVAC system to keep moisture levels balanced throughout your home
• Air filtration: These capture even the smallest contaminants and keep them from recirculating back into the home’s air
• Air purification: Contaminants are removed and destroyed before air is recirculated in the home

Here are additional resources to identify, correct, and prevent IAQ problems:

• Read more expert tips and information on Indoor Air Quality

If you continue not feeling well, and have more dust and dirt in your home than you need, call us and make an appointment with one of our indoor air specialists. With our extensive training and experience, we can usually make recommendations with just an inspection of your home.

We also offer other HVAC services such as furnace repair, air conditioning installation, furnace replacement, and air conditioning repair. We use the latest tools to help determine the quality of your indoor air and can provide you with the products and services you need to improve your IAQ levels.

Let’s talk about the health of your air at home

Frequent coughing increased allergy issues, or frequent bouts of illness are the first sign the air quality in your home needs help. Noticeable dust and dirt in your home is another sign you need an IAQ plan! No matter what your indoor air quality challenge is, call now for an indoor air quality assessment by Snell.

* Based on the manufacturer’s independent lab analysis. This product does not guarantee against transmission of any specific pathogen, nor does its use take the place of practices that are recommended and should be followed by the Centers for Disease Control and Protection. See https://www.cdc.gov for more information.  Phenomenal Aire is provided by a third-party manufacturer and is unaffiliated with Snell. Phenomenal Aire warranty is valid only with the complete installation. PA residents only, limited availability.

* * $1 per day estimate is based on an average financed cost of the PureAir and Phenomenal Aire systems professionally installed. Financing is provided by third-party lenders unaffiliated with Snell, under terms and conditions arranged directly between the customer and such lender, all subject to credit requirements and satisfactory completion of finance documents. Any finance terms advertised are estimates only.

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