Indoor Air Quality
Emke Schaab is concerned about the air that our customers are breathing. That is why we not only test air quality but offer a range of products that assist in increasing air quality.
Did you know that the average home has a humidity level of 15% in the winter and that the Sahara Desert has a 25% average humidity level?
Well, that low humidity level causes many problems for the body and the home. A simple way to fix it is to install a Humidifier. A humidifier will reduce dry skin and static electricity; it will decrease asthma related upper respiratory problems and help allergies. It will preserve your wooden furnishings and floor from shrinking and separating or your piano from losing tone. Another advantage is that it is cost efficient, as it doesn't require you to heat your home as high and most units use less than $20 of water a heating season.
Another issue in air quality is the pollutants in the home. A regular throwaway furnace filter only gets rid of about 5-15% of pollutants, where as an Air Cleaner filter will remove much more: up to 99% of pollen and spores and 60% on all remaining particles. An air cleaner filter needs replaced every year or two, but we send you a reminder about that. Also, it is another allergen reliever, so if your family has severe allergies it may just be a good idea.
Does your home ever feel stale or stuffy? That is because the flow of fresh air into the home is incorrect for the house’s needs. Without any system that deals with this, there is no controlled amount of fresh air coming in, thus causing your home to get too much or not enough. The perfect solution to fixing the flow of fresh air into your home is to install a Heat Recovery Ventilation system or an HRV.
An HRV maintains a continuous flow of fresh filtered outdoor air to all living areas of the home. While it is adding fresh air, the system removes the stale air from the home. The system removes 70-80% of the heat from the stale air as it leaves the house and uses it to heat the air coming in.
Emke Schaab offers other products to monitor or increase the air quality of a home. The Carbon Monoxide Detector is one, and it should be used in every level of every home to monitor the levels of CO. Another is the Furnace UV Light. This allows the particles to be destroyed before the air hits the air cleaner filter, thus making the indoor air quality system even more efficient.