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Improving Air Quality

Benchmark Air Conditioning & Heating is proud to provide air conditioning and heating services to our fellow citizens of the North Dallas and Collin County area, including the cities of Addison, Allen, Carrollton, Celina, Frisco, Highland Park, Lewisville, McKinney, Little Elm, Plano, Prosper and The Colony.

According to statistics by the EPA, the quality of your indoor air can actuallly be detrimental to your health. You should be asking yourself, "How can I improve my indoor air quality?" The page that follows has been designed to provide you with indoor air quality improvement options. If you have any questions regarding indoor air quality or if there is anything else we can assist you with, please contact Benchmark Air Conditioning & Heating at 972-377-9724. For your convenience, you may also request services from this site.

Basic Strategies for Improving Indoor Air Quality

Air Cleaners

There are many types and sizes of air cleaners on the market, ranging from relatively inexpensive table-top models to sophisticated and expensive whole-house systems. Some air cleaners are highly effective at particle removal, while others, including most table-top models, are much less so. Air cleaners are generally not designed to remove gaseous pollutants.

The effectiveness of an air cleaner depends on how well it collects pollutants from indoor air and how much air it draws through the cleaning or filtering element. A very efficient collector with a low air-circulation rate will not be effective, nor will a cleaner with a high air-circulation rate but a less efficient collector. The long-term performance of any air cleaner depends on maintaining it according to the manufacturer's directions.

Another important factor in determining the effectiveness of an air cleaner is the strength of the pollutant source. Table-top air cleaners, in particular, may not remove satisfactory amounts of pollutants from strong nearby sources. People with sensitivity to particular sources may find that air cleaners are helpful only in conjunction with concerted efforts to remove the source.

During the past few years, there has been some publicity suggesting that houseplants have been shown to reduce levels of some chemicals in laboratory experiments. There is no evidence; houseplants remove significant quantities of pollutants in homes and offices.

At present, EPA does not recommend using air cleaners to reduce levels of radon . The effectiveness of these devices is uncertain because they only partially remove the radon decay products and do not diminish the amount of radon entering the home.

For most indoor air quality problems in the home, source control is the most effective solution. Source Control is usually the most effective way to improve indoor air quality and to eliminate individual sources of pollution or to reduce their emissions. Some sources, like those that contain asbestos, can be sealed like gas stoves that can be adjusted to decrease the amount of emissions. In many cases, source control is also a more cost-efficient approach to protecting indoor air quality than increasing ventilation because increasing ventilation can increase energy costs.

Another approach to lowering the concentrations of indoor air pollutants in your home is to increase the amount of outdoor air coming indoors. Most home heating and cooling systems, including forced-air heating systems, do not mechanically bring fresh air into the house. Opening windows and doors, operating window or attic fans, when the weather permits, or running a window air conditioner with the vent control open increases the outdoor ventilation rate. Local bathroom or kitchen fans that exhaust outdoors remove contaminants directly from the room where the fan is located and also increase the outdoor air ventilation rate.

It is important to take as many of these steps as possible while you are involved in short-term activities that can generate high levels of pollutants. For example, painting, paint stripping, heating with kerosene heaters, cooking, or engaging in maintenance and hobby activities such as welding, soldering, or sanding all negative impact on your indoor air quality.

At Benchmark Air Conditioning & Heating, we realize the crucial necessity to improve indoor air quality in any way we can. If you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation with one of our comfort experts, please feel free to contact Benchmark Air Conditioning & Heating at 972-377-9724. For your convenience, you may also request services from this site.

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