Indoor pollutants can significantly reduce your comfort level by creating unpleasant odors, irritating your eyes and nose, and triggering allergies and asthma. Controlling these pollutants will make your home a more pleasant place to live. Here are a few effective ways to improve your indoor air quality.
Remove pollutants at their source — Control the source of pollutants and they won’t have the chance to escape into your home’s air. Take out the trash regularly and clean your home, including dusting and vacuuming, at least weekly. Make sure strong-smelling materials such as cleaners, solvents, paints, or insecticides are stored in tightly sealed containers. Run kitchen ventilation fans when cooking any foods that are likely to leave strong odors behind. Avoid smoking in your home and eliminate the use of candles, incense, or strong air fresheners.
Increase ventilation and airflow — Provide a way for more fresh air to flow through your home from the outdoors. Open doors and windows when outside temperatures allow it. Put fans in windows to help pull in more fresh air from outside. Install a whole-house ventilation system that will bring in clean air from the outside while venting away stale air from the inside of your home.
Keep clean filters in your HVAC system — The air filters in your heating and cooling equipment provide important air cleaning, removing particulates such as dust, pollen, and dander as air flows through your HVAC system. Check these filters at least once a month and change them when they get dirty or clogged. Remember that dirty air filters can also interfere with the airflow your HVAC equipment needs to operate properly.
Install air cleaners — Have a whole-house air cleaner installed to provide extra filtration of the air flowing through the HVAC system. These cleaners use highly efficient filters to remove significant amounts of particulates and other pollutants. Use small, room-level air filtration system in areas that need even more air cleaning.
CCAC serves HVAC customers in Corpus Christi and the southeastern Texas coast. Contact us today for more information on controlling indoor pollutants and improving the air quality inside your home.
Our goal is to help educate our customers in Corpus Christi, Texas about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For more information about other HVAC topics, download our free Home Comfort Guide or call us at 361-678-2495.
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