We are also experts at providing air filtration and air purifying products that work hand in hand with your central heating and air conditioning system. The options below used by themselves are effective, but in combination, provide a fantastic solution for those suffering from asthma, allergies or other breathing issues. At the heart of a great IAQ system is the ability to slowly and inexpensively keep the air in your home circulated.  New heating and air equipment utilize a revolutionary DC variable speed blower motor that uses little energy and is easy to control. Bonney also offers Emerson’s Ecotech motor that can be used to retrofit any existing heating and air system.  For less than the cost of operating a 75 watt light bulb, a variable speed blower motor circulates air through filters and air purifiers in your home, cleaning the air effectively.  The low speed at which it operates increases the effectiveness of cleansing effect.  Also, the continually circulating air increases the comfort of your home.

“High efficiency” allergen filters that are available over the counter at do-it-yourself stores can actually harm your heating and air system by restricting the air flow.  Good air flow is crucial for the long term reliability of your equipment.  Bonney can install 4 or 5 inch replaceable media filters that effectively clean the air without reducing the air flow.  Bonney installs top quality Honeywell and Emerson replaceable filters that can be added to new or existing heating and air systems. Filtered fresh air is the best way to improve the quality of your indoor air.  Removing contaminated air and replacing with fresh, filtered air can be accomplished in a variety of ways.  An Energy Recovery Ventilator is a great way to bring the fresh air into your home without losing the energy already used to heat or cool your home. Many products make air purification claims.  At Bonney, we have carefully examined the claims of these products and have concluded that most whole house air purifiers don’t work well in existing heating and air systems without a variable speed blower motor. 

The reason is that the air passes by the cleaning or filtering element too quickly to be effective.  However, for retrofit applications, we recommend the Amana UV air purifier that contains a “turbulator” that slows the air speed for effective purification.  These UV lights kill or disable viruses and bacteria in the air stream so that they cannot reproduce.  For systems that do have variable speed fans, we recommend Honeywell’s UV light that can easily be installed in any application. Smells in your home, whether by cooking, pets or chemicals are the results of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).  If smells are a problem in your home, let Bonney install special filters that use a process called Photo-Catalytic Oxidation to remove those VOCs.  This process uses a UV light and a filter coated with titanium dioxide to safely turn VOCs into harmless water vapor and carbon dioxide. These filters are inexpensive and easily replaceable. The Environmental Protection Agency has excellent information on indoor air quality and the effectiveness of various products. 

Visit their website here:  http://www.epa.gov/iaq/ Are you looking for a solution to increase your indoor air quality?  Then call Bonney today for a free customized estimate! Meet the New K-Pop Star Making Waves on the Front Rownintendo store wii lens cleaning kit Emma Watson’s Latest Mission? air purifier cost of electricityEnding Campus Assault and Gender Inequality at Collegesnew mattress smell air purifier Behati Prinsloo and Adam Levine Are Officially Parents! Here’s What We Know About Their New Baby Pollution is increasingly—and rightfully—on people’s minds lately, as seen in the host of new products addressing its negative effects on the skin and the troubling smog levels in cities like Beijing.

But only recently did I start thinking more seriously about the air quality inside the home, after a pair of prolific chain-smokers moved in downstairs, sending evidence of their dedication wafting up into my apartment. What else, besides that stale Marlboro tinge, lurks behind closed doors and windows? “Indoor air is rated by the EPA, and all our research indicates that it’s five times worse than outdoor air,” says Max Kirk, Ph.D., an associate professor at Washington State University who researches indoor air quality. “As we tighten up our homes for energy efficiency, we live in more of a soup than we ever have before.” The ingredients in that unsavory soup might include chemical gases emitted by furniture, household cleaning products, common allergens like dust, and outside pollution that breezes in and stays put. “If you think that about 90 percent of your life is spent indoors, then it really starts to add up,” stresses Kirk, who is part of a team of scientists at work on a three-year, EPA-funded study examining the effects of climate change on domestic spaces.

“A home is almost a living thing: It moves. It exhausts air on its own; it brings in air,” he says, explaining how they tracked the effects of last summer’s forest fires inside two homes. “As researchers, it really opened our eyes.” Of course, there can be less flagrant invaders when it comes to indoor air quality, as Julie Kuriakose, M.D., tells me in the Tribeca branch of Hudson Allergy, where she installed a graphic black-and-white floor in lieu of carpeting (a notorious catchall for triggers). Come spring—and the tree pollen that arrives with it—her New York offices are flooded with people seeking relief. Among the top indoor offenders are pet dander (some of which, like cats’, can linger as long as six months after the animal has left the home); irritants (even seemingly pleasant ones, like scented candles); and microscopic dust mites, which can be found in bedding, fabric-covered furniture, and feather-filled items like down jackets and comforters. Kuriakose rattles off an array of commonsense tips, including investing in dust-mite covers for pillows, frequent vacuuming, and showering at night to wash off any pollen that has hitched a ride indoors.

Beyond that­—and especially in cases where a fresh-air, windows-open strategy only stokes an allergic reaction—an indoor purifier equipped with a HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filter can be a worthwhile investment. “Buy an appropriate-size one for the room you’re putting it in,” says Kurikose, who recommends keeping it in the bedroom. Fortunately for those of us who value space and aesthetics, Dyson has just unveiled a svelte new model, the Dyson Pure Cool Link, equipped with feedback sensors that connect to your smartphone. There’s a round desktop version and an upright Ewok-size tower—a gentle whirring giant that has been issuing calls of “fair” and “good” from my room. The HEPA filter has two layers, according to Hugo Wilson, a design lead at Dyson. One is high-quality borosilicate glass, which is pleated 200 times to trap up to 99.97 percent of pollutants and allergens; the other is an activated carbon cloth, which targets VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, emitted by household cleaners and such.