Improving Your Indoor Air Quality – Recovery Ventilation

Having the best indoor air quality that you can get is paramount to your health and wellbeing. You could be unwittingly generating air pollution in your home and not even know it but can still make things better by improving your indoor air quality. 
 

People usually picture pollution as a dark and smoggy cloud that’s formed by industries, cars, and everything else that’s destroying our ozone layer. Outdoor pollution is definitely a problem but, in some cases, the air inside your home can be even worse!

If you’ve ever had a dry throat or a cough, or sometimes feel a little short of breath or even have a wheezy chest, these could be signs of indoor air pollution. Even something as simple as an itchy nose can signify some sort of pollutant!

The Benefits of Having Improved Air Quality

One of the most important things that you can do at home is to keep your home aired out. This could be as simple as keeping your windows open, filtering the air inside your home with an air conditioner, or using something like heat recovery ventilation.

Humidity in the air is a problem in both the summer and winter and being able to draw that moisture out of the air by improving the air quality inside your home can have great health benefits. You’re going to be giving you and your family a fresh, filtered supply of air consistently and will also do work to protect your home in the future since the methodology is seen as “green”.

By removing the moisture, you’re getting rid of damp, condensation, and mould. If you have a home with plastered walls or wooden beams, then you’re likely going to suffer as years of mould can build and be a danger to your health. Many families report cases of severe asthma from mould and in some cases this has sent people to emergency hospital rooms!

Understanding Heat Recovery Ventilation

A heat recovery ventilation system, or HRV, is an energy recovery system that uses filters to improve the indoor living conditions. The system will eliminate condensation and mould inside the building by ventilating the property, and as the process recovers heat that is lost, it won’t make your home any colder in the wintertime.

Extremely efficient mechanical HRV systems will be able to recover up to 90% of the heat that is lost in the home through extraction and will still be able to keep airflow and ventilation going and keep you breathing clean and fresh air.

Take the best steps to improve your indoor air quality today – 1300 137 110
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