Indoor Air Equipment and Technology

Control the source Usually the most effective and cost-efficient way to improve indoor air quality is to eliminate or reduce individual sources of pollution. Remove, seal or enclose asbestos sources. Adjust sources such as gas appliances to decrease emissions amounts.

I recommend:  Detect these hazards in your home with indoor air quality measurement equipment from companies like Gold Health and Safety Consulting or First Alert which sells indoor air testing equipment for carbon monoxide.

Improve indoor air ventilation Even in the winter, increasing indoor air ventilation by bringing more outdoor air indoors helps to dilute emissions and carry pollutants out of the home. Standard heating and cooling systems typically don't bring fresh air in from the outdoors, but rather re-circulate contaminated indoor air. As weather permits, opening windows and doors, using fans, or running a window air conditioner that draws air from outside will increase your ventilation rate.

I recommend:  The U.S. Dept. of Energy provides more information on ventilation and indoor air equipment and technology. Clean Air Systems Inc. has provided equipment for indoor air quality since 1972 and carries a full line of ventilators, filters and air cleaning systems.

Cleanse the air with indoor air quality equipment When choosing a portable air cleaner, make sure your device has a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA)-grade home air filter, which will remove at least 99.97% of 0.3-micron particles from the air that passes through it. Also, locate the 'Clean Air Delivery Rate' (CADR) on the appliance's box. You'll want a CADR equal to the square footage of the room that you want to clean; CADRs too high will be noisy, too low will not clean the area effectively.

I recommend:  Clairion offers air-cleaning ceiling fans along with other indoor air quality technology. Bionaire provides a high-quality line of air cleaner, dehumidifiers and other air quality products, as does Edenpurestore.com.