Having good indoor air quality is essential if you want to maintain the health of those in your home, especially if they’re sensitive to allergens and are developing respiratory problems. Improving IAQ in spring isn’t difficult as long as you clean properly. Here are a few tips to get you started:
Keep Your Nose Quiet with These HVAC Tips to Combat Allergies
Many people fight spring allergies by keeping a box of tissues next to them at all times. That’s not a bad idea, but you can also fight against them by following these simple HVAC tips:
Improving Your Indoor Air: DIY Fall Candles Free of Harsh Chemicals
Candles can do a lot for your fall ambiance, adding a warm glow to your home and, with scented candles, evoking fall forest or herbal scents, like pine and cloves. However, not all candles are equal. Depending on what they are made of, some may be harmful to your breathing, giving off volatile organic compounds. […]
How to Keep Your Indoor Air Quality in Check this Fall
For many homeowners in Dayton, fall is a favorite time of year, with the changing colors and autumn scents around every corner, yet fall can bring some specific indoor air quality concerns that you cannot ignore. From fall-scented candles to decor that can bring in indoor air quality issues, you must pay some attention to […]
Indoor Air Quality and Dust: How Do They Interact?
Dust is a major component of your indoor environment. You wipe it off surfaces, sweep and vacuum it frequently. But have you stopped and thought about how it may be degrading your indoor air quality? Read on to learn more.
IAQ Concerns: Home Air & New Flooring
Here’s something you probably don’t know: many of the popular flooring options can be a major source of air pollution inside your home. The materials in flooring can severely degrade indoor air quality (IAQ) and pose a health risk. Let’s explore the IAQ concerns of floors and related products.
Ways Your HVAC System Improves Indoor Air Quality
Most homeowners don’t realize how versatile their HVAC systems are. Sure, they cool and heat the air. But the A/C and heating systems are also capable of improving your indoor air quality. What’s more, the HVAC can also keep the relative humidity lower in your home so that you feel more comfortable in the summer.
Dusting Techniques that Help Improve Your IAQ
Improving indoor air quality starts with minimizing pollutants, such as dust. Here are some dusting techniques and other tools to help minimize dust and improve indoor air quality (IAQ).
Improve Your IAQ by Reducing Spring Allergies
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation lists Dayton as the worst city for spring allergy sufferers in the Midwest due to its high pollen and mold counts. But don’t pack your bags and move just yet. The tips below will help you drastically reduce spring allergies and keep breathing easy.
Deciphering HVAC Terms: VOCs and IAQ
The HVAC industry uses plenty of abbreviations as shortcuts, and when you run across IAQ and VOCs, they’re definitely discussing indoor air quality and volatile organic compounds. The two are closely related. The quality of the air indoors depends on the concentration of volatile organic compounds in the air. Although there are other factors, like […]
