If you live in a newly built home in Warrenton, 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 great for keeping your energy bills in check, they’re not so fantastic for your indoor air quality.

Your heating and cooling system needs to work with a filter. But if you have a flat filter, you won’t be experiencing enough filtration. This type only gives the smallest amount of protection by keeping dust out of your HVAC system.

While you can get a pleated filter or one with a increased MERV rating, it still might not be adequate filtration, even more so if someone in your house has allergies or other respiratory troubles.

That’s where a whole-house air purifier can be a great solution. These systems are attached within ductwork to provide mighty filtration around your house. Depending on the kind you go with, you’ll be able to get rid of allergens, odors and even some viruses under certain airflow conditions.

Here are our top systems from Lennox, an industry leader in air purification.

Best Air Purifiers from Lennox

1. HEPA Air Purifiers

A HEPA air purifier, like the Healthy Climate® High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filtration System, gives premium filtration. These filters were first developed to shield scientists as they worked on the atomic bomb. Today, they’re a staple in hospitals and other medical facilities.

The Healthy Climate HEPA Filtration System includes a three-step filtration method. A prefilter draws significant irritants before the HEPA filter captures the rest of miniscule irritants. Then, a charcoal filter takes care of odors and chemical vapors.

The PureAir™ S Air Purification System works with all HVAC brands and easily integrates with your smart home. It reduces the three leading kinds of indoor air contaminants:

• Airborne particles
• Chemical odors and vapors
• Germs and bacteria, under certain airflow conditions

This air purifier can get rid of 99.9%* of pollutants, including mold spores, pollen, dust and pet dander. It’s also potent at decreasing or eradicating 90%¹ of flu and cold viruses under certain airflow conditions. And, based on laboratory and field studies, it removes and eliminates approximately 50% of your home’s odors and chemical vapors within 24 hours.

The PureAir S is equipped with sensing features that make it uncomplicated to service. When used with an iComfort® S30 smart thermostat, you’ll be notified when to replace the filter and UVA light.² This home air purifier must be used with communicating Lennox systems and the iComfort S30.

2. Media Air Cleaners

Lennox Healthy Climate® Media Air Cleaners come in in a variety of MERV ratings to fit your needs. This rating calculates how effective filters are at trapping contaminants. The better the number, the greater the filtration.

The Healthy Climate Carbon Clean 16® Media Air Cleaner is great for homes with allergy suffers and pets. This is a HEPA filter air purifier, because it has a MERV 16 rating for hospital-grade filtration. And it gets rid of more than 95%³ of unhealthy particles from your house’s air.

The Healthy Climate 13 Media Air Cleaner is great for households who are seeking improved protection from viruses and bacteria. This filter catches 99% of larger particles like dust, pollen and lint. And up to 54% of smaller particles down to 0.3 microns.⁴

The Healthy Climate 11 Media Air Cleaner is a a great air purifier for allergies and in residences with pets. It catches 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 provide this strong filtration without increasing the price of operating your HVAC system.

These three media air cleaners are compatible with any brand of HVAC system. But despite that, it’s critical to know that some of the more substantial ones, such as MERV 16 and 13, may decrease your system’s airflow. This can inflate your energy bills.

3. UV Air Purifiers

The sun’s UV rays are the fault of why you get a painful sunburn. But this wavelength of light has a useful application when installed inside your ductwork. It’s also powerful enough to reduce germs, mold and fungi under certain airflow conditions.

In fact, the Healthy Climate UV Germicidal Light can reduce the amount of airborne microorganisms by 50% in as short as 45 minutes.⁵ This light wrecks cell structure, which prohibits these microorganisms from flourishing and moving across your home.

And this UV air purifier can also help keep your heating and cooling system clean and working efficiently. It eliminates of germs, mold and fungi hiding in ductwork and your system itself. This UV light air purifier accomplishes all these things without producing lung-aggravating ozone.⁶

Breathe Better with the Assistance of Our Air Purification Specialists

Your household’s comfort and health is our top priority at Schraer Heating & Air Conditioning. We know there are many options out there. That’s why we make it simple to work with our indoor air quality professionals. We specialize in creating solutions that meet your needs and budget, and we’d love to hear more about your house and your air quality challenges. Give us a call at 636-456-5041 now to begin.

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¹Based on laboratory and field studies.

²PureAir™ S requires the iComfort^® S30 and a communicating indoor unit.

³Leading 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.

⁴Based on lab tests conducted on filters with conditions included in ASHRAE standard 52.2 for E1 and E3 size ranges.

⁵Based on constant circulation of air in the home, 3,000-square-foot home with a 5-ton air handler.

⁶U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Ozone Generators that are Sold as Air Cleaners: An Assessment of Effective and Health Consequences,” August 2006.