If you live in a newly built home in Moline, it was likely constructed with energy efficiency as a priority. This means more insulation and windows and doors with improved seals. While these improvements are great for keeping your energy expenses affordable, they’re not so great 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 style only gives the bare minimum of protection by keeping dust out of your heating and cooling system.

While you can install a pleated filter or one with a higher MERV rating, it still might not be adequate filtration, particularly if someone in your home 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 effective filtration across your house. Depending on the type you go with, you’ll be able to filter allergens, odors and even some viruses under certain airflow conditions.

Here are our best options 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, delivers top-of-the-line filtration. These filters were first developed to shield scientists as they made the atomic bomb. Today, they’re necessary in hospitals and other medical facilities.

The Healthy Climate HEPA Filtration System features a three-step filtration procedure. A prefilter attracts larger irritants before the HEPA filter catches the rest of tiny pollutants. Then, a charcoal filter eradicates odors and chemical vapors.

The PureAir™ S Air Purification System connects to all HVAC brands and smoothly integrates with your smart home. It fights the three key 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 capable of removing or eradicating 90%¹ of flu and cold viruses under certain airflow conditions. And, based on laboratory and field studies, it reduces and eliminates approximately 50% of household odors and chemical vapors within 24 hours.

The PureAir S is equipped with sensing features that make it simple to maintain. When used with an iComfort® S30 smart thermostat, you’ll receive an alert to change 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 are made in a variety of MERV ratings to match your needs. This rating calculates how effective filters are at capturing contaminants. The higher the number, the better the filtration.

The Healthy Climate Carbon Clean 16® Media Air Cleaner is recommended for families with allergy suffers and pets. This is a HEPA filter air purifier, as it has a MERV 16 rating for hospital-strength filtration. And it eliminates more than 95%³ of unhealthy particles from your residence’s air.

The Healthy Climate 13 Media Air Cleaner is great for homes who want enhanced protection from viruses and bacteria. This filter catches 99% of larger particles such as dust, pollen and lint. And up to 54% of miniscule particles down to 0.3 microns.⁴

The Healthy Climate 11 Media Air Cleaner is a an excellent air purifier for allergies and in houses with pets. It catches more than 87% of bigger particles down to 3 microns and more than 28% of miniscule ones down to 0.3 microns.⁴ It’s able to offer this powerful filtration without driving up the price of turning on your heating and cooling system.

These three media air cleaners can be used with any brand of HVAC system. But despite that, it’s critical to be aware that some of the more substantial ones, like MERV 16 and 13, may decrease your system’s airflow. This can hike up your energy expenses.

3. UV Air Purifiers

The sun’s UV rays are the reason why you get a stinging sunburn. But this type of light has a beneficial application when placed within your ductwork. It’s also strong enough to eliminate germs, mold and fungi under certain airflow conditions.

In reality, the Healthy Climate UV Germicidal Light can lower the number of airborne microorganisms by 50% in as quickly as 45 minutes.⁵ This light damages cell structure, which prohibits these microorganisms from growing and infiltrating across your house.

And this UV air purifier can also help keep your heating and cooling system clean and working like it should. It wipes out of germs, mold and fungi lurking within ductwork and your system itself. This UV light air purifier achieves all this work without creating lung-aggravating ozone.⁶

Breathe Better with the Assistance of Our Air Purification Pros

Your household’s comfort and health is our top priority at Freed Heating & Air Conditioning. We are aware there are a lot of options out there. That’s why we make it uncomplicated to work with our indoor air quality specialists. We specialize in making solutions that match your needs and budget, and we’d love to find out more about your residence and your air quality problems. Give us a call at 309-323-9584 now to get started.

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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.