Indoor Air Quality

Your home is the one place where you can truly relax: alone or with your family, doing activities or just spending a lazy Sunday on the couch. Your home is a special place, and you would do anything to keep it safe.

Likewise, in your office or business premises, you spend enormous time doing multiple activities and interacting with others.

But there’s a hidden danger lurking in that safe space that many homeowners don’t consider.

Indoor air quality (IAQ) is the way we measure the cleanliness of the air in and around buildings. IAQ also considers the building occupants’ health, which is essential because most people spend about 90% of their lives indoors.

You probably can’t take direct action to change the IAQ of most of the buildings you frequent, but you can make sure that the air in your home is safe to breathe and contributes to a happy, healthy space.

As we discussed earlier, your home’s HVAC system acts like your lungs, and if those lungs are riddled with pollutants, allergenic particles, dirt, and dust, it’s possible that the same stuff can affect your health. That’s why our HVAC technicians are always on the lookout to properly maintain the ventilation and duct systems in your home or office.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that even a single exposure to air pollutants can cause ear, nose and throat irritation, as well as as well as headaches, dizziness and fatigue.

The real problems arise with repeated exposure, but luckily, you can significantly improve your home’s indoor air quality with the help of an experienced HVAC professional.

Maintaining a well-maintained HVAC system is the best way to prevent an overall negative effect on your home’s environment. It’s one of the reasons the EPA also recommends that technicians use only approved refrigerants in home air conditioning units, a recommendation that NGEN Services is proud to follow.

Regarding poor indoor air quality, every home has three main elements that can negatively affect your health: dirt (including dust and pollen), germs (bacteria and viruses) and toxic gases or odors.

These particles can affect not only your well-being but also your pocketbook. The more dirt in your HVAC system, the less efficient it is and the harder it has to work to maintain your home’s temperature.

A clean HVAC system helps conserve energy and reduces environmental pollutants.

Utilities comprise 22% of the sources of nitrogen oxides, which combine with volatile organic compounds to create the harmful ground-level ozone that contributes to pollution. Breathing ozone causes asthma, emphysema, throat irritation and respiratory problems.

Do your part to reduce pollution by keeping your home systems under control.

At NGEN Services, we have the expertise to determine if there’s a problem with your indoor air quality, and from there, we’ll know the proper steps to take and make things right. Your problems are our problems, which is why our HVAC emphasizes quality service, speed of arrival, and affordability.

We can work on any brand of an HVAC system, and we come to your home fully stocked with the necessary equipment to finish the job in a single appointment.