Category Archives: IAQ – Indoor Air Quality

Should You Get a Heat Recovery Ventilatior?

Should You Get a Heat Recovery Ventilatior?

While tight windows and doors lower heating costs, they contribute stale indoor air. Installing a heat recovery ventilator (HRV) solves the problems associated with tightly sealed homes and lower indoor

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How Air Pollutants Make it Indoors

How Air Pollutants Make it Indoors

Even the cleanest home on the block might have high levels of air pollutants that decrease indoor air quality (IAQ). Many particles that find their way indoors are too small

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How UV Lights Benefit Your Home

How UV Lights Benefit Your Home

Indoor air quality (IAQ) sits near the top of the EPA’s list of polluted environments, but with the help of UV lights, you can easily and affordably improve it. These

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Controlling Dust Throughout Your House

Controlling Dust Throughout Your House

You can’t blame open windows for that coating of dust inside your home during the winter, which does make it easier to find effective ways for controlling dust that will

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Considering Improving IAQ by Using UV Lights? Here’s What You Need to Know

Considering Improving IAQ by Using UV Lights? Here's What You Need to Know

The typical American residence, no matter how clean the surfaces, is full of airborne pollutants that can aggravate asthma, trigger allergies and cause a host of other respiratory problems. Among

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Choosing an Air Cleaner or Air Purifier

Choosing an Air Cleaner or Air Purifier

Indoor air quality in the average home is often worse than outdoor-air quality. One of the reasons is that homes with tight envelopes to save energy trap contaminants inside. If

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Get Rid of Bacteria and Mold in Your House

Get Rid of Bacteria and Mold in Your House | C.R. Wolfe

Mold spores are a natural part of the air around us: you can’t eliminate them altogether. You can, however, keep mold spores from taking root in your home, damaging wallpaper

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Tips for Allergy Season

Tips for Allergy Season

So many Americans suffer from allergies that even if you don’t, likely you have family and friends who do. And whether those allergies are pollen, pet dander, dust, or something

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Here’s How You Can Control Pollutants in Your Household

Here's How You Can Control Pollutants in Your Household

The air you breathe has a direct impact on your health. Sometimes we worry about city smog but neglect the air inside the home. Here are some ways you can

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Air Filtration vs. Air Cleaning: What’s the Difference?

Air Filtration vs. Air Cleaning: What’s the Difference?

Your indoor air quality can take a hit in the winter months when your home is closed up tight. A decline in air quality can make breathing difficult for anyone

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