What to Know About UV Light Indoor Air Quality Products

September 5, 2022

What to Know About UV Light Indoor Air Quality Products According to a recent survey by Velux, one in every four Americans spends nearly their entire day indoors. For this reason, it’s important to ensure that the air you breathe inside your house is clean and healthy. If you suspect that the air circulating inside your house is filled with biological contaminants, UV light indoor air quality products should be on your shopping list. These products usually work as air purifiers by removing particulates, allergens, viruses and germs from indoor air. One of the best things about UV light indoor air quality products is that they’re very effective in deactivating the DNA found in organisms, fungi and bacteria. This makes such bacteria and organisms incapable of replicating or reproducing. UV light indoor air quality products have created a lot of buzz in the HVAC market, but how exactly do they work? And, most importantly, are they safe? What Is Ultraviolet Light? Ultraviolet light is basically a type of light that appears on the light spectrum between visible light and X-ray. Generally, violet is the highest known frequency of visible light. Since UV light is beyond violet, it is invisible to...

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Indoor Quality Monitors

March 16, 2022

Indoor Quality Monitors There are many contaminants inside your home such as smoke, carbon monoxide, pet dander, and dust that could make it uncomfortable and cause or worsen conditions like asthma and allergies. Research shows that indoor air pollution is sometimes higher than outdoor air pollution, and the World Health Organization states that approximately 3.8 million deaths annually are a result of indoor pollution-related issues. You can protect yourself by getting an air quality monitor to help you determine indoor air quality and understand how to improve it. What Is an Air Quality Monitor? Air quality monitors are electronic devices used to detect and measure the presence of tiny liquid and solid particles plus gases in your house or business that could be dangerous. Sometimes, the contaminants in your home or commercial building could accumulate. Without the monitor, you might not notice it, and it could eventually become a health threat for your family. Depending on the size of your home or business premises, you can choose a floor or tabletop model, a ceiling- or wall-mounted model, or a handheld, portable monitor. Wall or ceiling-mounted are permanent, and you can’t move them from room to room like the handheld or...

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8 Ways to Maintain Clean Indoor Air During Allergy Season

March 5, 2022

Maintaining Clean Indoor Air One of the healthiest ways to encourage air circulation in a home is by opening a window. By opening the windows on a daily basis, you’re able to eliminate the collection of stale smells and more. However, if someone in your household has allergies, you can’t necessarily open your windows every day. Even if a person doesn’t have allergies, you still probably don’t want to invite a ton of pollen or ragweed into your home. In order to encourage clean air during allergy season, consider the following tips. 1. Monitor Your Beds and Linens Statistics show that the average individual spends a third of their life asleep. If the average person is getting at least eight hours of sleep, this is a significant amount of time to be in one space. Knowing this, it’s important to prioritize a clean bed environment. After a long day, it might be tempting to climb in bed. However, it’s best to take a shower and thoroughly clean yourself. This helps you to wash off all of the dirt, debris and allergens you can’t always see. Change your linens on a weekly basis. Cover your mattress, pillows and your box spring...

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How Do UV Light Indoor Air Quality Products Work?

April 19, 2021

How Do UV Light Indoor Air Quality Products Work? Over the past year, we’ve seen a renewed interest in natural environmental disinfection products. And many homeowners are just learning about UV disinfection technology for the first time. UV disinfection has a long, well-proven history, beginning with water treatment science, dating back to the late 1870s when the disinfectant properties of sunlight were first discovered. Today, UV light is not only a widely accepted treatment for the removal of water contaminants. It has become a powerful tool in disinfecting your home’s entire living environment. Why Consider a UV Light Indoor Air Product? We at in St. Louis have are completely aware of how vital it is to protect the air quality of your home, which is why we think it’s important you understand the benefits of a non-invasively installed germicidal UV light product to your central air system. A well-functioning air system is essential to keeping your house cool in the summer and warm in the winter. But because the system is constantly recirculating oxygen in your home, it can spread unhealthy airborne contaminants throughout your dwelling. It can send viruses, bacteria, mold, and allergens like pollen into every room. And...

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What Are Indoor Air Quality Monitors?

March 17, 2021

What Are Indoor Air Quality Monitors? As health issues become more important for families, many St. Louis homeowners are looking for ways to improve air quality inside their homes. Indoor air quality has been linked to many health issues, such as allergies and respiratory illnesses. Families with young children, elderly, or immune-compromised people are especially concerned because airborne irritants increase the chances of worsening or causing chronic medical problems. At , we work with St. Louis homeowners to find affordable and effective ways to improve indoor air quality. The first step is to know if you have an indoor air quality problem, and an air quality monitor is an excellent investment. 1. What is an Air Quality Monitor? Air quality monitors are designed to detect harmful airborne particles within a specific area based on square footage. You can have a monitor for only certain parts of your home, such as bedrooms and living spaces, or you can find whole-home air quality monitors. We recommend whole-home monitors for households with children, the elderly, and people with chronic health conditions. You may also want a whole-home model if you are concerned with viruses, bacteria, and mold spores. 2. How Do Air Quality...

