If you own a newly constructed house in Huffman, it was in all likelihood made with energy efficiency at the top of the list. This means increased insulation and windows and doors with improved seals. While these advances are good for keeping your utility expenses under control, they’re not so excellent for your indoor air quality.
Your home comfort system needs to operate with a filter. But if you rely on a flat filter, you won’t be getting ample filtration. This kind only gives the lowest level of protection by stopping dust from getting into your home’s comfort system.
While you can get a pleated filter or one with an increased MERV rating, it still might not be adequate filtration, particularly if someone in your residence has allergies or other respiratory issues.
That’s where a whole-house air purifier can be a great solution. These systems are installed within ductwork to provide mighty filtration throughout your house. Depending on the model you go with, you’ll be able to remove allergens, odors, and even some viruses under certain airflow conditions.
Here are our top solutions from Lennox®, an industry leader in air purification.
Best Air Purifiers from Lennox
- HEPA Air Purifiers
A HEPA air purifier, like the Healthy Climate® High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filtration System, provides premium filtration. These filters were first created to guard scientists as they worked on the atomic bomb. Today, they’re necessary for hospitals and other medical applications.The Healthy Climate HEPA Filtration System includes a three-step filtration process. A prefilter attracts larger pollutants before the HEPA filter captures the remainder of the smaller pollutants. Then, a charcoal filter eradicates odors and chemical vapors.
The PureAir™ S Air Purification System connects to all HVAC brands and seamlessly works with your smart home. It fights the three major kinds of indoor air pollutants:
- Airborne particles
- Chemical odors and vapors
- Germs and bacteria, under certain airflow conditions
This air purifier can eliminate 99.9%* of pollutants, like mold spores, pollen, dust, and pet dander. It’s also capable of removing or eliminating 90%1 of flu and cold viruses under certain airflow conditions. And, according to laboratory and field studies, it reduces and destroys approximately 50% of household odors and chemical vapors within 24 hours.
The PureAir S comes with sensing features that make it easy to maintain. When paired with an iComfort® S30 smart thermostat, you’ll be notified when to change the filter and UVA light.2 This home air purifier must be used with communicating Lennox systems and the iComfort S30.
- Media Air Cleaners
Lennox Healthy Climate® Media Air Cleaners are made in a variety of MERV ratings to work with your needs. This rating determines how good filters are at removing contaminants. The better the number, the greater the filtration.The Healthy Climate Carbon Clean 16® Media Air Cleaner is recommended for families with allergy suffers and pets. This is a HEPA filter air purifier, as it has a MERV 16 rating for hospital-level filtration. And it gets rid of more than 95%3 of unhealthy particles from your home’s air.
The Healthy Climate 13 Media Air Cleaner is suggested for families who are looking for improved protection from viruses and bacteria. This filter catches 99% of larger particles like dust, pollen, and lint. And up to 54% of finer particles down to 0.3 microns.4
The Healthy Climate 11 Media Air Cleaner is an excellent air purifier for allergies and in homes with pets. It removes more than 87% of bigger particles down to 3 microns and more than 28% of smaller ones down to 0.3 microns.4 It’s able to offer this strong filtration without increasing the price of turning on your heating and cooling system.
These three media air cleaners work with any brand of the HVAC system. Regardless, it’s important to know that some of the thicker ones, including MERV 16 and 13, may limit your system’s airflow. This can hike up your utility bills.
- UV Air Purifiers
The sun’s UV rays are to the fault of you getting a painful sunburn. But this wavelength of light has a helpful application when placed in your ductwork. It’s also powerful enough to decrease germs, mold, and fungi under certain airflow conditions.In reality, the Healthy Climate UV Germicidal Light can decrease the number of airborne microorganisms by 50% in as little as 45 minutes.5 This light damages cell structure, which stops these microorganisms from growing and spreading around your home.
And this UV air purifier can also help keep your heating and cooling system clean and running properly. It eliminates germs, mold, and fungi lurking in ductwork and your system itself. This UV light air purifier achieves all these tasks without making lung-aggravating ozone.6
Breathe Easier with the Support of Our Air Purification Specialists
Your household’s comfort and health are important to us at Air Houston Mechanical LLC We know there are many options out there. That’s why we make it easy to work with our indoor air quality professionals. We specialize in creating solutions that match your needs and budget, and we’d love to find out more about your residence and your air quality challenges. Give us a call at (832) 957-9332 now to start the process.
1 Based on laboratory and field studies.
2 PureAir™ S requires the iComfort® S30 and a communicating indoor unit.
3 Leading consumer magazine, January 2012. Based on the published CADR, which is the standardized measurement system to determine the cubic feet of clean air produced per minute. Particles captured range in size down to 0.3 micron. One micron = 1/25,000 of an inch in diameter.
4 Based on lab tests conducted on filters with conditions included in ASHRAE standard 52.2 for E1 and E3 size ranges.
5 Based on constant circulation of air in the home, 3,000-square-foot home with a 5-ton air handler.
6 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Ozone Generators that are Sold as Air Cleaners: An Assessment of Effective and Health Consequences,” August 2006.
