More On Indoor Air Quality
As I continue to research indoor air quality and the many contaminants that can be found in our indoor air, I continue to be amazed. I really had no idea everything that can be found there. Of course, some of it is good and necessary but so much of it is neither of those. The EPA even ranks indoor air pollution among the top four environmental risks in America today. That is reason enough to try and understand it and take steps to minimize said risk. Of course your mind goes immediately to public buildings but the risk is just as great in our homes. One of the reasons for this was apparent when I read this particular excerpt on a website:
“Since the energy crunch of the 1970’s builders have been encouraged to build tighter construction for the purpose of conserving energy. This has worked in that regard. However, tighter homes have led to other issues including less natural ventilation which use to act to dilute indoor contaminants. In today’s tighter homes the air exchange rate is approximately 0.2 to 0.3 air changes per hour compared to older homes where air exchange rates have been measured at 2 air changes per hour. Therefore, as you can see, today’s homes are more energy efficient, but also contain higher levels of contaminants in many cases due to less air infiltrating into the building.” – C.L.I. LLC.
Needless to say, indoor air quality in our homes is an issue and one that needs to be addressed. Mr. B’s Air Duct Cleaning has several ways to help and we’d love to.
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