We can’t live without air. Lots of it -- clean, fresh air, full of life-giving oxygen. Yet our homes today are built to keep fresh air out. All in the name of energy efficiency. Even if you don’t live in an ultra-efficient home, you have probably spent some time recently weather stripping doors and windows, caulking around frames, filling walls and attics with insulation.
As a result, you’ve cut your heating and air conditioning costs. Excellent. But at the same time you have made it more difficult for fresh air to move into your home and for stale air to move out.
The indoor air quality has deteriorated, and that makes the home environment uncomfortable and unhealthy. Some people spend as much as 90% of their time in the home. Poor indoor air quality can give rise to headaches and chronic fatigue. Your body needs clean fresh air.
Your house could be a health hazard without you knowing it!
You suffer, and the house suffers too, from excessive humidity. In winter you'll see it as running condensation on windows and window frames. You won't see it at work inside walls, where it can eventually cause serious structural damage.
Health problems are aggravated by the many solvents -- from paint, adhesives, furnishings, plastics, cleaning compounds, and carpets and underpadding -- which are trapped inside your house.
Allergies and respiratory conditions are aggravated by air borne pollution that includes tobacco smoke, pollen, dust, cat and dog dander, dust mites and combustion byproducts. The pollution level builds and builds all winter long -- and all summer long too, if you have air conditioning.
Plant pollen is a common cause of seasonal allergies. Fill your home with clean air and it will be less of a problem.
Alive, these microscopic creatures are harmless. But their dead bodies and their droppings are highly allergenic, a prime cause of asthma attacks. It takes a high performance air cleaner to rid your house of this major health problem.
Young children are especially at risk because they can be particularly prone to asthma and other respiratory problems.
