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Indoor Air Quality

- Products that integrate into your HVAC system to purify your air.

Why even mess with "Indoor Air Quality"?

We all grew up without this, so why the current urgency? Is it just marketing hype?

Actually, beneath the marketing noise, there are solid reasons for considering indoor air quality products for your home. The newer your home, the more tightly it is sealed. Why? To conserve energy. Energy Star® even publishes information about proper sealing of residential homes to help save our natural resources. With modern homes built to be energy efficient, they can also be a breeding ground for mold spores, pollutants, viruses and more.

When you spray powerful disinfectant in the bathroom, do you think those chemicals just go away? When a child is sick with the flu, does the virus stay confined to their bedroom? The answer is no. Chemicals, pollutants, pet dander, viruses - all of these can be circulated round and round through the entire home when you do not have any indoor air quality (IAQ) components installed.

The important thing to understand is this: one IAQ product alone cannot do everything.

That's right. A UV lamp doesn't clean your air - it isn't designed to. It is designed to toast mold that can grow in the damp interior of an evaporator coil. If that mold isn't killed, the efficiency of your HVAC system drops, and mold spores can get into your home air. That is all a UV lamp does. If you want it to filter your air, you will be disappointed.

Below are the heavy hitters for IAQ. Read the brief summaries to learn more about them. If you have questions, just use the contact form on our home page or call a local Anaheim Air Conditioning Contractor and they can help you!

Air Cleaner

Advanced air cleaners are able to filter microscopic pollutants like mold spores, pet dander, pollens, dust, smoke and even the common flu virus! They are able to clean the air in your home several times an hour giving you a healthier home while protecting your HVAC system. Air cleaners are measured with a MERV rating of 1 (least effective) to 16 (most effective).

Whole Home Humidifier

During the winter, your furnace dries out the already dry winter air even further. This make your home feel colder, can cause physical irritations and can even hurt furniture or musical instruments. A whole home humidifier attaches to your main HVAC system, and adds needed humidity back in.

Whole Home Dehumidifier

Climates that have extremely high humidity levels can benefit from a whole home dehumidifier. Like a whole home humidifier, the dehumidifier integrates into your HVAC system, and removes unwanted moisture in the air, helping your home feel cooler which results in saving money on your cooling bill.

Energy Recover Ventilator

A ventilator is like opening the windows without losing energy. Ventilators exchange stale indoor air with fresh air from outside. And they are able to do this with minimal loss of energy. Whether summertime or winter, you can have a ventilator providing fresh air for your home with extremely low impact to your utility bills.

UV Air Purifier

The indoor coil system can remain very damp as water condensates on the copper pipes. This dark, damp enviroment is a breeding ground for mold which is a health risk and decreases the efficiency of the indoor coil system. A UV lamp kills unwanted mold using technology that has been used in water purification plants for years, and is a key player in indoor air quality solutions.

*Also, to see where these indoor air quality components fit into a residential split system, visit our Anaheim HVAC Tips page.

Green Solutions Really Do Matter

Technology makes life easier for humans, but it can also hurt the life of our planet. The new rave is "Green" and it isn't a fad that will go away. More and more people are realizing that if they want their grandchildren to have a planet to live on, they need to help change the way we all live.

The Hit Of HVAC

A home HVAC system is responsible for up to 50% of the total monthly utility bill for a family. Hair dryers, stoves, play stations and computers all fall short of the energy drain of a home cooling system.

What You Can Do

New solutions are advancing that make it possible for homeowners to really make a difference. Geothermal and Solar Voltaic are leading the way in efficient power, air conditioning and heating. If you can't swallow the initial investment of a geothermal or solar solution, don't worry. Modern HVAC systems are operating more efficiently than ever before. From higher SEER ratings to variable speed fans to ventilators that exchange stale air without losing energy - many options exist to you as a homeowner that will save you money, and help preserve energy resources.

Empower Your Contractor

When an Anaheim HVAC contractor steps into your home for HVAC repair or maintenance, what is their goal? To give you the best price and service? That's a good goal. To do their job correctly in the least expensive way possible? Maybe not the best plan. "But I need to save money and wasn't counting on this repair!" We know. We're homeowners too.

You need to empower your local contractor to suggest newer, more efficient solutions for you. Often they are beat down by customers who just want the cheapest solution. You can demand a great price, but don't make them take the cheapest route to resolve your needs. That will end up costing you more anyway. Take baby steps - a new programmable thermostat can actually save you a lot of money by allowing precise temperature control. Going that route instead of purchasing a cheap thermostat is a Green Choice. One decision at a time leads the way to a better tomorrow.

If you don't have a local contractor you can depend on, check out our recommended dealer list for local shops that can do the job right: Anaheim HVAC Dealers

Why Use Get More Comfortable?

GetMoreComfortable.com is a completely free resource for learning more about home indoor comfort systems. We stay on top of HVAC technology like no one else. Why? Because we're owned by the largest private HVAC distributor in America.

Since this site is sponsored by America's largest, privately owned distributor, you can trust that it will have great information that is not one sided for a particular brand. Look through the site and you'll see no attempts to push a certain manufacturer on you. Why? Because there are a lot of manufacturers out there making great product. We believe in pointing you towards the right information, and the right HVAC contractors in your hometown.

Get More Comfortable wants to empower you as a homeowner to learn things you didn't know about HVAC - "cool" things. Much more than just the time each month to change your air filter. We know you'll think differently about HVAC when you understand the purpose of an evaporator coil, or how an advanced air cleaner can not only purify your air but help your system run better.

If you have specific questions you can simply send us your request on our home page contact form. We are not selling your information, or adding you to some monster SPAM list. We'll simply route the request to a local specialist that will get you a solid answer.

We hope that by using this site, you will truly be able to Get More Comfortable.

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