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What You Need to Know - Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems Indoor Air Quality
Homes have become better insulated, working to keep heated and cooled air indoors. That's the good news. The bad news is that these air-tight, energy-efficient homes are also sealing in bacteria, dust, dirt, mold and other airborne pollutants. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) experts and federal regulators warn that the air inside your home can in fact be far more polluted than the air outdoors, according to epa.gov. And with Americans spending nearly 90 percent of their time indoors, air filtration is an increasingly important component in the home comfort system. Below, a quick IAQ product 101:
- Air cleaners allow indoor air to pass through their filters or cells to trap pollutants before they have a chance to circulate throughout the home, thus keeping the air fresher, longer.
- Adding moisture to the air inside the home can improve the quality of the air you breathe. By placing moisture back into the air, humidifiers allow consumers to remain comfortable at a lower heating temperature for lower energy use and greater operating efficiency.
- Ventilation Systems use fans to import and filter fresh outdoor air into the home and export stale air and pollutants. There are two types: Heat Recovery Ventilators (HRVs) transfer heat while Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERVs) transfer heat and moisture.
- Good quality air cleaners can help trap airborne pollutants, while ultraviolet (UV) lights can help destroy them by penetrating down to the microbial DNA. Mounted near the indoor comfort system's indoor coil, small lamps direct UV light to a potential spot of fungal and microbial growth. Then, once activated, the UV light goes to work killing fungal and microbial growth that might be on the indoor coil. As part of a complete system, the UV lights improve indoor air quality.
For more on IAQ, visit epa.gov
*The information in this article was prepared by Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems, a business unit of United Technologies Corp., a diversified company based in Hartford, Connecticut, that provides a broad range of high technology products and support services to the building systems and aerospace industries. As a leading supplier of HVAC equipment, Bryant has been dedicated to customer comfort and satisfaction since 1904. In addition to its best-in-class network of distributors and dealers, Bryant offers exceptional reliability and energy savings through an extensive line of durable heating and cooling products. Bryant is devoted to doing "Whatever It Takes" to deliver the highest quality of HVAC products and services for consumers nationwide, which is why so many people have trusted their indoor comfort needs to Bryant. For more information, visit the company's Web site: www.bryant.com
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