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Indoor Air Quality

Four strategies to a cleaner, healthier business.

According to the EPA, poor indoor air quality (IAQ) is among the top five environmental risks. Pollutants in your building’s air can cause dizziness and headaches, and can aggravate allergies and asthma.

Regular cleaning and vacuuming can go a long way toward improving the air you breathe. But cleaning alone will not solve IAQ problems. For the best defense against poor air quality, have your local Lennox contractor test your air and recommend a Lennox solution.

Strategy Lennox Solution How It Works How It Helps
Monitor
  • Keep track of relative humidity and carbon dioxide
  • Sensors measure humidity and carbon dioxide levels and can be acted upon by a facility manager or the HVAC system
 Identifies the types of pollutants present in your building so you know which measures to take to correct the problem
Eliminate
  • Routine cleaning of HVAC equipment and space
  • Have an HVAC technician inspect equipment to make sure equipment and ducts are properly sized and clean
  • Specify low-emission office products and building material
  • Vent fuel burning equipment outdoors
  • Control humidity and temperature:
  • Controls the sources of pollutants
  • Maintains a proper balance of temperature, humidity and airflow
  • Minimizes the buildup of pollutants
  • Enhances comfort, efficiency and air quality
Ventilate
  • Exchanges
    and dilutes contaminated indoor air with fresher, cleaner, outside air
  • Provides the fresh-air feel
    of an open window, without the energy/heat loss or safety risks
  • Enhances comfort
  • Improves air quality by reducing concentrations of chemicals, fumes, CO2 and other contaminants
Clean
  • MERV 8 filters capture 70% of particles 3.0 to 10.0 microns in size
  • MERV 11 filters capture 85% of particles 3.0 to 10.0 microns in size and 65-80% of particles 1.0 to 3.0 microns in size
  • MERV 15 filters capture 85-95% of particles 0.3 to 1.0 micron in size and up to 90% of particles 1.0 to 10.0 microns in size
  • UVC Germicidal Lamps destroy contaminants
  • Improves air quality by reducing concentrations of pollen, dust mites, dirt, pet dander, bacteria, viruses, mold spores, fungi, odors and chemicals
  • Enhances comfort
  • Helps protect furnishings
  • Helps prevent discoloration of walls and ceilings