What’s the best option for all season indoor air quality?
Whether you are experiencing sweltering heat during the summer months or colder temperatures in the winter, like most homeowners, you will spend more time indoors. Your home is a refuge from those temperatures, but its indoor air quality (IAQ) can be an issue for your health and comfort.
Indoor air is often two to five times more polluted than outdoor air. At times, it can be 100 times more polluted! How can you ensure you and your loved ones are breathing clean, healthy air?
In this article, we’ll discuss two common IAQ solutions — air filters and air purifiers — and determine which is the best option for your home.
Why is IAQ important?
Poor IAQ can significantly affect both your health and comfort. It can worsen allergies, aggravate respiratory conditions, and contribute to symptoms like dry, itchy skin, eye irritation and persistent coughing. Beyond health concerns, airborne pollutants can create unpleasant odors, accelerate dust buildup and cause faster deterioration of surfaces like shelving, finishes, wallpaper and artwork.
Luckily, there are several solutions to reducing the amount of dust, debris, viruses, mold, bacteria and other impurities in your home’s air.
Can your furnace or air conditioner air filter prevent bad IAQ?
It depends on the quality of the air filter you are using. Most furnace and air conditioner manufacturers don’t equip their units with any filters, so it is usually up to your heating contractor to determine what filter is installed. Most of the time, they use less expensive filters made from cotton or polyester. These filters may catch some pollutants — but they don’t get all of them.
Mirabito Energy Products sells pleated media filters with a higher Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV). Our filters will catch smaller particles and contaminants, and more of them before they enter your living space.
If you’re experiencing any of the symptoms of poor IAQ listed above, the first step you should consider is an air filter upgrade.
When should you consider a whole-home air purifier?
If you need something more intensive than a higher MERV air filter, we highly recommend a whole-home air purifier. These systems also connect directly to your home’s HVAC system and eradicate airborne pollutants that even high-quality filters may let through.
We are proud to sell and install the Lennox PureAir system, which removes 90% of germs and bacteria down to .01 micron and more than 99% of the virus that causes COVID-19. We also install UV germicidal lights that slash the concentration of airborne microorganisms in half.
Which IAQ solution is best for you? Talk to Mirabito!
If you’re concerned that your home’s air isn’t as healthy as it should be, the Mirabito IAQ team is here to help you fix that, quickly and permanently. We sell and install filters, air purifiers, germicidal lights, humidifiers and dehumidifiers across our service area, which includes:
- Central New York
- The Adirondacks
- Utica
- The New York Capital region
- The Catskills and the Hudson Valley
- Mid- to Northern Pennsylvania
- Southern Vermont
- Parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Give your family an indoor environment that promotes their well-being and quality of life. Contact Mirabito’s team for a free estimate on proven IAQ solutions.