Indoor Air Quality, Hampton Roads VA

TSA Indoor Air Quality

Although most people aren't aware of this, indoor air quality can actually be more polluted, and more dangerous for you, than outside air quality. Because of this, indoor air quality, too, must be monitored and cleaned as necessary so that it's safe for you, your family, your pets, and so on.

What are some symptoms you can experience if you have poor indoor air quality?

If you have poor indoor air quality, you may experience "allergy" symptoms, like watery eyes, sneezing, runny nose, headaches, even difficulty breathing. All of these are reactions to allergens and other pollutants in the air that your body is fighting against. And in fact, today's modern home construction standards have actually contributed to this problem, because while more tightly constructed and more energy-efficient homes are great for saving on heating and cooling costs, that same "energy-efficient" quality also means that air exchange doesn't happen as easily, such that your house can't get rid of the pollutants that are trapped inside. Most commonly, pollutants include dust, dust mites, pollen, mold and other pollutants you can't see. All of these things can make you prone to allergy symptoms, like sneezing, watery eyes, and running nose, and can also exacerbate asthma.

Fortunately, you can clean the air in your home so that you don't have to put up with these unpleasant and sometimes dangerous symptoms. Here are three of the most common and easiest ways you can clean the air in your home, so as to minimize discomfort and increase safety.

Air cleaners

Air cleaners do a good job of cleaning the air of pollutants like dust, dust mites, mold, pet dander, etc., so that the air you breathe is free of these pollutants and therefore won't cause allergy-related symptoms or asthma flareups. In addition, because the outdoors may also contribute to allergies, air cleaners can clean incoming air of contaminants like pollen.

Better ventilation

While ventilating your home may seem like a bad idea in that it would appear to reduce energy efficiency by letting outside air in to a greater degree, there are ways to ventilate your home without reducing its energy efficiency. That is, when the weather is nice, do turn off your furnace or other energy-consuming appliances, "open up" and let your home "air out." Keep indoor air filters running when you do this so as to clean out or pollutants out of the air as it comes into your home.

Control the source of the pollution

You can't always stop pollutants from coming in, but in some cases, you can prevent pollution from actually happening. Specifically, make sure you have appliances like air conditioning units, heaters, furnaces, gas stoves, etc., inspected annually and repaired as necessary, including replacing filters, etc., so that they run most efficiently and don't emit harmful vapors, and so that filters, for example, are not contributing to the indoor pollution problem because they are dirty themselves. Routine maintenance of appliances like this will help control indoor pollution that comes from within, rather than from without.

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