If you own a newer home in Middletown, it was probably constructed with energy efficiency as a priority. This means more insulation and windows and doors with improved seals. While these advances are fantastic for keeping your energy bills under control, they’re not so fantastic for your indoor air quality.

Your home comfort system needs to operate with a filter. But if you have a flat filter, you won’t be experiencing ample filtration. This model only gives the lowest level of protection by stopping dust from getting into your HVAC system.

While you can get a pleated filter or one with a increased MERV rating, it still might not be ample filtration, even more so if someone in your house has allergies or other respiratory problems.

That’s where a whole-house air purifier can be a great solution. These systems are attached within ductwork to provide strong filtration across your house. Depending on the model you select, you’ll be able to get rid of allergens, odors and even some viruses under certain airflow conditions.

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

The Healthy Climate HEPA Filtration System has a three-step filtration procedure. A prefilter draws significant particles before the HEPA filter captures the remainder of smaller irritants. Then, a charcoal filter eradicates odors and chemical vapors.

The PureAir™ S Air Purification System connects to all HVAC brands and smoothly works with your smart home. It reduces the three key varieties of indoor air pollutants:

• Airborne particles
• Chemical odors and vapors
• Germs and bacteria, under certain airflow conditions

This air purifier can get rid of 99.9%* of pollutants, like mold spores, pollen, dust and pet dander. It’s also effective at decreasing or destroying 90%¹ of flu and cold viruses under certain airflow conditions. And, as the result of laboratory and field studies, it reduces and eradicates approximately 50% of residential odors and chemical vapors within 24 hours.

The PureAir S is equipped with sensing features that make it easy to keep up. When linked with an iComfort® S30 smart thermostat, you’ll be notified when to replace the filter and UVA light.² This home air purifier must be linked with communicating Lennox systems and the iComfort S30.

2. Media Air Cleaners

Lennox Healthy Climate® Media Air Cleaners are available in a variety of MERV ratings to match your needs. This rating calculates how capable filters are at capturing contaminants. The greater the number, the greater the filtration.

The Healthy Climate Carbon Clean 16® Media Air Cleaner is recommended for residences with allergy suffers and pets. This is a HEPA filter air purifier, since it has a MERV 16 rating for hospital-level filtration. And it gets rid of more than 95%³ of irritating particles from your house’s air.

The Healthy Climate 13 Media Air Cleaner is recommended for homes who are seeking better protection from viruses and bacteria. This filter catches 99% of larger particles including 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 a fantastic air purifier for allergies and in residences with pets. It removes more than 87% of bigger particles down to 3 microns and more than 28% of finer ones down to 0.3 microns.⁴ It’s able to deliver this effective filtration without running up the cost of operating your home comfort system.

These three media air cleaners can be used with any brand of HVAC system. Regardless, it’s essential to be aware that some of the denser ones, including MERV 16 and 13, may limit your system’s airflow. This can increase your heating and cooling costs.

3. UV Air Purifiers

The sun’s UV rays are the fault of why you get a painful sunburn. But this type of light has a useful application when concealed inside your ductwork. It’s also strong enough to decrease germs, mold and fungi under certain airflow conditions.

In fact, the Healthy Climate UV Germicidal Light can decrease the amount of airborne microorganisms by 50% in as quickly as 45 minutes.⁵ This light wrecks cell structure, which prohibits these microorganisms from growing and spreading across your residence.

And this UV air purifier can also help keep your heating and cooling system clean and running properly. It takes care of germs, mold and fungi hiding within ductwork and your system itself. This UV light air purifier accomplishes all these tasks without creating lung-inflaming ozone.⁶

Breathe Healthier Air with the Support of Our Air Purification Professionals

Your family’s comfort and health is our top priority at SchagrinGAS Company. We are aware there are lots of options out there. That’s why we make it easy to partner with our indoor air quality pros. We specialize in developing solutions that fit your needs and budget, and we’d love to find out more about your home and your air quality problems. Call us at 302-231-1380 today 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.