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How to Improve Seasonal Allergies with Better Indoor Air

July 14, 2020

Improve Seasonal Allergies with Better Indoor Air Seasonal allergies are a challenge for many people. In the spring and autumn, pollen grains, mold spores and other seasonal irritants leave allergy suffers feeling miserable. In an ideal world, retreating to the safety of your home would give you a break from allergy triggers. However, poor indoor air quality can concentrate allergens and leave you feeling even worse. What Causes Seasonal Allergies? Allergies are an unpleasant part of life for a large section of the population. You’ve probably heard of people with life-threatening allergies to things such as bee stings, peanuts and shellfish. Other people may have a mild allergic reaction to pet dander. The red itchiness from poison ivy is an allergic reaction to a compound found on the plant. The human immune system causes all of these reactions. When you injure your body, you may see swelling and redness at the site. These are signs of your immune system at work battling bacteria and preventing infection. When you have a cold, the sneezing and sniffling are byproducts of your body fighting off the virus. An allergy is what happens when the immune system treats something harmless as a threat. For...

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How to Reduce Exposure to Indoor Air Pollutants

July 15, 2019

Reducing Exposure To Indoor Air Pollutants Your home may be a safe haven and a personal escape, but there are could still be indoor air pollutants lurking throughout your interior. The air in the building may not be as clean as you think it is. Fortunately, certain steps can be taken to reduce exposure to indoor air pollutants. Here are a few ways to reduce indoor air pollutants in the house. 1. Avoid Smoking One of the main steps residents need to take to maintain clean indoor air is to avoid smoking indoors, which will pose as health hazards, especially in rooms that have a lot of upholstery or carpet. When smoking outdoors, close all of the windows in the home to prevent secondhand smoke from transferring into the building. Cigarette smoke is tough to clean and to remove because it’s a strong odor that can linger for many years. 2. Avoid Using Household Cleaners Household cleaners may remove dirt and grime in the building, but they can also affect the air quality in the building due to the chemicals they contain. Household cleaners have been linked to respiratory issues in both children and adults, which makes it necessary to...

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Breathing Easy During Allergy Season

June 1, 2019

Breathing Easy During Allergy Season Many people in the St. Louis area probably think of  as a choice for heating and cooling needs. However, we know that there is more to home comfort than temperature. The quality of the air in your home matters to your overall health and well-being. This is especially important during allergy season. Common Allergy Season Impurities If you have seasonal allergies, you know when the trees, flowers, and weeds are producing pollen. Your throat gets scratchy. Your nose gets runny. Your eyes get itchy. You may have headaches and trouble getting a good night’s sleep. It is even worse if you are prone to respiratory issues like asthma. The allergy season can be an uncomfortable time of coughing and wheezing. Pollen is one of the worst irritants of the season. However, as the seasons change from spring to summer, new irritants crop up. The humid summer weather encourages household molds to grow and produce spores in damp areas. This moist weather also creates favorable breeding conditions for dust mites. After these little critters consume the dead skin cells around your home, they leave behind irritants that can cause an allergic reaction. Home Air Quality Solutions...

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Expert Tips for Clean Air During Allergy Season

May 2, 2019

Clean Air During Allergy Season Most of our customers think about as a place that can handle their home temperature needs. However, our trained technicians are experts in more than heating and cooling. They can also help you improve the quality of the air you breathe in your home. Indoor Irritants You have probably walked into a room when the sun was shining directly through a window. You could see the light reflected off all the dust particles floating in the air. Every time you breathe, some of those particles are going into your lungs. Of course, your body has some natural ways of filtering pollutants, but it is helpful to get them out of the air in the first place. This is especially important for people with allergies or respiratory problems. In the allergy season, the mix of dust, dander, and pollen in the air can trigger allergy symptoms. For people with asthma, this will aggravate symptoms and increase the risk of an attack. Simple Air Quality Solutions There are some simple things you can do to improve air quality. The main way to keep pollen and dirt particles out of the air is to keep them out of...

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Essential Ventilation for Health and Efficiency

February 18, 2019

Importance Of Ventilation Proper ventilation is essential to an energy-efficient home. It is also imperative to the health of the people who live there. After all, the EPA recognizes poor indoor air quality in the home as a significant health risk. Areas where ventilation are most important include the: Attic – to avoid excess heat Kitchen – to exhaust pollutants Bathroom – to avoid excess moisture Living spaces – to avoid a build-up of pollutants Why Is Ventilation Important to Our Health? At , we offer a wide range of air quality services to our customers in St. Louis and beyond. Our company cannot emphasize enough how important it is to ensure proper ventilation in an energy-efficient manner. There are pollutants in your home. Even if you are diligent, these pollutants are naturally occurring. Consider the winter season when your home and comfort systems are designed to keep the heat in. Less fresh air means a higher concentration of these pollutants. How Is Energy-Efficient Ventilation Achieved? The easiest way to ventilate your home may be to open a window, but that isn’t very practical in the winter. Likewise, your older home may have gaps and other leaks that do keep...

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